What about the idea that you start with a program then add a system? At a conference of the Organizational Conflict Management Section of the Society of Professionals In Dispute Resolution held in Ottawa, Canada in May 2000, Judy Mares-Dixon reminded practitioners that "we are redefining existing systems through an evolutionary process." Her statement suggests that a conflict management system is not something that is added-as in "Is your program ready for a System?"-but rather something that already exists.