By Voluntary Association

Private Dispute Resolution

A matter must be expressed to be resolved!

1. All members undertake to attempt to resolve dispute in private before imposing on the greater community on the foundational principle that the one asserting must prove under your obligation to keep the peace by not creating a dispute where none exists and not claiming anything you have no right to claim.

 

2. Express the matter by accurately describing the alleged harm in your own words of what self evident truth the other has deprived you of (substance and not form - as simply as possible) on a point by point basis (one claim per point, use sub-points for more detail), and

    1. make a chronology of events which led up to the dispute, and
    2. detail the remedy you require for you to consider the dispute settled and return to peace with the respondent (remember forgiveness is a powerful remedy to make positive change), and
      1. the remedy cannot deprive a person of their fundamental rights as this well cause further breaches of the peace, and
    3. provide supporting evidence for each point in an annex and refer to those page numbers to support each of your allegations, and
    4. if needed work with the facilitator to simplify the complaint to satisfy yourself your complaint is accurate and easily understandable.

 

3. The Complainant provides a copy of their complaint to the Respondent so they have an opportunity to respond within a reasonable amount of time (no more than 14 days) on a point by point basis in one of the following options:

    1. admitting to a point, or
    2. denying a point with counter evidence, or
    3. asking you to provide further evidence to support any point.
    4. If needed the respondent may ask their facilitator to assist to ensure the complaint is clearly understood, and their response is clearly expressed, and

 

4. The respondent must returns their response to the Complainant within a reasonable time (no more than 7 days) who now has the opportunity to re-evaluate their complaint. If the complainant withdraws their complaint then they must do so in writing.

 

5. The Complainant returns their response to the Respondent response within a reasonable amount of time (not exceeding 7 days), again responding on a point by point basis where admitted matters are no longer in dispute and are agreed they are moved to agreed facts, and for remaining points:

    1. admitting to a point, or
    2. denying a point with counter evidence, or
    3. asking you to provide further evidence to support any point.
    4. If needed the respondent may ask their facilitator to assist to ensure the complaint is clearly understood, and their response is clearly expressed, and

6. The Respondent returns their response to the Complainant within a reasonable amount of time (no more than 7 days) who now must re-evaluate their complaint and requested remedy.

 

7. The complainant now must re-evaluate their complaint and requested remedy as your case should now be concise with only the remaining disputed points needing public dispute resolution.

 

8. If the respondent does not engage at any stage, the complainant must provide evidence of having served his complaint giving 14 days to respond, a reminder giving 7 days to respond and a final warning giving 7 days to respond...

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