SAN FRANCISCO -- With a message of inclusion and helping thedisenfranchised, some industry leaders said President-elect BarackObama's campaign mantra of "change" has similarities to the creditunion model.

Michael Chan, chairman of Northeast Community FCU, said thehundreds of thousands of people who donated to Obama's"people-driven, technology-driven" campaign was a strong indicatorof inclusion.

"These were people from all walks of life," Chan said. "It wasrevolutionary in that no campaign has even been run like this."

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