WASHINGTON A petition calling on the White House to include “commitment to cooperative principles” among the criteria used when nominating someone for the NCUA Board has now gathered approximately 4,000 signatures.
The petition has until March 26 to gather 100,000 signatures in order to get a formal response from the Obama administration.
Created by Chip Filson, president of Callahan & Associates, the goal is to get “NCUA leaders who understand cooperatives” and who “understand the shared economic value for people and communities created by the cooperative model.”
Filson has thrown his hat into the ring for either the current open NCUA board seat or the seat of Michael Fryzel, which will open in August.
More information on the effort and a link to sign the petition can be found at
