Attendees at the 2023 NCRA Conference & Expo this week are in for a treat — actually, a lot of treats! Twenty-seven states have pledged to donate baskets to the NCRA Political Action Committee (PAC) Gift Basket Extravaganza raffle taking place on Saturday, July 29. The NCRA PAC works diligently on Capitol Hill and beyond to protect the interests of the court reporting, captioning, and legal videography professions. Last year’s raffle raised more than $4,400 – a record amount.
Come by the PAC booth near the registration desk to see the gift baskets on display. Check out these videos to get a sneak peek of the local goodies offered in the baskets donated by the North Carolina Court Reporters Association and the Mississippi Court Reporters Association. Past gift baskets have included fresh blue crabs from the Maryland Court Reporters Association and wine and sports memorabilia from the California Court Reporters Association.
Conference attendees who contribute to NCRA’s PAC will receive physical raffle tickets based on the amount of their contribution. After contributing and receiving their raffle tickets, NCRA PAC contributors will place their raffle tickets in the basket(s) that they wish to win. You must be an NCRA member to contribute to NCRA’s PAC, and you must be physically present to win. The following ticket prices are available:
- 10 Tickets for a $20 contribution
- 25 Tickets for a $50 contribution
- 50 Tickets for a $100 contribution
- 120 Tickets for a $200 contribution
Only debit and credit cards or checks will be accepted, no cash.
Only NCRA members physically present at the Conference can contribute to the NCRA PAC raffle. The raffle will take place on Saturday, July 29, during the last coffee break. Contributors must be present to win and will have the opportunity to win multiple prizes.
Thank you to the following state associations who have already generously pledged gift baskets:
- Alabama Court Reporters Association
- Arkansas Court Reporters Association
- California Court Reporters Association
- Colorado Court Reporters Association
- Connecticut Court Reporters Association
- Deposition Reporters Association of California
- Illinois Court Reporters Association
- Iowa Court Reporters Association
- Kansas Court Reporters Association
- Kentucky Court Reporters Association
- Maryland Court Reporters Association
- Massachusetts Court Reporters Association
- Minnesota Association of Verbatim Reporters and Captioners
- Mississippi Court Reporters Association
- Nebraska Court Reporters Association
- North Carolina Court Reporters Association
- New Mexico Court Reporters Association
- Ohio Court Reporters Association
- Oklahoma Court Reporters Association
- Oregon Court Reporters Association
- Pennsylvania Court Reporters Association
- Tennessee Court Reporters Association
- Texas Court Reporters Association
- Utah Court Reporters Association
- Virginia Court Reporters Association
- Washington Court Reporters Association
- Wisconsin Court Reporters Association
The primary focus of NCRA’s PAC is to develop and nurture legislative relationships that will work in the interest of the Association’s legislative agenda by electing and re-electing friends of NCRA to Congress; articulating NCRA’s legislative issues to policymakers on Capitol Hill; and cultivating relationships on Capitol Hill that will work to the benefit of court reporters, captioners, legal videographers, scopists, and associated legal professionals. To meet these objectives, NCRA’s PAC contributes to the campaigns of congressional candidates who have shown their support for the court reporting, captioning, and legal videography professions, and the legislative issues of NCRA. It is through these contributions that NCRA’s PAC gains access to voice its interests and concerns to those individuals who are in a position to make a difference for the benefit of the professions.
For information about NCRA’s PAC, contact NCRA Director of Government Relations, Jocelynn A. Moore, Esq., at jmoore@ncra.org.
