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This week: CUs urged to keep up grassroots efforts, act on NAFCU events
Congressional recess is now in full swing as both the House and Senate are working in their home districts and states. This is a perfect time for credit unions to reach out to their lawmakers on top issues affecting the industry, including regulatory relief and data security.
These congressional recess periods are ideal times for credit union representatives to tout the benefits credit unions bring to the economy and to push for regulatory relief so that credit unions can serve members more effectively.
Through NAFCU's Grassroots Action Center, credit unions can find contact information for their lawmakers and look up key credit union-related legislation to see where their members of Congress stand on those bills. Credit unions can send letters, tweets, Facebook messages and also call their lawmakers concerning the current active campaigns on the Grassroots Action Center, which concern the NCUA's risk-based capital rule, data security legislation and regulatory relief efforts.
Credit union representatives are also encouraged to attend NAFCU's Congressional Caucus, Sept. 11-14 in Washington, where they can meet face to face with lawmakers. (Read more about the growing list of speakers coming to this year's premiere advocacy event.)
Also of note this week:
- Credit union responses on the latest NAFCU Economic & CU Monitor survey are due tomorrow. The topic of this survey is liquidity; credit unions can submit their responses online or by email.
- Also Tuesday, credit unions can learn more about the importance of long-term financial forecasting by tuning into a NAFCU webinar. The Webinar, "Strategic Opportunities are Abundant, Making Longer-Term Financial Forecasting a Must – An Executive View" begins at 2 p.m. Eastern.
- On Friday, early-bird registration runs out for two NAFCU events: Fall Regulatory Compliance School, Oct. 8-12 in San Antonio, Texas, and Regulatory Compliance Seminar, Oct. 9-12 in San Antonio, Texas. Credit unions can save $200 off the registration price of NAFCU's School with the code FALLSAVINGS18; savings of $200 is available for Seminar with the code SEM18SAVINGS. Both codes run out at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Aug. 10.
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