An Active Relationship

Mary Hicks Hienfield, CCR

President, Alabama Court Reporters Association

Thanks to all who support ACRA.  Please be patient with us as we continue to grow as a board and as a professional association.  There is always room for improvement.  It is important to recognize that an education is never finished, particularly in an ever-changing profession like ours.  Without you, we would not be here, we would not need to be here.    There would be no conference networking.  There would be no speakers for motivation.  Updates would sometimes get lost in the shuffle.

Knowledge can be more abundant and even more enjoyable to acquire as a group because of the domino effect.  One statement can prompt many scenarios out of which questions begin to arise.  If we were not attending conferences, we would just log in on our computer and watch an online seminar.  Some prefer that method, and there’s nothing wrong with it.  Many have limited travel ability or schedule conflicts, and it can be a solution in a pinch.  But for those who solely rely on the internet for learning and CEUs, they don’t know what they are missing out on, do they?