I’ll follow up with a bigger post hopefully, but the organization needs to raise dues because it’s bleeding membership. It’s bleeding membership thanks to the poor performance of its executive director and its board members’ consistent refusal to listen to the demands of members. They lambast criticism as defamation and plug their fingers in their ears. This is disgusting and inexcusable behavior.
The only way to get them to change direction is to vote no. Punish the association for its bad behavior and the bad behavior of the people representing it.
One of the points of my writing is that having no consequences leads to having no incentive to change. You want change? You present consequences. And the consequences of shutting properly brought motions down at the business meeting must be clear.
Tellingly, they shut down discussion of how many voting members they actually have after it was erroneously stated that there are 13,000.
If ever you needed more evidence, take this snippet from the captions of the business meeting.
Whereupon, members’ voices were not heard.
Addendum:
According to a Stenonymous source, the dues increase was voted down.
Students, space is filling up so sign up at AFYEvents7@gmail.com to secure your FREE night out at the High Tea for High Achievers event on Thursday, August 1st @ 7:30 p.m. ET.
If you’d like to sponsor a student, it costs $55 & that covers:
Off-site Tea Party.
Party Bus.
Your OWN Fascinator Hat.
Sightseeing.
Tea-spilling with experienced court reporters.
You will leave well-informed about best practices in the industry.
Chris Day: To be forthright, my issues with the National Court Reporters Association are well documented.
That said, I follow a “doctrine” of fairness and freedom. I support the people that reach out to me with news of their events, and I support Chris DeGrazio. So here it is.
Below is information for 3 Louisville events — that’s the National Court Reporters Association conference this year. Then below that are 4 practice sessions unrelated to the conference.
Please feel free to spread these materials. Each is a flyer followed by explaining text.
And now from Chris DeGrazio:
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Student Giveaway:
Attention students!
If you’re going to be at the #NCRA conference in Louisville during August 1st-3rd, message me so that we can link up so you can claim your prize!
I’m collaborating w 10 creative people in our profession to create some custom & dope student swag. This is my third year doing this giveaway, so it’s going to be the best yet!
I’ll have a huge silver sequin duffle bag with me throughout the weekend filled w student swag. If you see me at any time, regardless of what I’m doing, come up to me so you can choose your gift.
The first year I did this (Vegas 2021), it was self-funded cuz I was too shy to ask people to donate & I didn’t know how I’d be received, some random guy giving out gifts to people he didn’t know. So I gave gifts to friends & colleagues & asked them to send students they knew my way.
The second year I did this (Orlando 2022), I was fortunate to have help from some friends whom I felt comfortable enough to reach out to prior to the conference. I also felt more comfortable encouraging students to come pick their gifts.
This year I’m going public w it. If you’d like to donate any amount, even $5, all of the $ raised goes towards the swag for the students.
After the conference I’ll share pics of the students & the awesome swag they received.
Regardless of whether or not you donate anything, plz share this post w students & reporters just in case they know a student who will be at the conference.
Thanks! 🤠🌈
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StenoMasters:
Exciting news! Joshua B. Edwards will be presenting StenoMasters at the NCRA conference this year on Saturday morning, the session before the awards luncheon. We need 3-4 prepared speakers to give speeches.
Giving a speech in front of your peers is a fantastic opportunity to share a story or a facet of your life that many court reporters don’t know about you. And you will get a ton of constructive feedback. Your speech does not have to be about the field. If you are interested in speaking for 5-7 minutes but need some ideas or help crafting a speech, please let us know. We’re happy to work with you.
Looking forward to seeing many of you in Louisville!
Join us on Friday, August 2nd @ 8 p.m. ET for our third annual Steno Pride Meetup at Miki’s Karaoke Bar @ 2230 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY 40206. You don’t have to be queer or sing karaoke or drink alcohol to attend. This is a fun way to celebrate our diversity in an inclusive & laid back way. Plz register in the link below so we can have an accurate head count ( : See y’all there! 🤠🌈👨🎤👩🎤
