Last Updated: Sunday October 18, 2009
WCRA Convention News ~ October 2009
The Fall 2009 Educational Seminar Conference and Annual Convention held at Hood River, Oregon this year with the state court reporters associations from Oregon and Idaho was a smashing success and an fabulous hit with reporters from all three states. I heard numerous comments about, “Let’s do this again. This was so much fun. It was great to see our counterparts from the different states and have a chance to talk with them.”
The convention chairs, Dianne Cromwell from Idaho, Charlotte Powers from Oregon, and myself Roger Flygare, from … well, Washington … we had a great time organizing the convention and working together in gathering speakers and people to put on seminars. I have to say that not only did I have a great time doing it but found two new friends as well.
We had an apple baking contest that was won by Ronelle Corby, court reporter in the Spokane court system. The judges included Judy Lehman from Illinois, NCRA director, Doug Friend from Oregon, NCRA Vice President, Mark King from Washington, WCRA Area 1 Director, and plenty of other volunteers. We had 14 pies to sample and they then had to adjudge the finest of the finest and three finalists were selected. The top three pies were awarded cash prizes.
We had a tremendous outpouring of donations from WCRA staunch supports and they were well recognized by the banners that were hung prominently around the meeting rooms and banquet hall as well as placards placed on the banquet tables.
If you’re interested in participating in putting together our next educational seminar conference and annual convention, please contact me at RGFlygare@aol.com or simply pick up the telephone and call me at (800) 574-0414. I guarantee that you will have a lot of fun putting this event together.
It is my wish to hold smaller functions such as BBQ’s and picnics around the state to encourage membership drives this coming year and I would hope to see you there. If you are interested in helping put together a function in your area, let me know. My motto for the coming year is simply, “Together we can accomplish anything that none of us can do alone,” and helping build our membership is really the first priority of a healthy and strong organization.
Roger G. Flygare, CCR No. 2248 WCRA President