Deadline for Nominations January 1, 2012 
Nominations are now being taken to serve on the 2012/2013 Board of Directors.  Any professional member who is a resident of the State of Texas and a member in good standing shall be eligible for nomination and election. A professional member of TCRA may make a  omination(s) for any seat. 

The following positions available for nomination are: 
President-Elect 
Vice President of Finance 
Vice President of Public Relations 

(Officers serve a one-year term) 
Area Director Seat 2 
Area Director Seat 4 (This is Your Area) 
Area Director Seat 6 
Area Director Seat 8 

(Directors serve a two-year term) 

Please e-mail your nomination(s) to Karen Morris, Chair of the Nominating Committee, at kdeem2@suddenlink.net. Include the name of the nominee and theposition being nominated for, along with your name and contact information.

Remember -Deadline for nominations is January 1, 2012. 

Members, don't miss out on an opportunity to visit with friends and eat a delicious lunch. We are having Red Hot & Blue cater our Christmas lunch at our December meeting tomorrow with peach cobbler and banana pudding for dessert.  The Reporter of the Year award will be presented.    See you there.

Our potluck lunch for the court coordinators turned out great.  We appreciate the coordinators coming and spending their lunch with us. A big thanks goes out to all the reporters who brought food, contributed and help with the lunch.  

Volunteer court reporters are needed October 27th and October 28th in Fort Worth to record personal accounts of American wartime Veterans.  The reporter will provide the Veterans’ oral histories in written transcript form to the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.  

The mission of the Veterans History Project is to collect, preserve, and make accessible the personal accounts of American wartime Veterans so that future generations may hear directly from Veterans and better understand the realities of war.

From talking to a reporter who has already taken some of these interviews, if you have time to help with this cause, you will definitely  be touched by this experience.

Please contact Monica Willenburg at monicaw352@sbcglobal.net or Frances Janzic at fbj.csr@gmail.com to help with this great cause.

Our next meeting will be a day meeting on October 5th from 11:30 - 1:30 on the patio at  Cabo Grande, 115 W. 2nd Street , Fort Worth.  We've been alternating day and night meetings to make it more convenient for everyone.  See you there.

We have seven people signed up for the American Heart Association Heart Walk happening this Saturday.  It's not too late to join us.  Under "Events," you can go to link and sign up.  We are meeting downtown and going as a group.  If you want to go with us, we'll send you the details on when and where to meet.

I'm excited to try out our new meeting place this month at Frankies tomorrow from 5:00 - 7:00.  There will be appetizers and members will get a free drink   This is a membership drive, so if a member signs up a new member, they get an extra chance to win a raffle drawing.  I hope to see a lot of new faces, as well as our old faces.  It should be a fun, relaxed meeting.
Toni

CRCB now has more information on new license requirement to have a criminal history record search by fingerprint submission.

I noticed there are two officialships open: Lubbock - County Court at Law No. 1 and 109th District Court - serving Andrews, Crane & Winkler Counties

We sent out an evite invitation for our next meeting on September 8th starting at 5:00 at Frankie's.  If you didn't get it, please let us know so we can correct your email address.  You might want to check your spam folder.  You don't have to reply to come.  See you there.