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www.nyscra.org New York State Court Reporters Association Fall 2012

Harriet Brenner-Gettleman Voted in as PresidentDominick M. Tursi, John Pisano and Amy Mohart voted in as

Vice President, Chair and Secretary/Treasury respectively

2012-13 Officers - R to L Harriet Brenner-Gettleman, President; Lori Strong, Immediate Past President;Dominick M. Tursi, Vice President; John Pisano, Chair; Amy Mohart, Secretary-Treasurer

Index Page

Harriet Brenner-Gettleman Voted in as President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1NYSCRA OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2012 - 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2The President’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Welcome to our Newest Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Thanks to our Newest Corporate Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Special Fund - Horizon Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Meet Your Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Harriet M. Brenner-Gettleman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Dominick M. Tursi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8John Pisano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Amy L. Mohart RPR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Louis Goldstein Memorial Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Dominick M. Tursi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Hall of Fame Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Myron Calderon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Brian DiGiovanna, RPR, CMRS, CRR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Membership Committee Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Just for Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15You Too Can Be an Angel! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172012 Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Thank You from the Convention Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Special Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Student Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Auction List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Conference Steering Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Industry News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Membership Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28“Save The Dates” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

NYSCRA OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2012 - 2013

Officers Board of Directors

PresidentHarriet Brenner-Gettleman

WestburyVice President

Dominick M. TursiCentral Islip

Board ChairJohn Pisano

Secretary/TreasurerAmy L. Mohart RPR

DunkirkImmediate Past President

Lori Strong CSR, RPR, CRRBuffalo

First DepartmentToni Figueroa RMR, CRR, CSR

Second DepartmentVictoria Torres Butler

Third DepartmentAdam Alweis RPR

Terri Austin RPR, CRRCynthia Napiorkowski CSR, RPR

Fourth DepartmentMeridith E. Bonn

Mary Jo Dean RPRMichele Pomietlasz

Board Members at LargeEllen Gianoulakos-Cruz CSR, RPRRenee D. Leguire CSR, RPR, CRR

Executive Director Librarian Larry Donnelly

New York State Court Reporters Association734 Franklin Ave., #319 ! Garden City, NY 11530

Phone: (800) 697-7016 ! Fax: (516) 678-6811email: NYSCRA@NYSCRA.org ! web site: www.NYSCRA.org

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The President’s Report

Why Do We Need To Go Back In Order To Move Forward?What I remember:

Fifty years ago – the latest and the greateststate-of-the-art Stenograph machine; itwas a high-tech plastic encased machine

that came in three colors; it was lightweight,unbreakable, sleek and modern-looking, a far cryfrom the heavy clumsy metal machines we learnedon in school. Selectric typewriters were being usedby typists and onion skin for the copies.

Forty years ago, in anticipation of the computerage, the steno theory was expanded to become acompatible computer theory that was taught at theVerbatim Court Reporting School where I wasteaching at the time.

Martin H. Block assisted in the development of theNCI live-captioning-system software and became the firstcourt reporter in America to use such a system to captionverbatim a live television program.

October 11, 1982, was a historic day for hearing-impaired people. For the first time, a nationally televisednews program, ABC’s World News Tonight, was closed-captioned as it was occurring.

Thirty years ago computers became smaller andfaster and used a cassette drive in which themagnetic tape transferred the steno from the courtreporter’s machine to the software program. Manyof my fellow reporters were using this method to gettheir work transcribed. I used the Theory I wasteaching to resolve my small word conflicts and themost common homonym conflicts that I had. I wasstill using a manual machine and a notereader whoused a desk top computer.

StenEd developed a conflict-free theory 30years ago to increase the reporter’s translation rate.

By the late ‘80s, early’ 90s both X-Scribe andStenograph were selling steno machines that used a3 and half inch floppy disk and a realtime cablehook-up system enabling a direct link to a laptopcomputer and its software, and the portable realtimereporter was born.

Twenty years ago, in 1992 I bought my firstcomputer machine, the StenoRam Ultra, with Rammemory and a laptop, and I had Premier Power, aDOS-based translation software installed on the

laptop; I took trainingsessions to be able touse all this newtechnology, and mynotereader became myscopist and built mydictionary. I becamea realtime writerwithin two years andw a s p r o v i d i n grealtime to a hearing impaired attorney who was aclient of the agency I worked for.

The late ‘90s and early 21st century saw goodtimes for court reporters especially those who couldwrite in realtime; they got the better jobs; theyprovided rough ASCII disks at the end of theproceedings; they provided interactive realtimehook-ups to the attorneys’ laptops; they got theirwork out faster and could produce immediate anddaily transcripts; they were highly sought after andremuneration was commensurate with their skilllevel and additional fees paid to them per page foreach ASCII and attorney’s hook-up.

So, what happened? Technology turned on us.Audiosync has created a generation of reporters whodo not stop the proceedings for clarification or tomake sure they get the testimony because they thinkthey can rely on the Audiosync to fill in the record.Electronic recording companies are not giving acomplete picture to the decision-makers whenpitching the idea of using their electronic equipmentto replace court reporters. The economic crisis andbudgetary constraints have compromised the desirefor accuracy, reliability and professionalism that thecourt reporter brings to the table. Few schools areproviding realtime ready graduates who only needactual experience in the field enabling them to thenbreak into realtime work.

What can we do? We cannot give up. We needto redefine what a professional court reporter is bygoing back and understanding what that means.Then embrace the skills and technology that set usapart from any other means of reporting the spokenword. If you have never written in realtime, learnabout it. NCRA has developed TRAIN, an excellent

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introduction to realtime. All the videoscan be found on the NYSCRA website.Once you understand what realtime is,take a realtime seminar, start workingon your dictionary and conflictresolution.

If you do not want to learn realtimebecause you plan on retiring shortly,then get involved in helping theNYSCRA build its membership andmentor new reporters. Your knowledgeis key, and we need you.

We need to mentor court reportingstudents and answer their questions,and they have many questions. Pleasesee the article addressed to students.We need to be willing to help train newreporters and share our experience andprofessional approach to how we taketestimony in all the different venues in which wework. And most of all, we need to work together forthe common goal of keeping court reporters the mostsought-after means of recording the spoken word.Please contact me with your ideas, comments andsuggestions.

Harriet Brenner-Gettleman, CMRS, CRIPresident NYSCRA

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Happenings

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Contributors

With the hiring of our Lobbyist, NYSCRA has been losing money every year. We try to keep the membershipdues as low as possible and have instead sought voluntary contributions from our members. Your supporthas been very generous and we thank you. The Horizon Scholarship was started in 1991. Since that time,

NYSCRA has granted more than 100 scholarships to deserving court reporting students throughout the State. This year wegave five students $500 scholarships. Once again, we thank all of our members who have contributed to this worthy cause.

Special Fund (8/1/2012 - 8/1/2013) Horizon Scholarship (8/1/2012 - 8/1/2013)

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Meet Your Officers

Harriet M. Brenner-Gettleman President

Since graduating Merchants and BankersBusiness School in 1963, and passing theConnecticut Circuit Court test, where she

spent her first year reporting criminal cases, Harrietmoved to New York, and went into the freelancefield for five years, reporting depositions,conventions, hearings, and arbitrations. She alsoembarked on her first love, teaching, and taughtcourt reporting students for ten years while raisingher children. And in 1978 again returned to freelancework, building a relationship with law firms, sheowned a small agency and continued to mentorstudents.

n 1991 she moved into the corporate world asvice president of a multi-million-dollar courtreporting company, where she developed an InternTraining program. Harriet continued to report avariety of jobs, such as Grand Jury, St’ John’s LawReview of the Toxic Waste sites on Navaho IndianReservations, and the NYS Police Chiefs convention.After 30 years of working on a manual machine, shedecided to become a realtime reporter and traded inthe manual for all the new technology and built herdictionary.

Honing her skills at the corporate level for sevenyears, Harriet felt a back-to-the-personal-serviceapproach was needed. Seeing an urgent need forfurther changes in the court reporting industry,Harriet made a decision to open a new kind of courtreporting agency, one that addressed the need forhighly technical computer-aided court reportingskills. Realtime Reporting, Inc. opened for businessin January 1998, providing the legal field withprofessional, courteous and experienced courtreporters, and to provide the court reporters with aneverlasting opportunity for professional and personalgrowth through state-of-the-art technology andtraining. The company was named the best courtreporting firm on Long Island for 2007 and 2008 bythe Long Island Business News. In October 2008,Harriet retired from Realtime Reporting, Inc.

In the spirit of training skilled realtime courtreporters, Harriet launched Realtime Center forLearning, Inc. in 2006, an unprecedented court

reporting school, blending both in-house anddistance learning training in a self-paced curriculumso that graduates will have the basics to becomerealtime reporters, and/or CART providers orbroadcast closed captioners.

Realtime Captioning, LLC was launched inDecember of 2007 to provide CART services to thedeaf and hard-of-hearing community on Long Islandand training for reporters to become realtime writers.Harriet has three children and seven grandchildrenand currently lives in Westbury, NY.

Business Recognition Realtime Reporting, Inc.was named to the Workforce Builders Honor Roll in2004, 2006 and 2007 as a result of Harriet’sinvolvement at Long Island’s Career Days at highschools and colleges and still participates on theIsland Trees School to Business Partnership board,mentoring High School students.

Community Involvement After many years ofvolunteer work at events and raising money, Harrietwas appointed to the Community Leaders Board ofthe Nassau County Bar Association’s WE CARE Fund.In August of 2007 she was invited to participate onthe WE CARE Fund Advisory Board helping to raisethe funds that have been distributed to many LIcharities.

Certifications: Connecticut CSR (CertifiedShorthand Reporter) – December 1963NCRA, CMRS (Certified Manager of ReportingServices) – May 2001NCRA, CRI (Certified Reporting Instructor) – June2001

Memberships: National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) President-elect of the New York State CourtReporters Association (NYSCRA)

WE CARE Fund Advisory Board, Nassau CountyBar Association

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Dominick M. TursiVice President

See his bio under LouisGoldstein Memorial Award

Honoree page 10

John PisanoBoard Chair

John started reporting in July 1975.He has worked with RadazoReporting, which is a family

operation that has been in business over 50years, his entire career. He became a seniorreporter there, then co-manager. Currently,he is still reporting on a regular basis, doingmainly malpractice cases, municipal andother types of hearings, expert testimony, etcetera, while still running the office with hiswife, Linda.

He moved the firm to Garden City in2003, where they now provide conferencerooms to attorneys to conduct EBTs anddepositions.

John has been a member of NYSCRAsince 1984. He is also a long-standingmember of NCRA.

John passed the NY State SupremeCourt Senior Reporter's exam and was givenan appointment in Riverhead, NY in 1980,but choose instead to remain in the freelancefield and run an agency.

He currently lives in Westbury, NYwith his wife and daughter, who is a juniorat Hofstra University. His son graduatedfrom NYIT with a Bachelor of Architecturedegree and is living in NYC.

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Amy L. Mohart RPR Secretary-Treasurer

After graduating HS Amy attended AlfredState College and graduated with an AS inCourt Reporting in 1987. Her first job was

in Poughkeepsie, NY with Schmieder & Miester CourtReporting, where she worked with 12 other reportersin the firm. It was a great start to a wonderful career.She will always be grateful to the owners, Karen andPatricia, as well as many of the reporters there. Theywere a great inspiration and very patient and helpfulteachers for a starting reporter.

She moved back to WNY in late 1988, where sheworked as a freelancer with two other reporters inChautauqua County. They handled depositions andDWI trials (jury and non-jury). She then startedworking with John Villafranca & Associates as afreelance reporter and covered depositions in Erie andChautauqua Counties. She marriedMichael in 1994, and moved to OrchardPark, NY, where she worked for DePaoloCrosby Court Reporting for 2 1/2 years.It was there that she was exposed to agreat deal more of the court reportingfield outside of depositions. She coveredparole boards for NYS. She had to travelto the prisons, and with theCommissioners assigned for that day,reviewed many inmates' cases. Manytimes they saw 60 to 80 inmates in oneday. They were usually very long andexhausting days, but great experience! Inaddition, she was granted clearance forFederal Grand Jury, and “let me just say,those cases were INTERESTING!!!” She also filled in for an Erie CountyGrand Jury Court Reporter several times,which was great experience and, ofcourse, speed building (ha! ha!) Yes,some of the attorneys were fast. She alsohad the opportunity to cover manytechnical and medical depositions, whichstretched my knowledge base and abilitiesas a reporter.

In late 1996, She and her husbandbought their first house in Dunkirk, NewYork, and she decided to set out hershingle. She worked freelance d/b/aMohart Court Reporting for 9 years andcovered all of Chautauqua County. Shewas given the privilege of handling manydepositions, town and village jury trials,preliminary hearings, 50-H hearings,

Section 75 hearings, and Chautauqua County Grand Juryfor the last 5 of the 9 years, and enjoyed every bit of theexperience!!

After 18 years as a freelance reporter, she decided totake the State Court Reporter test (J-24) in 2005. Shepassed the test, and in January of 2006, she was offered ajob as the court reporter for Chautauqua County FamilyCourt where she remains today. “I am very glad to beworking for New York State as a court reporter, and I amlooking forward to the next 20 years!!!”

She and Michael have been married for 14 years andhave one son, Aidan, who is 5 years old. They currentlylive in Dunkirk, New York, which is in ChautauquaCounty.

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Louis Goldstein Memorial AwardDominick M. Tursi

Dom has been a federal court reporter inthe busy Eastern District of New York(at Central Islip, Long Island) since

1997. This followed 15 years as a freelance reporterand principal, during which time he had offices onboth coasts of the United States, in Hong Kong, andin London. For the preceding 20 years, he was anofficial reporter in the New York State SupremeCourt.

Dom has reported assignments from SoutheastAsia to Cairo, and was one of the first reporters tointernationally telecommunicate steno, delivering 36running days of daily copy in Hong Kong with noonsite assist – in 1988!

Founder, director, and instructor at the VerbatimSchool of Court Reporting for more than a decade,today he sits on the court reporting advisory board ofa local court reporting institution. He was one of thefirst East Coast reporters ever to use a computer fortranscription, and wrote realtime as early as 1985.

Dom has served as an expert witness toreporting groups and law firms, has been a computer

consultant to several companies, and was part ofStenograph’s CaseCATalyst and CaseViewdevelopment teams. He lectures extensively,speaking to nearly 50 elementary & high schoolclasses - plus law school groups - each year. Hedelivers his message about our professional heritageto reporting associations throughout the US, presentsto law firms, reporting schools, and peers, and hasauthored numerous monographs.

In June of 2007, on behalf of 40 Americandelegates, Dom delivered the primary address to thehistoric joint conference of United States andChinese reporters in Beijing, China.

His reporting credentials include being three-time NYS Shorthand Speed Contest Champion(Perfect Paper, 280 wpm Q&A), and WorldShorthand Speed Champion (300 wpm Q&A, 5minutes, 24 errors) in 1981 – a record which stillstands.

In September 2010 Dom opened The Gallery ofShorthand in the lobby of the federal courthouse inwhich he is employed.

Honorees (L to R) Dominick M. Tursi, Louis Goldstein Memorial Award; BrianDiGiovanna and Myron Calderon, Hall of Fame Awards

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Hall of Fame AwardMyron Calderon

Myron’s career as an Official CourtReporter has spanned fourdecades. The last 36 years were spent

working in Manhattan’s Civil Division of the NewYork State Supreme Court which is the highest courtof record in the state and the busiest court of its typein the world. Myron reported the first realtime trialin the City of New York. As a court reporter, hereported on the most intricate types of medical andlegal malpractice trials, stock exchange trialsinvolving billions of dollars, and significantcommercial litigation. He also reported on the civillitigation involving the liability of the 1995 WorldTrade Center bombings.

Court reporting was only one aspect of Myron’sinterests in the court system. He was chairman ofthe Senior Court Reporters Advisory Panel, a uniquecommittee which emphasized labor relationsbetween the court reporting staff and theadministration. This approach was subsequentlyadopted in other jurisdictions in the City of NewYork.

While Myron found his responsibilities as acourt reporter demanding, he made time to improvethe performance of court reporters by advancingtheir use of technology on the job. He developed arelationship with the Stenograph Corporation as abeta tester and became involved in the developmentof software and hardware for official court reporters.After years of testing, he introduced the paperlessm a c h i n e t o t h e O f f i c e o f C o u r tAdministration which is now used by a majority ofreporters in New York State. For several years heserved as Vice President of the Association ofOfficial Reporters of America, an officialship users’group for those using Stenograph’s software andhardware where he also participated in writingarticles and conducted seminars to help othersbecome more effective and efficient.

Myron voluntarily created materials andprovided classes to help his peers improve writingtechniques, integrate computer technology with courtreporting, and all aspects of realtime. Other classeshe conducted included understanding the softwareand operation of writing machines such as the

Stentura, Mira and Diamante.Myron is well known for his role as the

Legislative Officer of the Association of Supremeand Surrogate Court Reporters for 18 years. Herepresented court reporters in hearings and meetingsconvincingly demonstrating the inferiority of soundand video recording, and spoke beforenumerous legislative and judicial committeesadvancing the benefits of computerized and realtimecourt reporting. He assisted lobbyists for the stateand supreme court associations and workedindependently at the New York State Senate andAssembly. Significantly, he developed close andprofessional relationships with many legislators,including the influential Speaker of the House of theNew York State Assembly. He further, with hisenthusiasm and dedication, was able to recruit andorganize groups of court reporters to participate inpolitical campaigns, and he represented ourorganizations before candidates in our state as wellas candidates on the national level.

Myron’s efforts were recognized by the NationalCourt Reporters Association which led to hiscreating seminars for our New York State CourtReporter’s Association on “How the New YorkLegislature works and what influence court reporterscan have on their legislators” and “How to be abetter court reporter.”

Myron has been an active member of the Boardof Directors of our Association. He has also workedtirelessly and passionately on committees involvingthe promulgation of legislation for CSR licensingand the eradication of sound and video recording inNew York State as well as on legislative andtechnology committees.

He continues his ongoing communication withthe Stenograph Corporation always with a view todemonstrating that court reporters, especially withrealtime technology, provide the most effective andefficient means of making and delivering an accuraterecord.

Myron retired from active employment withNew York State in 2010 but presently serves as alegislative and technical advisor.

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Hall of Fame AwardBrian DiGiovanna, RPR, CMRS, CRR

Iam presently the President of the Association ofSupreme Court Reporters within the City of NewYork, the only union in the United States that

represents court reporters exclusively. In 1983, I became a Senior Court Reporter for the

Supreme Court, County of Kings, and since 1996 havebeen so employed in the County of New York, CivilDivision. In 2001, I received a special appointment bythe Deputy Chief Administrative Judge of New YorkState to be The Special Advisor for CourtroomTechnology for New York County for my work indeveloping and institutionalizing the concept ofCourtroom 2000, the first courtroom of the future in NewYork State, a program designed to teach, study and applycourtroom technology and methodology to the legalcommunity.

In my capacity as the Special Advisor for CourtroomTechnology for New York County, I have assisted in thedevelopment of courtroom technology programsthroughout New York State.

I was invited to the Island of Tortola, reporting to theGovernor as well as the Chief Administrative judge, tohelp study, report and develop technology for the Groupof Nine Caribbean Islands.

As the Courtroom 2000 Project Manager, I wasresponsible for the creation, negotiation, development,installation and marketing of this unfunded project,leading up to and creating the model for state-wideimplementation.

In 1997, I was appointed by the New York CityCourt Reporters’ union, The Association of Surrogate’sand Supreme Court Reporters, to the position of Directorof Courtroom Technology for my work and effortsindeveloping the concept of court reporters managing hi-tech courtrooms, using realtime as its foundation.

I was the Chair for the New York City RealtimeCommittee and the Committee for Standardization ofComputer-Aided transcription, as well as the Director ofLitigation Software Training for judges and attorneyswithin the City of New York. I have also co-chaired theNew York State Court Reporters Association’s programof seminars and conferences.

In 2000, I created and implemented the CertifiedReporter of Courtroom Technology program, which wasan 8-hour workshop covering all aspects of courtroomtechnology, training the court reporter as an informationmanager. For NCRA, I was a member of the board ofdirectors and have served on various committees, such as,the Blue Ribbon Commission, which was promulgated tostudy voice writing with realtime technology; the Court

Technology Conference 7, an international conferenceproviding lectures and new technology insights to courtadministrators, as well as the XML Standards Task Force,which focused on standardizing formats internationally.

In 1996, I developed, designed and implementedNew York’s first computer-integrated courtroom, as wellas written numerous manuals and articles on the subjectsof technology for court reporters and hi-tech courtrooms.

In June of 2005 I took over as President of theAssociation of Surrogates and Supreme Court Reporters,and was officially elected in November 2005 as Presidentand continue to serve. In this capacity, I have endeavoredto provide training to our members in the areas ofcourtroom and realtime technology.

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Membership Committee ReportChair – Jean H. Beskin, Past President of NYSCRA

One of the goals I had when I becamepresident of our Association was  togo around our great state to visit with

Official Court Reporters who are employed with theNYS Unified Court System, Verbatim Reporters whoare employed with the NYS Workers’ CompensationBoard,  Freelance  Court  Reporters,  FreelanceAgencies,  and  Court  Reporting  Schools.Unfortunately, due to my responsibilities then as afull‐time  Official  Court  Reporter  with  QueensSupreme Court and caring for my ill mother at thetime, I was unable to even begin to meet that goaluntil recently.

As Chair of our Membership Committee and asa member of our 2012 Convention Committee,  sinceLabor Day I have had the privilege to visit with theOfficial Court Reporters, Verbatim Reporters, andCourt Reporting Students of the following due to thegraciousness  of  their  Chief  Court  Reporters  andrepresentatives:                 

Brian  DiGiovanna  –  New  York  SupremeCourt, Angela Spinelli on behalf of Queens SupremeCourt, Lisa Porteus – Nassau County Supreme Court,Jerri Krevoff – Nassau County Court, Donna Marconi–  Suffolk  County  Court,  Ron  Gorman  –  SuffolkCounty District  Court, Diane Ashley  on  behalf  ofSuffolk  County  Family  Court;  Hilary  Davidson  –Hauppauge  Office  of  the  NYS  Workers’Compensation Board, Diane Powers  ‐ HempsteadOffice of  the NYS Workers’ Compensation Board,and  Monica  Foote  –  President  of  Long  IslandBusiness  Institute, and Michelle Houston,  formermember of our Board of Directors.  Although I didnot get to visit Nassau County District Court whereI had worked for nine years, I did have a wonderfulconversation  with  the  Supervisor  of  CourtReporters, Rob Cullen.  

It was truly wonderful to get to meet all ofyou and equally enjoyable to see so many of youwith whom  I have worked over  the course of mythirty‐one years as a Court Reporter. 

I wish to express my thanks to Dom Tursi,our new vice president and recent recipient of ourLouis Goldstein Memorial Award, for visiting SuffolkCounty Supreme Court through the graciousness ofChief  Court  Reporter  Steve  Salerno,  New  YorkSchool  of  Court  Reporting,  Stuart  Auslander,Director;  and  also  Long  Island  Business  Institute,Monica  Foote,  President;  and Michelle Houston,former member of our Board of Directors.

Because the best time to visit Official CourtReporters is between 9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., I wasonly  able  to  visit  one  courthouse  per  day,  but  Irecently  met  with  our  new  president,  HarrietBrenner‐Gettleman,  and  the  both  of  us  will  bevisiting the courthouses across our state throughoutthe remainder of 2012 and all through 2013.   Wewill also be meeting with Freelance Agencies, as wedid a few months ago, and Court Reporting schoolsthroughout the state. We look forward to learningwhat  the  cares,  concerns,  hopes,  dreams,  andexpectations of our Court Reporting profession areand how they can best be addressed.

I sincerely want to thank all of you who haverecently become members and all those who haverecently  renewed  their  membership.    We  arepresently  looking  into  developing  a MembershipPackage which will  provide  you with  discountedproducts and services, developing the opportunityto  provide  a  Realtime  Certification  through  ourAssociation  to  enhance  your  professionalcredentials, planning more skills training workshopsand seminars, developing a Student Newsletter, anddeveloping  problem  solving  resources,  i.e.,facebook, etc.

If you are wondering whether it’s worth yourwhile to become a member of our 136‐ year‐old NYSCourt Reporters Association, consider this reflectionby  Kelly  A.  Cherwin,  Communications  Editor,HigherEdJobs, “Why Join a Professional Association?Enhance your network:  For most people, creating

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professional relationships is important, and joininga group allows you to have a sense of security andtrust.  From this, you are able to support and helpone  another  in  reaching  your  professional  goals.Associations sponsor numerous events throughoutthe year that allow you to connect with your peers.You can share ideas, ask for advice, volunteer to bea  speaker or become a member of a committee.Since  most  associations  have  national  or  localconferences,  you  can  participate  and  have  theachievers in your field and also meet and brainstormwith others who are also looking to share and learnnew  information.    Another  benefit  of  enhancingyour network is that you may find a mentor to helpyou with your professional needs or you may be ina position  to become a mentor  to someone else.Giving back can be the greatest reward and benefit.Participating  in  forums, chat groups or discussionboards sponsored by the association is also a greatway to grow your network.  This allows you to useyour  peers  as  sounding  boards  and  often makesome great friends with the same interests as you.”

For those of you who attended our recent2012 Convention, you came to enjoy many of theprofessional  benefits  of which  the writer  of  theabove  article  speaks  about.    We,  too,  have  aMentoring  Program  under  the  direction  of  PastPresident  Anthony  Frisolone,  of  which  weencourage  you  to  participate  in.    During  ourConvention, workshops were provided to enhanceyour Court Reporting skills by Vice President DomTursi, on a Tour of The Gallery of Shorthand – TheHistory  of  Shorthand  and  Evolution  of  MachineShorthand,  Jennifer  Bonfilio  on  Realtime  FearBuster  and  CART  and  Captioning  Workshop,President  Harriet  Brenner‐Gettleman,  onSchools/F irm   Owners/Students/ Interns/Deposition/Court  Procedures,  Past  PresidentAnthony Frisolone on Case CATalyst Training andEthics – Basics for Students, Michael Starkman onEclipse Training and Realtime Coach, NYSCRA PastPresident and NCRA Board of Director Steve Zinoneon  TRAIN  –  Taking  Realtime  Awareness  andInnovation Nationwide, and Faye Grand on CarpalTunnel Syndrome.  If you were not able to attendthe Convention, there will be more seminars over

the course of the year for you to avail yourself ofprofessionally.

You are cordially  invited to become a member ofthe  oldest  existing  Court  Reporting  Association.From the great  ideas and creative suggestions wehave received since our Convention from PresidentHarriet  Brenner‐Gettleman,  Vice  President  andLouis  Goldstein Memorial  Award  Honoree  DomTursi, Hall of Fame Honorees Brian DiGiovanna andMyron Calderon, NYSCRA Past President and NCRABoard  of  Director  Steve  Zinone,  and  Board  ofDirector Adam Alweis, I can attest to the fact youwill  definitely want  to  be  a  part  of  this  excitingdirection the future of our profession and the NYSCourt Reporters Association is headed towards!   

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JUST FOR STUDENTS:

By Harriet Brenner-Gettleman

Welcome to the NYSCRA Students Page.

What  a  wonderful  turnout  we  had  from  court

reporting students that attended the 2012 NYSCRA

Convention on Long Island.  The seminars offered a

variety of opportunities for the students to attend

sessions on TRAIN, realtime, freelance agency work

requirements,  Case  CATalyst  and  Eclipse  training,

carpal tunnel syndrome and the history of the steno

machine.  

One of the many student e‐mails I received was from

Gabrielle  Carletti,  who  posed  some  very  good

questions.  Excerpts  from  her  e‐mail  and  her

questions and my answers are as follows: 

  “Let  me  start  off  by  saying  what  a  wonderful

experience  I  had  at  the  NYSCRA  convention.  I

attended my very first convention in Philadelphia this

past  August  and  since  then  was  really  looking

forward to the convention in Long Island. While both

conventions  proved  to  be  professionally  and

personally fulfilling there is definitely an added sense

of camaraderie that comes along with the sharing of

one's home state.  

“I live in Staten Island and attend New York Career

Institute in Manhattan. I am a full‐time day student,

currently testing for the 160 wpm speed level.  

“Below are some questions I have:”

What do I need to focus on as a student to be best

prepared to enter the profession? First, after each

speed  test  you  pass, work  on  cleaning  up  those

notes that got messy while pushing for speed. Second, build

your  dictionary  every  chance  you  get.    Third,  write  in

realtime in class and while doing homework.

What equipment do I need to start working? What type of

laptop is best to run Case Catalyst with?  I don’t recommend

a  paperless machine when  you  first  start  to work;  it  is

important to read back from your paper notes. For a laptop,

you can use any laptop that has Windows 7.  Macs are just

not as compatible with Case CATalyst Version 13 as I would

like.

As a newly working  reporter will  I be expected  to provide

realtime viewing  for my clients;  if not as a newly working

reporter,  when  will  I  be  expected  to  do  this?  As  a  new

reporter,  you will  not  be  expected  to  provide  “realtime

viewing.”  You will only be writing in realtime for yourself so

your editing can be reduced and you can work on building

your dictionary.  You will not work as a realtime reporter

until  you  can  handle  the  kind  of  work  that  demands

realtime.    It  will  be  at  least  a  couple  of  years  taking

negligence,  slip  and  falls,  50h  and  a  variety  of  lesser

commercial work.   

When should I get my notary license? Somewhere between

180 and 225, you should get the book, study for the Notary

test and  take  the  test.   You can’t work unless you are a

Notary.

When should I take the RPR exam? How far in advance should

I start preparing for the RPR?  You can take the RPR written

portion while you are in school. You will need to study for it.

It is very hard.  The skills portion should not be taken until

after you graduate and have practiced for the test.

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Should students who live in a state other than New

York join the NYSCRA if they plan on working in New

York as a Court Reporter? Yes.    It will help  them

understand what is required to work in New York.

How many jobs per week should I take when I first

begin working? One  to  three  jobs per week;  you

need to learn the freelance agency’s requirements

as  far  as  format,  turn‐around  time,  dogsheets,

forms and billing.  Complete each job and turn it in

so  you  can  learn  what  to  do  if  you  have  done

anything  wrong.    If  you  pile  up  work,  simply

because  it  is  offered  to  you,  you  will  get  quite

overwhelmed.

How many  agencies  should  I  work  with?  One,  if

possible.  There is a lot to learn, and it can become

quite stressful working for more than one agency in

the beginning.    

As  a  freelance  court  reporter  how  do  I  go  about

finding health insurance?  If you have met working

reporters through the conventions you attend, you

can always ask them what insurance company they

use. You are an  independent  contractor and you

need to have your own health insurance.

How do you network? You are already doing a great

job of networking. You attended two conventions

and have met  some great  reporters who answer

your  questions  and will  guide  you  through  your

schooling and when you start working.

Thank you, Gabrielle. 

   We will be starting a Students Newsletter to

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YOU TOO CAN BE AN ANGEL!

The National Court Reporters Foundation, orNCRF, is the heart of the court reportingprofession. It’s “the foundation for court

reporting philanthropy,” and its mission is promoteour wonderful profession.

Here’s what NCRF has been up to:

Veterans History Project: Court reporterstranscribe oral histories of our nation’s war veteransso that they become part of a permanent electronicarchive at the Library of Congress. Not only doreporters feel like they’re contributing to ourhistory, but they get FREE professionaldevelopment credits from NCRA in return.

NCRF has turned in over 2,700 oral histories tothe Library of Congress, and our goal is 3,000by Memorial Day 2013.

Giving court reporting students a FREEmembership in NCRA? Yes, NCRF doesthat! All a student has to do is transcribe twooral histories. About 210 students have gottenfree memberships already, and about 45 ofthem are new NCRA members!

Have you ever met an attorney or judge whodoesn’t have a clue about realtime or how tomake an effective record? Of course youhave! NCRF has created FREE teaching toolsso that reporters can give presentations to lawschools, bar associations or judges’ groups onmaking a good record. All you have to do isask, and we’ll send them to you.

And NCRF does so much more, and we do itsolely from donations received from generousdonors.

Every Member Counts to NCRF, and we wantNCRF to count to every member.

So when you see the voluntary contribution on yourNCRA dues renewal form, or when you get a call inApril during our annual phone-a-thon, or if one of

our wonderful volunteers approaches you about ourAngels Program, know that we’re working on yourbehalf.For information about becoming an NCRF Angel, goto www.ncra.org/ncrf, or contact Tammey M. Pastor, RPR, NCRF Trustee, attammeympastor@gmail.com; or NCRF’s DeputyExecutive Director B. J. Shorak on 800/272-6272,ext. 126, or by email at bjshorak@ncra.org.

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Thank You from the Convention Chair

To those that came to the 2012 NYSCRA Convention:You were the most fabulous participants we couldhave had, attending seminars  that  I believe were

informative and inspirational and then dancing the nightaway at  the  Saturday night Gala. Our Event  Sponsorswere Dalco Reporting, Inc.; Radazo Reporting, Inc.; TobyFeldman,  Inc.  and  the  Association  of  Supreme  CourtReporters.  Our  student  attendees  received  an  equalportion  of  the  student  sponsor  donations  of  ourgenerous membership. The raffle prizes generated bothexcitement for all who were buying tickets like mad tothe prize winners who were so thrilled when they won.Thank you all for such a variety of donations. The winnerof the Special Raffle prize, donated by Dom Tursi, wasover  the  top with  joy at walking away with  the 1940sSténotype Grandjean machine. Our vendor room washumming all day and a big thanks to our vendors for theirparticipation:  Stenograph,  Advantage  Software,Everbatim,  and Stenocast. Our vendor guest was MaryAnn Payonk, President of  the Greater Washington DCShorthand Reporters Association.   Our  entertainmentprovided by Jaimy Lynn was outstanding, from her violinplaying at the Opening ceremonies to the phenomenalarray of entertainment at the Gala dinner.  Ultimate ClassLimousine provided car service from the hotel tothe  Gallery  on  Friday  night  and  conducted  awonderful Wine Tour of  three wineries on  theEast End of Long Island on Sunday. 

We are so very proud of our Honorees: DominickTursi, Myron  Calderon  and  Brian  DiGiovanna,who  made  passionate  and  inspirationalacceptance speeches.  

Our  Vocabulary  Contest  was  conducted  andcreated by Bill Cohen, who graciously donated allthe  prize  money.    Congratulations  to  ourWinners: 1st Place  ‐ Debra Stevens, 2nd Place –Fonda Nason, 3rd Place  ‐ Jeremy Frank.

What an amazing association we have; 136 yearsago  the  New  York  State  Court  ReportersAssociation began a journey when the horse andbuggy  got its members to meetings traversing acentury  to  its  current  focus  of  mentoringstudents and new reporters, understanding theneed  for  realtime  technology,  and  creating  an

important understanding of the issues facing official andfreelance reporters so that they will be able to navigatethese issues resulting in a more positive outcome.  

The  current  software  and  electronic  technology  hasbecome both a blessing and a curse, and we will sort outand define the different aspects of that information. Wewill address contracting; how it arose, where it impactsthe industry, and what can and cannot be done about it.

We will create a voluntary certification program that willenhance your career opportunities.

We  are embarking on  a new  adventure,  and  you willwant to be part of this very exciting journey in the seconddecade of the 21st Century of the NYSCRA.  Spread theword: Join now to secure the future of our profession.  

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving me theopportunity to lead you into future.

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Convention

Thank You To OurSpecial Sponsors

Reception Buffet Debra A. Levinson - Dalco Reporting, Inc.

Continental Breakfast John Pisano - Radazo Reporting Inc.

Cocktail Reception Toby Feldman - Toby Feldman Inc.

Dinner The Association of Supreme Court Reporters

Vocabularly Contest William Cohen

Student Sponsors

Thanks to all of those who sponsoredstudents, enabling all of the students

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Larry Gettleman and Jean Beskin presenting thank you basket to Convention ChairHarriet Brenner-Gettleman (C) from the convention committee.

Conference Steering CommitteeConference Chairperson

Thank You from Harriet Brenner-Gettleman

I'd like to take this time to thank all of you who worked so hard with me inplanning this convention. Without your time, effort, and experience this couldnever have happened. Thank you for believing that it could be done and forbelieving in me to direct this project which at times was overwhelming. Yourcontributions to NYSCRA have gone above and beyond.

Convention Committee

Cindy Afanador Nikkeya BellJean Beskin

Dana ChipkinMary Jo Dean

Larry DonnellyToni Figueroa

Anthony Frisolone

Howie Gresh Debra Levinson

Mary Anne Misiti Mindy Perlish John Pisano Lori StrongDom Tursi

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Harriet Brenner-Gettleman with family

(L to R) Jean Beskin, John Cardillo, Nancy Silberger, JohnPisano

Congratulations - 25 Year Membership Club

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Steve Zinone - TRAIN

Bill Cohen - Vocabularly Sponsor

Jennifer Bonfilio - Realtime Fear Buster

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NYSCRA Past & Present 2012 ConventionFront (L to R) Jean Beskin, Harriet Brenner-Gettleman, Felicia A. Biase,Catherine Marra-Lopez, William M. GennaroRear (L to R) William Cohen, Stephen A. Zinone, Lori L. Strong, AnnetteForbes, Kathleen Arent, Anthony D. Frisolone

Compliments of

The Association of Supreme Court Reporters

Within the City of New York

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ASSCR is proud to be a Corporate Member ofNYSCRA

New York State Court Reporters AssociationMEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

Please fill in the information requested below as you want it to appear in NYSCRA’s records.

Name __________________________________________________________________________________

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Membership from 8/1/2012 to 12/31/2013

Membership TypesActive - RO - Regular OfficialRFL - Regular Free LanceRF - Regular FederalCA - Captioner/CARTHE - HearingAssociate -A - Associate (Teachers, Scopists,Vendors, Retired) Student -S - Student

Dues Amount

Active 1 yr. $140 2 yrs. $250

Associate 1 yr. $115 2 yrs. $200

Student 1 yr. $ 50

Voluntary ContributionsSpecial Fund (Lobbying & NYSCRA Conventions) Gold Contributor - $100+Silver Contributor - $ 50 - $99Bronze Contributor - $ 15 - $49Horizon Scholarship Fund (StudentScholarships)Summa Cum Laude - $100+Magna Cum Laude - $ 50 - $99Cum Laude - $ 15 - $49

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Please Note: This dues payment is not deductible as a charitable contribution but is deductible for most members as abusiness expense; however, the NYSCRA estimates that 15% of the dues payment is not deductible as a business expensebecause of NYSCRA’s lobbying activities on behalf of its members.

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NYSCRA “Save The Dates” NYSCRA

Date Locations EventNovember 1, 2012 The Transcript posted on website and

notice emailed to membersNovember 3, 2012Registration Sept 4 - October 5, 2012

Various Skills RPR, RMR, CRR, CBC, and CCP

February 1, 2013 The Transcript posted on website andnotice emailed to members

May 1, 2013 The Transcript posted on website andnotice emailed to members

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August 1, 2013 The Transcript posted on website andnotice emailed to members