Board member Bill Koehler leads a discussion about Lake County Mediations programs and the people involved in the program. Also pictured is Board Member Gladys Rosehill. Courtesy photo.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Board of Directors of Lake County Mediations held a strategic planning meeting on July 16 in the meeting space at the Featherbed Railroad Company in Nice.

Lake County Mediations last updated its strategic plan in 2008 and Saturday’s session was designed to review and critique the 2008 plan and to chart the organization’s primary goals and strategies for the next three years.

Board President Mary Heare Amodio and Executive Director Barbara Johnson led the group through a series of activities that helped define and shape the final plan.

After identifying the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that affect Lake County Mediations, the board identified the steps it must take to maintain its current, successful activities and the steps that must be taken to focus on ways the organization can better serve the needs of Lake County residents.

Lake County Mediations provides mediation services for the public and at the Lake County Superior Court; training for mediators and business and professional groups, as well as election monitoring for homeowner and other common interest development groups.

Mediation is an informal process where the parties of a dispute work out their own solution with the help of a trained, impartial mediator.

The mediation process is a less costly alternative to going to court to resolve conflicts, in that mediation will save the parties time, money, and, in many cases, will allow the parties to maintain their previous relationship .

For more information about mediation or Lake County Mediations call 707-263-6800, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit the organization’s Web site at www.lakecountymediations.org.