But he ruled out having an outside mediator.
South Africa was one of the outside mediators of the talks.
The court has selected a roster of outside mediators.
The initial telephone conference may be arranged and conducted in any manner by the circuit mediation officers, by an outside mediator, or both.
He has offered several times to convene a panel of outside mediators, but the News management has declined, saying violence and intimidation must end first.
The inmates also displayed another sign demanding, as they have previously, the services of an outside mediator.
He said that many condo associations form a committee or hire an outside mediator, perhaps a retired judge or lawyer, to hear the dispute.
Producers' requests for exemptions would be referred to a joint committee composed of delegates from the union and the League, as well as outside mediators.
It never came to that or to a dollar settlement, she said, because both parties agreed to bring in an outside mediator.
Kaplan said, "Of course, if we go to an outside mediator, we introduce an unpredictable element."