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Alyce Deering was a pioneer in our profession who helped bring the education/certification program to all municipal clerks. Alyce was the City Secretary for the City of Crowley from 1982-1988 and the City of Hurst from 1988-2005. She served on all NTMCA Chapter committees and was the Chapter President from 1991-1992. As a member of the Texas Municipal Clerks Association (TMCA), she received her certification in 1984 (number 100). In 1985, she was active in the process of the passage of House Bill 2092 by the Texas State Legislature which formally recognized the Texas Municipal Clerk Certification Program and provided for certification and recertification. Alyce also served as an instructor for “Election Law” seminar and “City Secretary 101” workshop as well as helped draft the TMCA Articles of Incorporation and Corporation Bylaws. She is the author of Chapter One “The Office Duties of the Municipal Clerk” in The Texas Municipal Clerks Handbook, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth editions. She served as TMCA president in 1998 and in 2000 was awarded the Texas Municipal Clerk of the year. Alyce was also a member of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC) were she served and chaired several committees and was awarded the Presidential Award of Merit for her contributions as Chair of the Election Credential Committee and other significant roles in undertaken in the support of IIMC in 1999. She received her Master Municipal Clerk Certification in 2000. Alyce Deering joined our heavenly father on September 1, 2005 following a courageous battle with leukemia.