NBC’s Gregory To Keynote Event
WASHINGTON–NBC Chief White House Correspondent David Gregory, who also hosts MSNBC’s Race for the White House, will be the keynote speaker at NAFCU’s 34th Annual Congressional Caucus at the Grand Hyatt Washington, Sept. 14-17. The early bird registration deadline is Aug. 4.
For info: www.nafcu.org/caucus.
NACUSO Names Blog Manager
LAS VEGAS–NACUSO has begun offering a blog and has named Jim Jerving as its new blog manager. The first post, “Developing Networks: A Matter of Survival,” includes the views of CU*Answers’ Randy Karnes. Jerving is a frequent correspondent for Credit Union Journal, including the Special Report on Mergers in this issue.
For info: www.nacuso.org.
CUES Offering 2 Scholarships
MADISON, Wis.-The Credit Union Executives Society said it will provide two partial scholarships for its DLI II program to assist its directors in their continued pursuit of knowledge, training and leadership development. The scholarships each equal one-half of the cost of the CUES Director member tuition-or $2,192.50. The remaining tuition, fees, travel and other expenses will be the responsibility of the scholarship recipient.
The program will be held Sept. 15-18, 2008, at the IESE Business School at the University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain. Applicants for the scholarship must be a CUES Director member, a volunteer or member of the supervisory committee at a credit union and committed to attending the entire program.
For info: 800.252.2664 or cues.org/ repository/08DLIIIscholarship.doc.
CEO Testifies Before Senate
DEVILS LAKE, N.D.–Citizens Community CU CEO Darwin Brokke testified before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee at a hearing on “Predatory Lending In Indian Country” in Washington. The purpose of the hearing was to discuss issues with predatory lending among Native Americans and possible solutions to the problems associated with it. Darwin represented the Mid-America CU Association at the hearing.(c) 2008 The Credit Union Journal and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved.http://www.cujournal.com http://www.sourcemedia.com
