LATHAM, N.Y. - The New York Credit Union League announced that at year end 2003, the legislative districts of 37% of credit union members in the state were captured through CUNA's Project Zip Code. That translates to 1.5 million New York State credit union members and 53 credit unions. The...

I just finished P.J. Heller's article in the Jan. 7th issue on Operating Engineers (Local Union #3) FCU's retiring President/CEO Bill Onesta ("CU Tax `Inevitable,' Predicts Retiring CEO Onesta"), and am not sure how you can say that Mr. Onesta remains upbeat about the future of credit unions, when he...

Age: 50 Replaced: Shirley Bown Immediate Previous Employment: CEO of Gulfport VA Federal Credit Union Term: Expired April 2003 CUT: What do you think are your biggest accomplishments on the board so far? During over six years on the NCUA Board, I believe we have accomplished substantive and much needed...

If the primary responsibility of a credit union board of directors had to be boiled down into a single statement, it might read something like this: "To do whatever is in the best interests of the credit union's membership." As the policymakers of the credit union, every member of the...