Legislature Has Busy Week - Several Bills of Interest Receive Action

GBA publishes a weekly Legislative Update giving our members the latest information about the legislation we are monitoring on your behalf.  Today's edition covers action in the Legislature this week:

• More Foreclosure Bills Introduced - Hearing Process Begun

• Committee Passes Deed Cancellation Bill

• Uniform Investment Act Passes House

• Appraisal Bill Reported from Senate Committee

• Motor Vehicle Seizure Bill Passes House

• Boat Titling Bill Stalls on House Floor

• Wire Transfer Bill in Committee

Please contact GBA's Elizabeth Chandler with questions about any of these issues.

New Career Development and Planning Tool to Be Unveiled

GBA’s Alison Moreau and GBA Strategic Partner TalentQuest’s Jon Naphin will present a new online tool for career development and planning at the HR Professionals Institute scheduled for March 19-21 at the Savannah Riverfront Marriott.  Employees are constantly challenging their managers to help them develop in their current jobs and prepare to accept new responsibilities.  This new online tool will help banks better understand the GBA developmental resources that are best suited for a particular skill in a given job.  TalentQuest has also incorporated this content into their online performance management system enabling automated, position-specific

Dialogue with Counsel on Tap at Annual Convention

Details are being finalized for GBA’s 2008 Annual Convention scheduled for June 15-18 at the St. Regis, Monarch Beach at Dana Point, California.  Back by popular demand is a dialogue with GBA’s Counsel Walt Moeling, Partner of Powell Goldstein, LLP in Atlanta.  This interactive session will focus on the impact on bank management, bank boards and bank operations in the most tumultuous 12 months in banking in the past 15 years.  

Last Call for Advanced Compliance Symposium

There are still a few spaces available for GBA’s annual Advanced Compliance Symposium scheduled for March 4-5 at Idle Hour Country Club.  This two day workshop will include an in-depth look at the “new era” of Bank Secrecy Act compliance as well as several interactive case studies involving more complex residential mortgage loan transactions.  Participants will review recent regulatory changes and the compliance issues most frequently misunderstood by bankers on the deposit and loan side of the bank. 

Last Call for Collections and Recovery Seminar

AIB Classroom Course Slated:  Analyzing Financial Statements

• ALLL Methodology changes

• Sample calculations

• Qualitative and quantitative factor discussion

• Consultation on implementation issues

With questions, please contact GBA’s Courtenay Pope at (404) 420-2015. Please click here to register.

Just a reminder that GBA will offer the following webinars during the weeks of March 3^rd and March 10^th.  Webinars offer the opportunity and convenience of having a seminar at your bank.  All you need is a computer, Internet access and a telephone. 

• Advanced Loan Documentation – March 4

• Lending to Municipalities – March 5

• Implementing the New Identity Theft Red Flags, Part 2 – March 6

• BSA, OFAC & Patriot Act – March 11

• Cutting Your Losses for Frontline Personnel – March 11

• Call Report for Banks - Highlights & Pitfalls – March 12

• Ethics and Conflicts of Interest – March 12

• Safe Deposit, the Fundamentals – March 13

• These People Drive Me Crazy – March 13

Just a reminder that the following AIB online classes begin the week of March 24.  Please register two weeks in advance to secure a seat in the class.  These courses are instructor-facilitated with weekly assignments.  They can be taken from the comfort of your home or the convenience of your office.  All you need is a computer, printer and Internet access. (Classes with an asterisk * require Microsoft Excel Software.)

• ABA Online Review Course for the CTFA Exam (open enrollment), 12 weeks, $795

• Economics for Bankers, 16 weeks, $385

• Law & Banking:  Principles, 16 weeks, $435

• Principles of Banking, 16 weeks, $385

• Sales Manager Certificate, 16 weeks, $695

• Today's Teller: Developing Basic Skills* (open enrollment), 8 weeks, $295

There is still availability in the following AIB Online classes beginning March 17.  Please register as soon as possible to secure a seat in the class.

• Commercial Lending, 16 weeks, $385

• Financial Accounting*, 16 weeks, $485

• Principles of Banking Accelerated, 10 weeks, $315

Please see the AIB Online Course Schedule for a complete listing or call GBA’s Alison Moreau at (404) 420-2034 with questions.

Rural Development and Lending Conference on Tap for Ag Lenders

The Rural Development and Lending Conference is scheduled for May 15-16 at the Savannah Riverfront Marriott and the 2007-2008 Agriculture Committee has planned an exciting agenda.  Topics include market trends and the economy, current farm real estate values, analyzing ag tax returns and financial statements, Center for Innovation update, and a regulatory panel discussion.  

February 17, 2008 — 47 Georgia banks that purchase D&O and Fidelity Bond insurance from the ABA-sponsored insurance program underwritten by Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., a GBA Strategic Partner, will share $169,904 in profit distributions this year from the program's reinsurer, the American Bankers Professional and Fidelity Insurance Company (ABPFIC).  Banks that are insureds of the ABA-sponsored insurance program and are ABA members automatically become owners of the mutual reinsurance company.  This year, ABPFIC has declared a distribution of $5,000,000 in underwriting profits to 1,052 ABA member banks nationwide that participate in the program.  Based on the mutual program's success and profitability, a profit distribution has been declared every year since 1990, totaling $63,500,000 to date.  

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