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Melissa Grimes, RPR, CCR    President Melissa Grimes, RPR, CCR

MCRA,

For those of you who do not know me, I am Melissa Grimes. I have been a court reporter for 29 years. After graduating Ole Miss, I worked for 10 years as a freelance reporter. In 2002, I accepted a job with the 14th Chancery District and have been there ever since. I absolutely love court reporting!

I am honored to be able to serve as your president this next year. It took a lot of convincing to get me to accept the challenge. I am terrified to speak in front of people.

I have been an active part of A to Z since the past president, Phyllis McLarty, drug me along in 2018. It is very rewarding to see participants get excited when they can write a word on the machine. If you would like to feel this same rewarding feeling, VOLUNTEER AND TEACH A TO Z!

If you have never served, you may not realize, but there is much association work that goes on behind the scenes each day. Every email blast, every email that is responded to happens because of your fellow member volunteers. We wouldn’t be where we are today without them. For our profession to not only survive the challenges ahead of us but thrive as we continue forward, it is time that each of us take ownership in this association and do our part advocating for each other and for our profession as a whole.

MCRA needs your input, creativity, and ideas. If you want to get involved, please reach out to me personally or anyone else on the board. We are more than happy to talk to you about the committees needing support and about board service. When serving, you will have the opportunity to give back to this amazing career that has given so much to you. Now is the time to get involved. We are stronger when we stand together. Just remember, none of us are stronger than all of us together!

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JES8Congratulations to Jessica Blauer of Florence, Mississippi.

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Keep up the good work!

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