Mediation is a voluntary process and the mediated agreement one upon which all parties agree without coercion of any kind.

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If it is a voluntary process it can't work.

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Brooks said the project was still in the early phase of field testing, and participating in the AVATAR interview process was entirely voluntary at this stage.

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To encourage the development of new consent methods, the Commission establishes a voluntary 120-day notice and comment process so parties can seek approval of a particular consent method.

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The duty to bargain and exclusive representation of unions means that the process of entering into these contracts is not one of voluntary exchange comparable to other voluntary business contracts.

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Voluntary incentive auctions, he says, are an important part of the process of freeing spectrum.

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Asked about Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum's Friday letter to Feinberg criticizing the claims process under the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Feinberg again emphasized that the program is voluntary.

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So confident is Milosevic of his political and territorial gains that he is in the process of drafting a new Yugoslav constitution -- designed swiftly to codify the "voluntary" association of Serbian-dominated entities, by means of what might be termed an "All-Union Treaty" for Yugoslavia.

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And the very process of giving power away requires civil servants to have certain skills, such as contracting with private and voluntary providers.

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