Wash. DFI Offers Guidance On ‘Associates’ On The Board

OLYMPIA, Wash. - The growing number of credit unions adding non-voting “associate” members to their boards of directors should understand that associates must meet the same statutory requirements as elected members of a board, the state regulator said in a new interpretative letter. That includes fiduciary duty, confidentiality, meeting attendance and avoidance of conflicts of interest, said the director of the Division of CUs for the Department of Financial Institutions.

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Any credit union that wants to use associate directors must vote to amend its bylaws to allow for them and to delineate the limits and conditions they may serve under, the DFI said. (c) 2008 The Credit Union Journal and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cujournal.com http://www.sourcemedia.com


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