Christie Sisco

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  Failed Mergers Caused by Multiple Factors

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  February 12, 2012

  The postmortem on last month’s two failed merger attempts that were victims of member opposition hits on three ingredients: poor communications, a rushed timetable and lack of enough advance explanation to constituents and the public.

• Failure to Merge: Print Preview

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  February 9, 2012

  In this Print Preview from next week's edition, industry experts look behind the recent rejection of proposed mergers in Louisiana and Montana.

• Mergers Nixed by Member Votes

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  January 22, 2012

  In a rare case of reversals, two proposed credit union mergers–one an interstate pact in the Northwest and the other involving Louisiana CUs–were called off last week as a result of member opposition.

• Rejected Mergers Pinned on Communications Mistakes

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  January 19, 2012

  In addition, culture differences among employee groups must be carefully considered to avoid missteps, according to a key participant and an industry consultant.

• Horizon's Montana Merger Faces Member Angst

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  January 4, 2012

  Challenge possible at Thursday vote for merger between Spokane Valley and Missoula credit unions.