This is fantastic, Jocelynn. I will make myself available as much as possible to help at the table. I will be attending the conference, but don’t need all of the points so I will have some free
time as well.
I’m looking forward to meeting you!
Christy Aulls Bradshaw, RPR, FPR
General Manager – Ocala Business Unit | U.S. Legal Support
201 North Magnolia Avenue
Ocala, Florida 34475
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Cell: 352-427-8008
Chbradshaw@uslegalsupport.com
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Good Morning Christy and PAC Governing Board,
Christy, I think you raised some very good questions in your email below. Regarding the raffle, we have changed it to a later time—we will now be doing the PAC Fundraiser raffle at
4:15 P.M. Saturday, August 17 when there is a snack break in the exposition hall.
Further, we have determined that an individual must be present to win OR, another individual must be present to take the winner’s basket, otherwise, we will re-draw another name.
Also, we have decided that the general membership is free to donate baskets. If you know anyone who would like to personally donate a basket, please direct them to me. We need to know who will be donating for our final count.
Lastly, regarding the ticket pay scale, this is what Dave and I have come-up with:
5 tickets for $10
12 tickets for $20
30 tickets for $50
60 tickets for $100
Currently, I am in the process of gathering-up supplies to have them shipped to convention and creating a volunteer list for the PAC booth. In the meantime, please let me know if you have any more additional questions, comments, or concerns.
Thank you,
Jocelynn
Jocelynn A. Moore, J.D.
Director, State Government Relations
NCRA: The Association for Court Reporters and Captioners | 12030 Sunrise Valley Drive | Suite 400 | Reston, VA 20191
Main: 703-556-6272 | Direct: 703-584-9017 | Fax: 703-391-0629
jmoore@ncra.org |
www.ncra.org
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Jocelyn,
I think I may have sent this previously, but just in case I am sending it now (below this email), the breakdown in which Florida sells tickets. We count a bunch out ahead of time in 100s and
50s so they are ready when people walk up. We have found that the more tickets people get for their money, the more they buy. We have quite a few people each year that will buy $100 worth. This year, we raised almost $5,500 for our Florida PAC fund in this
fundraiser. This was our biggest year yet.
I do have a couple questions: Is there any way to do the drawing later in the day, even if it’s at the party Saturday night? It would not take more than probably five or ten minutes with the
amount of baskets we have. One of the problems we ran into last year is that many people were in classes at the time the baskets were drawn and were not able to be there and it deterred them from buying tickets. It also limited us getting the sales for the
full day Saturday by doing it in the a.m. We could have sold tickets for the remainder of Saturday and could have made more.
Also, I know we discussed this year whether or not people would have to be present to win, but that can cause a couple issues: If someone does not put their name on the ticket and a number is
called, they may never come back to see if the won, and then you have an unclaimed basket that someone present could have won. In Florida, you have to be present to win. If you can’t be there, you have to give your tickets to someone who is present.
Last question: Shaunise and I discussed this past week in emails as to whether we would want to open this up for the membership to bring baskets this year in addition to the states? Just a thought.
In Florida we have the membership bring baskets and they really get into it. Yolanda brought a great one this year to Florida. Last year, the basket that had the most tickets in the bag won a membership to Boot Camp, which is wonderful. If we opened
it up to the members also, if a member’s basket one, we could offer them a free membership. That is what Florida has done for years. Just a thought; if not for this year, for next year.
Dave can tell you what a fun event ours has turned into. He won a basket this year too😊
Thanks.
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Christy Aulls Bradshaw, RPR, FPR
General Manager – Ocala Business Unit | U.S. Legal Support
201 North Magnolia Avenue
Ocala, Florida 34475
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Main: 352-401-0080
Cell: 352-427-8008
Chbradshaw@uslegalsupport.com
www.uslegalsupport.com
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Good Morning Everyone,
I just wanted to provide all of you with an update concerning our PAC Gift Basket Extravaganza this year at the 2019 annual NCRA Convention in Denver, CO. This year, we will be holding our raffle at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, August 17.
During our PAC Governing Board conference call last month, there were several items we discussed. The first action item we discussed was that I was going to work with Shaunise Day to send her fundraising letter to state leaders. We have
forwarded Shaunise’s letter to state leaders in the state leaders listserv and have also sent follow-up emails to them. Shaunise will also be promoting the fundraiser on Facebook, if you would like to share her post. We will continue to encourage state leaders
to donate prior to Convention.
Our second action item dealt with adding additional tables for baskets, putting the PAC booth in a desirable location, and requesting times when PAC Governing Board members may speak briefly at convention to promote the fundraiser. We have
added one table for the baskets this year, so we will have a total of three tables. Regarding the location of the PAC booth, I could not change the location—the booth locations have already been set and paying sponsors receive priority in terms of location.
Concerning promotional opportunities, PAC Governing Board members will have time before or after speakers/breaks to very briefly promote the fundraiser.
During our call, we also discussed the possibility of walking around and selling tickets. We are looking into purchasing Square for convention, and if we do, we should be able to leave the booth and collect contributions throughout the
convention hall. However, we must remember that contributors must fill out the NCRA PAC Contribution form when they contribute to the raffle.
The last action item concerned increasing awareness of NCRA PAC in the JCR Weekly. Within the next week, the JCR Weekly will be encouraging state associations to donate baskets for the fundraiser. It will also list the associations who
have already committed to donate baskets. So far, these are the thirteen state associations who will be donating baskets:
-Alabama Court Reporters Association
-Arizona Court Reporters Association
-California Court Reporters Association
-California Deposition Reporters Association
-Colorado Court Reporters Association
-Florida Court Reporters Association
-Mississippi Court Reporters Association
-Oklahoma Court Reporters Association
-South Dakota Court Reporters Association
-Utah Court Reporters Association
-Virginia Court Reporters Association
-West Virginia Shorthand Reporters Association
-Wisconsin Court Reporters Association
Lastly, there are two outstanding action items that I have personally. First, in the next week or so, I will be sending out a volunteer sign-up list to folks who would be willing to volunteer at the PAC booth. Any time you are willing to
spend volunteering would be greatly appreciated. Second, I would like for us to come-up with a pay scale for selling tickets—i.e. 5 tickets for $15, 10 tickets for $20, etc. If anyone has a past scale
model that they would recommend we use, that would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your hard work on this and please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.
Thank you,
Jocelynn Moore
Jocelynn A. Moore, J.D.
Director, State Government Relations
NCRA: The Association for Court Reporters and Captioners | 12030 Sunrise Valley Drive | Suite 400 | Reston, VA 20191
Main: 703-556-6272 | Direct: 703-584-9017 | Fax: 703-391-0629
jmoore@ncra.org |
www.ncra.org
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