CUNA and World Council of Credit Unions welcomed credit union leaders from the world's seven largest credit union associations: Canada, Ireland, Australia, the Caribbean, Poland, Brazil and the United States, at meetings this week in Washington.
The goal of the two-day meeting held at the Credit Union House was to promote networking among the credit union leaders and keep an eye toward the future, said Crear.
The agenda included discussions on membership growth and what credit unions will look like in the year 2020, the youth market and cooperative advocacy efforts.
David Phillips, CEO of the Credit Union Central of Canada, and John Gilbert, CEO of CUSCAL (Australia), also reported on association structure changes within their countries.
A second meeting was set for July 2007 during the World Credit Union Conference in Calgary, Canada.
