2011 Lending Council Member Benefits & Achievements

Membership

Record-breaking membership year with 1,000+ members!

Lending is the 2nd largest Council!

Lending Excellence Awards

6 recipients recognized

White Papers

Published 3 white papers in 2011:

1. Lending to the Newly Credit-Challenged: A Second Chance for First-Time Defaulters
2. Should Credit Unions Offer Private Student Loans
3. Collections in a Post-Recession Environment

Roundtables

• New products/ideas for Loan Growth and Marketing
• SAFE Act: Ask the Expert

2011 Council Conference

• Introduced first-ever Council conference app for iPhone, iPad and Droid
• Record-breaking attendance
• Face-to-face networking opportunities with peers and vendors

Membership

Record-breaking membership year, with 5,244 members!

We gave away 5 great prizes to celebrate reaching 5,000 members—including a $5000 CUNA education/training scholarship!

Scholarships

Granted 72 scholarships to Council members totaling $154,437 (as of 10/17/11)

Advocacy & Regulatory Updates

Council members are on the "short list" of credit union staff who receive this exclusive update from CUNA President/CEO Bill Cheney.

Discounts on CUNA Programs/Products

• $250 off the Council conference
• $100 off most CUNA schools and conferences
• $50 off most CUNA webinars

Free digital subscription to Credit Union Magazine (value of $45)

White Papers

Published 17 white papers in 2011 (as of 11/7/11), bringing the historic total to nearly 300. Several more will be published soon!

"Creating a New Credit Union Sustainability Business Model" by Anne Legg was published as a cross-Council paper.

Webinars and Roundtables

Councils endorsed many CUNA Center for Professional Development webinars

12 Virtual Roundtables were held on a variety of timely topics.

File Library

Policies and documents you won't find anywhere else! New documents are being added by fellow Council members all the time.

List Serve

An active community to solicit feedback, solutions, and advice from peers