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When CUNA's Renaissance Commission initiative was first announced, I thought it was a good idea with a lot of promise for credit unions, and I said so in this space. Now I am not so sure. Since my initial positive feelings that all credit union interests could come together (didn't...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The $115 million Government Employees CU of Florida, applied with the Florida Division of Banking to expand its field-of-membership to include Hillsborough County. GECU's FOM already includes Duval, Leon and Orange Counties. The CU's main office is in Duval County. GECU also already has a branch in...

Service Centers Corporation, a shared branching network, Senior Vice President/Chief Network Officer Leigh Marciniak has been appointed to the STAR Operations/Technical Advisory Group and STAR Marketing Committee. CU Cooperative Branching, Inc., a shared service center provider, has named Courtney Lachney Mandeville Service Center manager and Eilda Doiron Baton Rouge Service...

Kitsap Community Federal Credit Union, Bremerton, Wash., has named Carolyn Young operational services vice president and Lynn Benson Westpark branch manager. Orange County Teachers Federal Credit Union, Santa Ana, Calif., has named Vivien Winneke, vice president of human resources; Darin Woinarowicz, vice president of corporate planning/development; and David Hanighen, vice...

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas - U.S. Central is now serving a major credit union player in the Canadian credit union system. Back in June the $3.4 (Canadian) billion Credit Union Central of British Columbia joined U.S. Central, which then reciprocated and joined CUBC. Currently CUBC has about $35 (Canadian) million in...

WASHINGTON-September seemed to be the month for Democratic lawmakers from Michigan to dip into the Credit Union Legislative Action Council's (CULAC's) war chest. Representatives James Barcia and Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (on the Appropriations Committee) each received $2,500 from CULAC, while Congressman Bart Stupack was awarded $2,000. Other top money getters...

WASHINGTON - Housing permits were down 3% in September, but the National Association of Home Builders is saying that is still better than it expected in the aftermath of September 11's terrorist attacks. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the construction of new housing units rose 1.7% in September to...

Mike Welch seems determined to portray CUNA as coming up short in its membership policies in his recent column ("There are different ways to define membership", Credit Union Times, September 19, 2001). He complains that CUNA member credit unions are not "direct" members as they are in NAFCU because they...