Our annual golf tournament to benefit TCULPAC is Wednesday, August 11th at Fossil Creek Golf Club.

The early bird deadline for registration is August 4th. More information and a copy of the registration is available here.

Our vendor exposition will be at Norris Center on June 23rd.

Preferred Partners and other vendors interested in taking part should contact Natalie Parish. You can get a copy of the registration form here.

As we have for the last three years, we will be using the expo to gather donations for the USA Home Team and the 28th Combat Support Hospitals in Baghdad and Tallil, Iraq. In each of the prior years, your generous donations have been overwhelming and are the largest donations USA Home Team have received. We welcome cash donations to support shipping expenses as well as whatever you can donate from their wish list.

Our friends with the Southwest Lending Council asked us to remind all of our member credit unions and vendors of their conference coming up May 24-26.

Information and registration can be found here

The Chapter is once again offering scholarships to Southwest CUNA Management School for employees of member and affiliated credit unions. Beginning this year, we are honoring one of the best people we’ve ever known by renaming our scholarship as the Raymond Shands Memorial Scholarship. Raymond was a SWCMS alum, graduating in 1974.

The application and instructions can be downloaded here:

• Scholarship Application

For more information, conact: Nancy Croix-Stroud, President of First Class American CU and Chair of our scholarship committee.

Friday the 13th could be your lucky day. Attend the Brett Christensen lending training sponsored by your TCUL Lending Council and you may just find out how be a better lender. Here’s the details…

This session will cover specific mistakes that credit unions make in the management of the lending operation, the loan interview and the underwriting of loans that lead to low loan-to-share rations or higher than average loan losses.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Management’s misguided attempt to hire and train Superman and Superwoman.
• Why you need a good cop/bad cop sales model.
• Policies written for examiners, not members.
• A good loan interview is more than filling in blanks of a loan origination software package.
• Twenty underwriting mistakes you must avoid.

This timely training session is essential for your credit union’s lending success in this difficult economic climate.

When:

Friday, November 13, 2009 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Where:

Fort Worth Botanic Gardens

3220 Botanic Garden Blvd

Fort Worth, TX 76107-3496

(817) 871-7686

How Much:

TCUL Lending Council Members, $50.00

Non-TCUL Lending Council Members, $75.00 (non-member registration includes a 2009 TCUL Lending Council membership) Space is limited. Seating will be allocated to the first 45 registrations

Lunch will be provided

Register:

Registration is via internet only from the “Council Roundtable” section of the TCUL Lending Council home page

Questions: Contact Mike Delker VP, Credit Union Relations

CONGRATULATIONS!

The Fort Worth Chapter has once again earned the designation of TCUL Chapter of the Year for 2008! The designation of Chapter of the Year provides more than just bragging rights… it is an honor that points to the great work you have done for credit unions and your community, year-in and year-out.

Please accept my congratulations along with those from everyone at TCUL. Thank you, and keep up the great work!

Mike Delker Vice President TCUL Credit Union Relations

Our annual golf tournament to benefit TCULPAC is Wednesday, August 12th at Fossil Creek Golf Club.

The early bird deadline for registration is August 6th. More information and a copy of the registration is available here.

First off, congratulations are in order for our own Pamelas Stephens, President of Security One Federal Credit Union who has just been named “Alumni of the Year” by the Southwest CUNA Management School Alumni Association.

Second (but no less important), a big “Thank You!” to everyone who contributed items or shipping money for the USA Home Team and the 10th Combat Support Hospital, Baghdad. This was our third year of conducting a drive and again we topped the previous year’s donations. I just got the following message from Colleen Canion our contact:

“Please give my sincere thanks again to all the members of the Ft. Worth Chapter of Credit Unions for their donations to the 10th Combat Support Hospitals in Baghdad and Tallil. I have copied our current Points of Contact in Iraq so they will know of your generous gifts of cash for postage and “Wish List” items which are or will be on the way soon to their hospitals.

God Bless Americans wherever they are serving our country!”

DFW Airport Administration, the DFW USO and North Texas Commission will celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the U.S. Military arrivals and departures through DFW Airport on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.

In support of the of the celebration, the Fort Worth Chapter of Credit Unions will take part in a Greet the Troops visit at DFW Airport, Terminal D, Gate 22 on the Arrival Level, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. We welcome volunteers to meet and greet the troops. The flight is scheduled to arrive at 9:30 a.m. We encourage you to be in the terminal by 9:00 a.m. To check the approximate arrival time, you are encouraged to call the Hotline number at 972-574-0392 around 7:00 am on the morning of the flight.

Our vendor exposition will be at Will Rogers Center on June 23rd.

Preferred Partners and other vendors interested in taking part should contact Natalie Parish. You can get a copy of the registration form here.

As we have for the last two years, we will be using the expo to gather donations for the USA Home Team and the 10th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. In each of the last two years, your generous donations have been overwhelming and are the two largest donations USA Home Team have received. We welcome cash donations to support shipping expenses as well as whatever you can donate from their wish list.