Conflict Resolution Mechanism

Preemtive Approach

Reactive Approach

Historical Approach

Code of conduct

Contactable Members of Staff + Member Board

Reminder in Newsletter

Regular Community Meetings

Refer to Code of Conduct

Refer to Handout

Refer to Anonymous Feedback channel on Slack

Facilitated by Boardies

Slack

email

2-month time frame

Space to air grievances

space to request action

from Member Board

From Staff

From Management

Point of contact

If Member Board is approached and depending on the nature of , Management and staff will have to be notified

What are your grievances?

In written form

confidential and private

What is your desired outcome?

Who do you wish to involve?

Who do you wish not to involve?

Case study: Member Board will review past cases of conflict in order to inform this mechanism.

What is your least desired outcome?

Would you be open to a dialogue with the other part(s)?

If management is approached, boardies have to be notified about the comencement of a process.

Should the conflict not subside in the appointed time-frame, an external mediation mechanism will take over. Boardies and Management will remain active in the process.

Hypotheticals include:

What happened?

If this body had existed when (insert event*) happened, how would we had intervened?

What tools were at our disposal back then? What tools do we have now?