LISTEN TO THE MEMBERS!

I just received my June issue of the JCR, and as I usually do, I opened it to the President's Page to read what President Morgan had written. Much to my surprise, she wrote: "Almost two years ago, the NCRA Board of Directors attempted to launch a similar discussion, but, in the process, we were thinking too much about the future of the Association rather than on the furture of the profession. To frame the conversation, we focused too extensively on the potential inclusion of those using other methods of making the record within an 'umbrella-type' testing or membershiip scenario. To say the least, this was an approach that served no one well."

They have finally admitted what was going on. They were panicking about their numbers and felt they needed to bring in other people and money either by way of testing or by way of membership. The problem is the membership has been telling them for years, many more than two, that they want NCRA to remain a steno only organization. At the presidential planning meeting I attended earlier this year, SueLynn Morgan told me that NCRA could not afford to have another motion-to-rescind-type scenario happen again. She stopped short of what she is saying now, but it's obvious if the board would not have been looking to test or bring in other "methods," the motion to rescind would have never taken place.

So now, right before the convention, they come out and say, "We are now going to listen to the membership." Well, I say it's about time.