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:
Susan Kay, tkay@wi.rr.com, 414-224-9533,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
A special thanks to those reporters who have gone above and beyond, given more than was asked of them, and created a better profession for all of us.
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Lifetime Achievement Awards
Coley Griffin 2003
Wesley Gales 2004
Joan Granger 2005
William Shimeta 2006
No award 2007
No award 2008
Jack Erkilla 2009
No award 2010
No award 2011
Karlye Canfield 2012
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Distinguished Service Award
Kristine Krigsvold 2001
Colleen Reed 2002
Ed Johnson 2003
No award 2004
Diane Scott 2005
Geri O'Brien 2006
Gwenn Bever 2007
No award 2008
Judy DeRuyter 2009
Jane Jones 2010
Taunia Northouse 2012
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If you would like to nominate someone for either of these awards, please contact the President of WCRA.
Committed to Excellence 
