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FITCHBURG, Mass. - The fifth grade class at J.R. Briggs Elementary School in Ashburnham Mass. has proved that reading really is fundamental by organizing their own book drive to benefit many programs within North Central Massachusetts. Wanting to encourage greater student involvement within their community, Workers Credit Union and fifth...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Acting NCUA Chairman Dennis Dollar announced June 29 that he intends to appoint Clifford R. Northup to the agency's director of Public and Congressional Affairs. The current director, Bob Loftus, plans to retire by July 27, after 20 years with the agency. Northup will serve as the primary contact...

Volunteer Corporate Credit Union, Brentwood, Tenn., has promoted Ben G. Mauldin to senior vice president/chief financial officer; Ben Williams to vice president of information services; and Shirley Austin to vice president of finance. Florida Central Credit Union, Tampa, Fla., Senior Vice President Laida E. Garcia has been elected Florida Credit...

In response to publisher Mike Welch's recent column on pet peeves, I have one of my own. My biggest pet peeve has to be the notion, within the credit union industry, that EVA-type measurement methodologies have no place within our organizations because "we are different from for-profit entities." I agree...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The past 18 months have been quite a roller-coaster ride for CU balance sheets. The story in 2000 was loan growth. Loans were up 11%, or about $30 billion, while shares increased just 6.3%, or $22.3 billion. This year the scenario is reversed. NCUA's 2001...

MADISON, Wis. - CUNA Mutual Group will begin sending out revamped retirement account statements this month to some 60,000 CU employees, or about 35% of full-time staffers in the nation's CUs. Most of the 60,000 retirement account holders are participants of 401(k) plans, with others participants in money purchase and...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The New Mexico Credit Union League, convinced cyberspace is the vehicle to reach young people, is offering an innovative education package making use of teen "message boards," Web sites and youth-written newsletters to convey a pro-CU message. The program, called "CU Succeed," expects to sign up eight...

NAFCU only has a staff of 56, but its 1,000 member CUs would never know it. NAFCU leaders say its staff strives to be responsive to all of its member CUs, taking a hands-on approach. Long-known for its regulatory and compliance expertise, NAFCU has been working on increasing its profile...