each stage is important to this parocular mediation. 2) Identify the strategies and tools you would utilize to gather information regarding the dispute, discuss the role legal representatives play while the mediator is gathering information; do they hinder or help this process, is it a little of both or neither? 3) The Plaintiff did not submit their Affidavit of Service to support they served the Form 7A on the Defendant As the mediator, will you tell them and why? At what stage in the mediation will you tell them and why? 4) Identify the three interests for: the plaintiff, the plaintiff's paralegal, the defendant, and the defendant's lawyer. Why is it important to identify the interests in a mediation? Is one more important than another in a monetary dispute? Why is it important to identify the interests of legal representatives in a mediation? 5) The parties choose to not go beyond 2 hours in the mediation and end the process: there has been 3 rounds of offers with little movement on the numbers. Can a monetary dispute mediation be a success even if it doesn't settle? Why