The chairman of the $63 million Montana First Credit Union ofMissoula, whose members three weeks ago shot down a merger bid froman out-of-state suitor, said Friday that his credit union plans totry again.
However, the next time, will be different, he said.
“We do look to engage our members in a new way as weadjust the process,” explained Mark Lodine, chairman of MontanaFirst's board of directors, as the CU reassesses what went wrong ina narrow defeat – 260 votes out of 7,200 – on a merger proposal extended by the $432 million Horizon CU ofSpokane Valley, Wash.
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