Fall Into Strategic Planning

While kids are getting back in the groove at school, we are all rolling up our sleeves in budget and strategic planning season. It is not quite the same as the smell of sharpened pencils and school pictures, but there is something exciting about the strategic planning process.

This if the first season of planning for me as CEO. It is exciting to think about the ways we can....

• MCUL’s 2021 State GAC will take place on Oct. 13, and we are excited to kick it off with our first “PAC the Pub!” state PAC fundraising event.
• The Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (ICRC) has been hard at work crafting its initial proposals on state and federal legislative districts for public review.
• We will be meeting with our federal policy makers virtually this fall as part of a Hike from Home, similar to what we did in the fall of 2020 and for the 2021 CUNA GAC.
   

• The Financial Exploitation Prevention Act goes into effect this weekend; if you have any needs or questions on this topic, please reach out to our Advocacy Team.
• We are monitoring the unfolding efforts on the $3.5 trillion infrastructure package, continuing to discuss the increasingly controversial IRS data gathering program.
• The U.S. House has passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) legislation, that includes the SAFE Banking Act language to create a safe harbor for financial institutions to bank cannabis-related businesses.

It’s time to review staff training needs and schedule end-of-year sessions with convenient virtual events offered by MCUL. Next week, Oct. 5-6, Don Arkell returns to facilitate the Virtual Lending School, with ...

On Sept. 27, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) released a letter to federally insured credit unions titled, "Navigating and Understanding the End of Pandemic-Era Homeowner Protection...

United Federal Credit Union (UFCU) has been at the center of immense progress over the past few years as it strives to deliver both personalized, in-person service balanced with an innovative digital....

During the award ceremony at this year’s 2021 MCUL Annual Convention & Exposition, Aeroquip Credit Union was honored as the winner of the 2021 Outstanding Credit Union of the Year Award...