Blog site - CSRNation2024-03-28T14:02:03Zhttp://csrnation.ning.com/forum/topics/blog-site?feed=yes&xn_auth=noThere was some talk, Roger, t…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2011-08-06:1736041:Comment:11786422011-08-06T02:56:44.146ZLillian Freilerhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/LillianFreiler
There was some talk, Roger, that this was your site.
There was some talk, Roger, that this was your site. I do not have the recent expe…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2011-07-24:1736041:Comment:11700552011-07-24T22:14:01.086ZMary Jo Cochranhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/MaryJoCochran
<p>I do not have the recent experience to give a great thought. But I think the situation goes beyond NCRA. It goes to the state level which decides whether court reporters should be licensed, certified, etc. </p>
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<p>I am stuck in Florida. In my younger days when I had my RPR, the reporters getting the choicy agency jobs in Tampa (which were owned by men) had other qualities going for them which I did not have (best left unsaid here). There was a time when Hillsborough and Pinellas…</p>
<p>I do not have the recent experience to give a great thought. But I think the situation goes beyond NCRA. It goes to the state level which decides whether court reporters should be licensed, certified, etc. </p>
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<p>I am stuck in Florida. In my younger days when I had my RPR, the reporters getting the choicy agency jobs in Tampa (which were owned by men) had other qualities going for them which I did not have (best left unsaid here). There was a time when Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties had 13 court reporting schools. State legislation got involved and mandated court reporting schools (as well as legal assistant training). There is now one program for court reporting.</p>
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<p>Maybe NCRA isn't doing anything in the lobbying department to change things at the state level(s) to require all states to have court reporter certification. That certification would surely cut out uncertified wanabe reporters. </p>
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<p>I was just starting out when "mask reporting" was coming on the scene. I thought it was a joke.</p> Lol. Sad but true. :(tag:csrnation.ning.com,2011-07-24:1736041:Comment:11708452011-07-24T21:31:18.067ZKeith Rowan IIhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/KeithRowanII
Lol. Sad but true. :(
Lol. Sad but true. :( Agree heartily with that one,…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2011-07-24:1736041:Comment:11707412011-07-24T18:29:25.444ZMary Ann Payonkhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/MaryAnnPayonkCSRRDRCCPCBC
Agree heartily with that one, Queyn!<br />
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MA
Agree heartily with that one, Queyn!<br />
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MA I agree, Keith.
MA is right…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2011-07-24:1736041:Comment:11700522011-07-24T18:05:05.836ZJudyhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/JudyRunes
<p>I agree, Keith.</p>
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<p>MA is right, though. <strong>IF</strong> NCRA could figure out how to do it, they'd be inundated with new applications.</p>
<p>I agree, Keith.</p>
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<p>MA is right, though. <strong>IF</strong> NCRA could figure out how to do it, they'd be inundated with new applications.</p> It is every (wo)man for him-/…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2011-07-24:1736041:Comment:11700512011-07-24T17:44:09.700ZQuyenhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/QuyenNDo
<p>It is every (wo)man for him-/herself. At least I can sleep at night, knowing that I did not contribute to my own career suicide.</p>
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<p>To add to Dayette J. Zampolin's quip, I say, <em>"[For every] court reporter [who] will sell their own mother for a dollar,"</em> there's another court reporter who will best him/her and sell his/her own mother for 50 cents.</p>
<p>It is every (wo)man for him-/herself. At least I can sleep at night, knowing that I did not contribute to my own career suicide.</p>
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<p>To add to Dayette J. Zampolin's quip, I say, <em>"[For every] court reporter [who] will sell their own mother for a dollar,"</em> there's another court reporter who will best him/her and sell his/her own mother for 50 cents.</p> Fair and insightful post, MA.…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2011-07-24:1736041:Comment:11706442011-07-24T17:00:47.209ZKeith Rowan IIhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/KeithRowanII
<p>Fair and insightful post, MA.</p>
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<p>Agreed, Judy. Of course, I am an employee in court, but lot of good that's doing me. We do have a union, and are still in a long drawn-out contract dispute that no one is happy with, where we are going to have takeaways. I don't even know that the union is helping. I am not a big union guy. Anyway, I love my job and I don't mind a few furloughs or loss of a little bit of money. Just no layoffs, and I'm happy. I have the best job in the…</p>
<p>Fair and insightful post, MA.</p>
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<p>Agreed, Judy. Of course, I am an employee in court, but lot of good that's doing me. We do have a union, and are still in a long drawn-out contract dispute that no one is happy with, where we are going to have takeaways. I don't even know that the union is helping. I am not a big union guy. Anyway, I love my job and I don't mind a few furloughs or loss of a little bit of money. Just no layoffs, and I'm happy. I have the best job in the world, and I wouldn't trade it.</p> MA,
In order to have "union…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2011-07-24:1736041:Comment:11706432011-07-24T14:05:57.924ZJudyhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/JudyRunes
<p>MA,</p>
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<p>In order to have "union-like protection," we'd need to be employees, not independent contractors.</p>
<p>MA,</p>
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<p>In order to have "union-like protection," we'd need to be employees, not independent contractors.</p> Remove the sulfuric acid, lea…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2011-07-24:1736041:Comment:11703552011-07-24T11:47:14.905ZMary Ann Payonkhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/MaryAnnPayonkCSRRDRCCPCBC
<p>Remove the sulfuric acid, leave just the facts, and that's how many reporters feel about NCRA. And those letters after one's name? I've got quite a few, glad to have them. Since I do not hire myself out to lawyers, they probably mean more to me than some, because I hire myself out to court reporting agencies who actually know what they mean. At this point, though, even I will step away from a grassroots movement kind of statement to say it's every man for himself. If you're good, you're…</p>
<p>Remove the sulfuric acid, leave just the facts, and that's how many reporters feel about NCRA. And those letters after one's name? I've got quite a few, glad to have them. Since I do not hire myself out to lawyers, they probably mean more to me than some, because I hire myself out to court reporting agencies who actually know what they mean. At this point, though, even I will step away from a grassroots movement kind of statement to say it's every man for himself. If you're good, you're good, and you'll go far with smart clients who demand quality. Others will have to survive the best way they can. With two huge issues in reporting being low-ball contracting and rates plummeting in general, those two money issues are things that NCRA can't touch anyway. It's always been up to the reporter to get good, get better, get smart about business. Union-like protection will not come from NCRA. No matter what else they represented, if NCRA would promise one thing, and that's that union-like pitbull advocacy and representation for all reporters in their workplace on matters like adequate compensation and fair and respectful treatment, reporters would flock to the association for protection against the things that are killing us today. Not going to happen, so again, every man for himself. And ladies, I mean you too.</p>
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<p>M.A.</p> I was a member for 28 years (…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2011-07-23:1736041:Comment:11705432011-07-23T23:42:23.548ZMartha Rhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/MarthaRuble
I was a member for 28 years (Would you believe I got my license when I was 10?.. No, well anyway....). I let it lapse a few years ago because I didn't get my CEs one year. I am out of the loop on the NCRA and I don't know what they are up to. I know a lot of people are like Quyen in their distaste for NCRA.
I was a member for 28 years (Would you believe I got my license when I was 10?.. No, well anyway....). I let it lapse a few years ago because I didn't get my CEs one year. I am out of the loop on the NCRA and I don't know what they are up to. I know a lot of people are like Quyen in their distaste for NCRA.