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CONVENTION RESCHEDULED!! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the nation, OCRA has rescheduled its March convention to August 28-29. If you have previously registered, your registration will automatically carry over. Registration will remain open until approximately a week before the event. If you have made hotel reservations, please cancel your reservation for March and reschedule for August. OCRA wishes to thank you for your patience during this unprecedented event.
The 2020 Annual Convention will be held August 28-29, 2020, at the Marriott Tulsa Hotel Southern Hills. This will be the ONLY ON-SITE event this year. We have a fantastic lineup of speakers, including realtime champ Douglas Zweizig and Coachella music festival captioner Isaiah Roberts. The first 25 people to register will be entered to win a $100 gift card. You can find a schedule of events HERE. Book your hotel today! Don't miss out on room availability. Click HERE! On Friday, a networking reception will be sponsored by instaScript, and we'll also have Bingo!! We will laugh, snack, talk, and have a bar, and maybe even win some $$$$$$$ All proceeds will be given out as prizes! So bring some cash!!! The cards are $20, CASH ONLY, for 8 packs, each pack contains 3 cards, for a total of eight games. If you want additional packs of three cards, they will be $10!
MEMBERS OF OCRA'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS SELECTED FOR NCRA COMMITTEES Three members of OCRA's Board of Directors have been chosen by NCRA for committee service. President Shelley Ottwell was selected to serve on the Education Committee. President-Elect Allison Hall was selected to serve on the New Professionals/Liaison Committee. Secretary Cyndi Larimer was selected to serve on the A-Z Committee. Next time you see them, extend your congratulations! Oklahoma is representing well!
 Thank you for the opportunity and privilege to serve as your President for 2019-2020. OCRA is a professional trade association, but it’s also so much more than that. OCRA is an active community of engaged women and men at all stages of careers and life. Our organization is a shared space of friends and colleagues who actively work together to promote each other and the profession. If we do not promote one another professionally, who will promote us? Read more...Avalanche of change. A colleague recently wrote this phrase. I thought this phrase was perfect for what OCRA has seen over the last year. OCRA listened to our membership regarding our long-time lobbyist. In lieu of hiring a new lobbyist, we entered into an agreement with the Oklahoma Public Employees Association to represent our interests. OPEA has been the voice of state employees since 1975 and has evolved to be the largest and most effective voice for state employees and retirees. We still have work to accomplish with our salaries going forward but we have taken a huge step in the right direction. With our alliance with OPEA, we have now seen our first raise in 13 years due to SB 349 taking our salary out of statute and HB 2737 with the appropriation funding. SB 349 actually allowed us to realize two raises in 2019 with the final bill HB 2771 signed by Governor Stitt on May 19th. In addition to salary increases for our officials, OCRA was proactive in protecting our freelancers by the addition of Section 2(B) in the online electronic notarial act as outlined in SB 915. We can accomplish together what we could not accomplish individually. Standing together, we can create the avalanche to slide in our direction! Best Regards, Shelley Ottwell, CSR, RPR OCRA President 2019-2020 |
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