A recipient of the Distinguished Service Award shall meet the following qualifications:

A.  Shall be a member of WCRA in good standing; B.  Shall be a working reporter; C.  Shall not be an Officer or Director of WCRA; D.  Shall have been involved in WCRA affairs on an extensive level, during which involvement the candidates shall have rendered distinguished service to this association, which has contributed to its good reputation, general welfare or worthy accomplishments. 

The Committee may consider, among other things, services rendered to State and other reporting associations, public affairs and public relations, writing for association publications and the advancement of the concept of the superior merits of machine shorthand reporting as opposed to other methods.

Nominations of candidates may be submitted only by voting members of WCRA.  Supporting endorsements may be made by other than the above to support the nomination.  The Committee shall not be limited to the names submitted in any one year, but may consider candidates whose names were submitted during the previous three years.

Your DSA nomination should contain the following information: 

1.   Your name and address; 2.  Name and address of the nominee; 3.  Number of years the nominee has been reporting; 4.  Number of years the nominee has been a WCRA member; 5.  List the individual's creative contributions to the welfare of the profession of court reporting; 6.  List any of the individual's significant and distinguished service to the profession as an active participant on boards or committees of any national or state association of court reporters; 7.  List any of the individual's contributions to the profession in such areas as teaching, editing or publications or other contributions as have served to advance the progress of the profession of court reporting.

NOMINATIONS ARE GOOD FOR TWO YEARS.  LET'S SHOW RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO WCRA AND RESPOND TO:

Christine Willette, cwillette2@gmail.com, 715-355-4384 or Mary Burzynski, mary.burzynski@charter.net, 715-748-1435

The recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award shall meet the same criteria but must be a Retired Member.

WCRA Awards