SALT LAKE CITY — In anticipation of opposition, Beehive CreditUnion has urged members to reach out to the CU if they arecontacted by “outsiders” providing a different perspective on theCU's possible change to a mutual savings bank charter.

The CU has set a date of Feb. 13, 2008 for the special meetingand vote. The ballots will be sent in the final notice, which willbe timed for 30 days before the special meeting and members will beable to vote by mail or by dropping ballots off in lock boxes inthe branches. They will only be allowed to vote once.

In a brochure called Questions and Answers, which accompaniedthe Nov. 15 notification package, the CU wrote, “In a number ofprevious credit union charter conversions we believe that people ororganizations outside the membership made efforts to provideincomplete, misleading, and in some cases, inaccurate informationto credit union members. If you are contacted by an outsider whoseinformation is inconsistent with our disclosures and materials, weurge you to contact us during normal business hours.”

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