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WASHINGTON - CUNA President/CEO Dan Mica was recently elected chair of the National Osteoporosis Foundation. Mica's election took place following the decision by the former chair, the Hon. Paul G. Rogers, to resign from his role. NOF was founded in 1984 and Rogers has served as the first NOF Chair...

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. - When Kinecta Federal Credit Union was Hughes Aircraft Federal Credit Union, a survey showed the diverse demographic profile of employees closely matched that of the sponsoring company. In July 2001 the credit union launched its new name, but the commitment to reflecting the diversity of 200,000...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Department of Financial Institutions on Oct. 28, after determining that an "extraordinary situation exists" in counties in Southern California that have been proclaimed in state of emergency by the Governor due to the raging wildfires there, authorized financial institutions located in the counties of Los Angeles,...

Turn to pages 20-21 for a snapshot of credit union associations and then flip to 22-28 to see all the meetings they and others are holding in 2004.

Eagle Community Credit Union, Lake Forest, Calif., has named Betty Patton Garden Grove branch manager. DM Federal Credit Union, Tucson, Ariz., has named Richard Lemons Magee Road branch manager. Nevada Federal Credit Union, Las Vegas, has named Charles D. McCluer vice president of information technology. Rogue Federal Credit Union, Medford,...

WASHINGTON - Self-Help, the Ford Foundation and Fannie Mae have not only successfully completed, but also exceeded, a five-year, $2 billion housing initiative launched in 1998 to provide affordable mortgages to 30,000 minority and low-income home buyers in the U.S., 14,500 of whom are in North Carolina. Building on the...

CHICAGO - There is a new resource available for credit union collection efforts. TransUnion has launched the TransUnion Collection Prioritization Service to help make collection activities more efficient. The service identifies uncollectable accounts and ranks accounts most likely to be recovered using 180 credit characteristics to determine predictive data for...

LOS ANGELES - Anthrax. SARS. Cyber attacks. Computer viruses. Biological and chemical weapons. Terrorism. Those are among the many threats today facing the financial sector - including credit unions - according to government officials who conducted an all day program here Oct. 17 on "Protecting the Financial Sector-A Public and...