NCUA Board To Vote Year's First Big Community<@SM>Charter

- ALEXANDRIA, Va. (02/17/00) - The NCUA Board isexpected next week to approve the first large community charterconversion of the year for Wesla FCU, Shreveport, La. The proposalwould allow the $75 million credit union to convert to a communitycharter encompassing 335,000 residents in two adjacent Louisianacounties. The Board has also put off until next month a vote on theproposed conversion of San Francisco FCU to convert to a communitycharter encompassing the city/county of San Francisco, which wouldbe the first community charter covering a major U.S.city.