COCRA Update to Members and Friends May 21, 2008
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If you don’t have time to watch this,
read this! And thanks for taking the time out of your day to check out our site! We have up-to-date information on so many topics of interest to court reporters. It is exciting to see so much enthusiasm…yes, I dare to say it … enthusiasm … for our profession at a time when those, shall we say, less-informed members of our community are trying to make electronic recording today’s way of preserving access to justice!
The Legislative Analyst’s Office’s suggestion of reducing California’s official court reporting workforce by 20 percent per year did not make it into the May revise of the Governor’s proposed budget. Kudos to all reporters throughout the State of California whose efforts show that together we are a strong and intelligent group of professionals committed to providing the best service to the roughly 34 million people served in our courtrooms every year.
We will not sit back and feel sorry for ourselves because others don’t understand the skill level involved in maintaining the certified shorthand reporter license in California.
Instead, we move forward and gather information in defense of our profession, and we continue to educate ourselves, many times at our own expense, to provide extra services such as realtime.
Realtime is the most advanced way of keeping a record and makes it easier for our judges and attorneys to get access to the information required to do their very difficult jobs.
If you go to our website, you can see realtime being demonstrated. Just go to www.cocra.org and click on “Real-Time Steno” in the left column on the screen. And, while you are there, check out some of our recent blogs about Dragon, Serrano versus Merli, and other exciting news.
Please help us continue to help you. Our lobbyists are doing great things for the community, but they cost money. If you can, please make a donation to our legislative fund.
And a BIG thank you to Santa Clara County for their $2,500 donation to our legislative fund!
Janice Scott
COCRA President
Posted on May 21st, 2008 by Janice
3 Comments
May 21st, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Excellent news!! Thank you so much, COCRA, for keeping us informed and for all your hard work at the legislative level. Impressive as always!!
PS Love the new video presentations, too!! COCRA is always on the cutting edge.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Great news to hear that court reporters and electronic recording did not make the May revised governor’s budget. And what a great way to spread the word!
Thanks, COCRA, for your Sacramento representation!
June 20th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Thanks for keeping us informed and for all the hard work you do.