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2010 Events Calendar


2010 HCRA Student Seminar

You are cordially invited to attend the 2010 HCRA Student Seminar

"A dream doesn't become a reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work." Colin Powell

When: March 6, 2010 from 7:30-12:15 p.m.
Where: Alvin Community College
Cost: $10.00 for students; $50.00 for teachers
RSVP: Your school representative on or before February 26, 2010
Click here for the registration form!

Agenda
  • 7:30-8:00 - Registration
  • 8:00-9:00 - Ethics - How Ethics Apply in Our Profession - Ethical/Unethical Behavior
           Reporter or Lawyer (?)
  • 9:00-10:00 - Panel Discussion on Deposition/Courtroom Etiquette:
    Captioning/CART, Freelance (court/depositions), Official Reporters

           Susan Henley, Pat Arredondo, Edna Hipp Thornton, Anita Manley
  • 10:00-10:15 - Breakfast Break
  • 10:15-10:45 - Panel - Follow-up Q&A Discussion
           Susan Henley, Pat Arredondo, Edna Hipp Thornton, Anita Manley
  • 10:45-11:30 - All in One Case; On-the Job Tips, Stories, Dilemmas
           Shauna Beach
  • 11:30-11:45 - Break
  • 11:45-12:00 - Quick Guides on Letters, Notes, Capitalization
           Camille Bruess
  • 12:00-12:15 - Door Prizes/Scholarships Awarded
Proceeds from the student seminar will go toward two student scholarships to be awarded to ACC.


BACRAT/HCRA Meeting

Date: Friday, March 12, 2010
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Pappas Seafood House
Address: 6945 Gulf Freeway, Houston
Phone: 713-641-0318
Flyer: Click here for the meeting flyer.

We will be discussing COSCA’s white paper: "Digital Recording: Changing Times for Making the Court Record."

TCRA Vice President of Finance Jo Anne Leger and TCRA Past-President Robin Cooksey will join us to discuss the COSCA White Paper and the impact it will have on Texas citizens and Texas reporters. This white paper recommends that our courts should switch to digital audio recording as the official record.

If you want to read this document, please go to: http://cosca.ncsc.dni.us/WhitePapers/DigitalRecording-Jan-2010.pdf.

We will also be discussing the proposed revisions to the Uniform Format Manual. The deadline for public comment will be March 18th by 5:00 p.m. If you want to read this document, please go to: http://www.crcb.state.tx.us.

Please join us for this meeting. It is time for us to plan our strategy to stand up for the rights of all the citizens of Texas to have a true, accurate record done responsibly by a professional court reporter.

Connie Chan, TCRA Area 8 Director


January
  • 5 – Newsletter Article Submission Deadline to secretary@hcrainfo.com
  • 27 - Annual Business Meeting at Baba Yega’s
February

March
  • 2 – Newsletter Article Submission Deadline to secretary@hcrainfo.com
  • 6 – Student Seminar @ Alvin Community College
  • 12 - BACRAT/HCRA Meeting
  • HBA Habitat for Humanity Build (Dates TBA)
April
  • HBA Habitat for Humanity Build (Dates TBA)
May
  • 6 - HBA Golf Tournament @ Cypresswood Golf Course
  • 31 – Newsletter Article Submission Deadline to secretary@hcrainfo.com
June
  • 9 – 13 TCRA Annual Convention @ The Woodlands
  • 30 – Annual Party
July
  • TBA - Annual Party
August

September
  • 7 – Newsletter Article Submission Deadline to secretary@hcrainfo.com
  • 18 – All-day Reporter Seminar @ Crowne Plaza, Houston - (NCRA/CRCB submission for 10 CEUs, including 2.5 Ethics)
October

November
  • 2 – Newsletter Article Submission Deadline to secretary@hcrainfo.com
December
  • TBA - Annual Judges Appreciation Luncheon

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