Special Features for Small Credit Unions at CUNA’s Symposium

July 31, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tom Dunn
(608) 231-4002
tdunn@cuna.com

MADISON, WI -- Smaller credit unions face the same challenges their larger counterparts face: finding a niche in the increasingly competitive financial services marketplace.

CUNA’s Symposium 2001 has several features aimed especially at smaller credit unions, including a pre- conference workshop on small credit union issues in e-business, conference sessions designed specifically for small credit unions and pricing arrangements aimed at making the Symposium more accessible to small credit unions.

• The pre-conference workshop, "An e-Business Day for Small Credit Unions," will examine current Web site trends and usage for small—but growing—credit unions. Staff from credit unions will describe how they are taking creative, leading-edge approaches to member service technology. Participants will help design a model web page and experience first-hand the ease of "do-it-yourself" technology. Meeting NCUA’s new online privacy and security guidelines will also be addressed.



• The Symposium will feature two conference sessions specifically for small credit unions. Sunday’s session, "Refuse to Think Small: Thrive, Don’t Dive!" is a best practices session for small credit unions led by Steve Goldberg, vice president of Small Credit Union Development at CUNA Mutual. In Monday’s session, "Leveraging Technology Today: A Model for the Small Dogs," Janet Harris, CEO of Riverside Health Systems Employees CU, provides a compelling example of how size doesn’t matter when taking a creative, bold approach to member service. Participants will learn how a $4.5 million asset credit union went virtual to provide total electronic credit union services.



• Symposium 2001 features new attendance options. Participants can choose to attend the pre-conference workshop and Exhibit Hall on Saturday, or come just for the day on Sunday or Monday. And credit unions with assets of $20 million or less can attend the full conference from Sunday through Tuesday for just $300, a savings of over 50% off the regular price of $695.

Symposium 2001 is for top management of credit unions, credit union boards of directors and anyone interested in working smarter, serving members better and planning for a successful future for their credit union. This year’s event will feature two tracks; one for directors and one for CEOs and staff. The focus is on e-business and how to integrate it with both your members’ needs and your credit union’s goals and strategy.

Visit www.cuna.org or call (800) 356-9655, ext. 5700 for more information or to register for Symposium 2001.

With its network of affiliated state credit union leagues, Credit Union National Association serves more than 90% of America’s 10,700 credit unions, which are owned by more than 80 million consumer members. Credit unions are not-for-profit cooperatives where people are worth more than money. For more information, visit www.cuna.org.

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