2011 Midwest Mediation Conference a Huge Success!

The 2011 Midwest Mediation Conference with Woody Mosten, which was held September 8 - 10, 2011, was an unqualified success, judging from the number of participants and the comments written in evaluation forms. 17 people showed up for the Pre-Conference dinner and 30 were present on both Friday and Saturday. Some of the comments were:

  • GREAT JOB!!!
  • Very informative
  • Loved it!
  • Thoroughly enjoyed!
  • Very beneficial and appropriate for mediators.
  • Wonderful speaker; thank you for arranging for him to be here!
  • Best speaker I've ever attended
  • A great conference; very useful & informative!
  • As a new member, I am pleased with the quality of this presentation/conference and have enjoyed meeting with other members and participants here.

If you wanted to attend and just couldn't make it, there are a limited number of Conference Notebooks available for purchase. The Notebooks include not only all of the materials, but a recording of Woody's presentation that can be played on your computer. While this is not a professional recording, it's the next best thing to actually being there! For more information, contact Rick Wacker, Conference Coordinator.

You're Invited to Participate in Board Teleconference Meetings

Most regular meetings of the Board are held by teleconference on the first Thursday of each month at noon. All IAM members are encouraged to participate! In most cases, the Agenda is sent to the Membership via the Member's Listserve. If for some reason you don't receive this information and wish to participate, contact Kim Van Valer.

2012 Officers and Directors

At the Annual Meeting of the Membership held on October 28, 2011, the Association was pleased to have Ted Boehm, former Indiana Supreme Court Justice (1996 - 2010), speak to the group. Also, at the meeting, the following officers were elected: Kim Van Valer - President, Dustin Matern - Vice President, Andrea Ciobanu - Secretary, and Rick Wacker - Treasurer. All of the Officers automatically serve as Directors of the Association. Other Directors elected at the meeting include: Sarah Dicks (Crawfordsville), Paula Dranger (Valparaiso), Mary Hoeller (Indianapolis), Josephine Hughes (Indianapolis), Eileen Maguire (Noblesville), Doug McMillan (Valparaiso), Lea Shelemey (Valparaiso), June Shrieves (Greenwood), Andrew Straw (Goshen), and Megan Wells (New Palestine).

IAM Continues to Investigate Community Mediation Centers

Following Albert Schinazi's talk at the 2010 Annual Meeting, the Board continues to investigate Community Mediation Centers. If you're interested in getting involved in this project, please contact Mary Hoeller or Krista Bermeo. If enough information becomes available, a separate page will be added to this website in the future.