"Our economy aided and abetted by Congress, regulators and central bankers is like a Charlie Brown economy. One would think that having learned a painful and costly lesson, we would gain the wisdom to not repeat it. And yet, time and again, we lull ourselves into the false hope that this time it's different, just as Charlie Brown trusted Lucy to not pull the football away at the last minute."
--Brian Hague, CFA, President & CEO of CNBS
"I don't mind being corrected. If something I am raising isn't in the manual, whip it out and show me."
--Diane Wiltshire, BSA Specialist from NCUA's Region II, suggesting that credit unions get toknow the Federal Financial Institution's Examination Council's BSA manual and to have it ready at exam time.
"One of our concerns was we wanted to recruit someone who could make a long-term commitment. Another concern is investment and insurance programs are highly competitive. The spreads are also as thin as anything else we do within the credit union."
--Tom Gisewhite, vice president of marketing and business development at $189 million MidWest Financial CU on staffing its investment program.
"We are extremely pleased to be retained for the important search for the Florida Credit Union League's next Chief Executive Officer,"
--Dick Ensweiler, TCUL President/CEO about Credit Union Employment Resources being tapped to find FCUL's next president/CEO.
