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Massachusetts Court Reporters Association web site.

MCRAonline.com is your resource for the latest information about membership, conventions, seminars, pending legislation and reporter referrals. Check the President's Letter, read minutes from the latest Board of Directors meeting or send us your comments at contact@MCRAonline.com. 

The Massachusetts Court Reporters Association is working to advance the interests of court reporters throughout the Commonwealth, and we have made important strides in the last couple of years.  As we continue to represent our profession, we invite your input and participation.  We're interactive, so please check your MCRA web site often and click on contact@MCRAonline.com to let us know what's on your mind.

• We would like to give a warm welcome to our new President, Debbie Gutierrez and say welcome back to Sue Garvin, Director. We would also like to say thank you to former Board Members Kathryn Sweeney, Immediate Past President and Kathy McHugh, Treasurer.  We would also like to say thank you to former Board Member Kathy McHugh.  To view the 2008-2009 Board of Directors and Officers, click here.
  
  
• We hope you had the opportunity to attend NCRA Midyear.  It was a fantastic event.  We would like to thank our generous sponsors for their support: Doris O. Wong & Associates, Eppley Court Reporting, Farmer Arsenault Brock, G&M Court Reporting, Jones Reporting Company, National Video Reporters and O’Brien & Levine.  To see photos from the conference, click here.  

  Congratulations to the following Midyear Raffle Winners and thank you to NCRA Government Relations Representative, Nate Smith, for assisting in the drawing.

Wii Gaming System:  Lisa Freitas
iPod Touch: Connie Psaros
$100 Legal Seafood’s Gift Certificate:  Linda Farmer
Stenograph Elan Mira A3:  Debbie Gutierrez


• For those of you that were able to attend the Annual Business Meeting…thank you for your continued support!
  
  
• We will be bringing back the ‘BSR’ (short for the Bay State Reporter) MCRA’s Newsletter.  We will be emailing this out periodically to our membership and will post on the BSR tab on the right hand side of this page.
  
  
• Next CSR Exam will be held Saturday, April 26th, 2008.  Please click on the certifications page for more details.
  
  
• For those of you who didn’t know, FOCR Marie Cloonan retired in the fall after 32 years of service for the District of Massachusetts.  MCRA sends their best wishes to her.  The linked article was published in USCRA’s quarterly magazine.  It was written by MCRA Board Member and FOCR James Gibbons.
  
  
• Read the "Best Practices" list created by board members Jill Shepherd, Virginia Dodge and Michelle Kaczynski for presentation at the MCLE deposition seminar February 28th, 2008.
  
  

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