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Congratulations,
Laura Vann |
Valentines
Day tornados that devastated their community last year.
Thank you for the
vote of confidence!
The initial results are in of the CEO Survey determining
your satisfaction with GBA, and we appreciate your tremendous favorable
response. “We spent the
last
three years getting member input, reviewing our entire range
of services and implementing changes to ensure the association was serving
member needs,” said GBA Chairman E.J.
“Jud” Vann, IV, President of Planters
& Citizens Bank in Camilla. “We
wanted our members to give us feedback on the association as it is now
structured as well as to make sure we clearly understood where the
membership wanted our priorities to be in the future.
The survey did just that,” Jud concluded.
Following are the compiled results of the survey ranked in order of
importance to those responding:
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Topic of Question |
Rated Very Important |
Excellent/Good Rating |
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Lobbying |
93% |
89% |
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Staff |
92% |
93% |
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Education |
68% |
94% |
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Insurance/401(k) |
65% |
88% |
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Publications |
41% |
99% |
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Website |
25% |
81% |
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Overall Satisfaction |
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94% |
Our thanks to dotcomments.com, a multi-modal, technology-based satisfaction response company in Albany who partnered with the GBA to conduct the survey. Of those who completed the survey, 79% used the online method and 21% used the touchtone telephone method.
Electronic Benefit
Transfer Changes
The HONOR Financial Network has supported the
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program in Georgia for the past several
years by making EBT cash withdrawals a required transaction on their
member banks’ ATM machines. The
STAR Network recently acquired HONOR and is making changes that
impact banks. Effective March
12, 2001, all transactions will be processed through the QUEST
rules. As such, each HONOR bank that wishes to continue making their
ATM machines available to EBT cardholders must complete a QUEST agreement
and forward the paperwork to STAR. We
encourage our members to continue supporting this program and suggest you
call STAR at (407) 875-2500 with questions about how to make the change or
with general questions, call Linda Porter, the Georgia EBT
Director, at (404) 656-7696 or the contractor, Bill Brennan of Citicorp
Services, Inc. at (404) 572-6550.
2001
State Legislative Issues
Governor
Roy Barnes
Lt.
Gov. Mark Taylor
Georgia House of Representatives
Georgia State Senate
Federal
Legislative Issues
U.S. Congress
Legislative
Updates
Legal Issues
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George W. Bush is slated to be inaugurated tomorrow in Washington. Mr. Bush is well aware of issues facing the banking industry and is making
every effort to determine where our priorities fit within his overall
agenda. Although bipartisanship
is being touted, we anticipate the slim majority in the House and the power
sharing agreement in the Senate will make it extremely difficult to pass any
controversial legislation. We
are focusing on reforming the FDIC, expanding tax advantages for savings
accounts, eliminating the estate tax, bankruptcy reform, protecting the
privacy of financial records, predatory lending and agricultural and small
business lending programs. The
GBA leadership will be in Washington April 24-26 discussing these issues
with the Georgia delegation, the regulators and key associations.
Calendar
of Events
Schools
Conferences
Seminars
Events
Georgia AIB
Leadership GBA
Personal Economics Program (PEP)
Internet
Training
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Mark Your
Calendar - Banking Expo 2001 Scheduled for March 27-28 Georgia Banking School |
CEO Academy: A
Peer-to-Peer
Roundtable for Executive Management
The second session of the CEO
Academy will be held February 5 at the City Club of Macon and
will focus on Compliance Management. Blair Rugh, Executive
Director and Senior Vice President of Kirchman Regulatory Services,
will facilitate the session. Blair
is one of GBA’s most requested instructors and will lead discussions on
reducing compliance costs, avoiding problems due to lack of day-to-day
compliance management and making sure you are covering all of your bases
without over-complying. The CEO
Academy is designed in a peer-to-peer roundtable format and addresses issues
of importance to CEOs, presidents and executive management. You may attend
all six sessions or select individual sessions to attend based on the
content. For more information call GBA’s June
Somers at (404) 420-2012.
6th Annual
Southeastern Bank
Management and Directors Conference
This annual conference sponsored by the Terry
College of Business at the University
of Georgia and cosponsored by the Georgia Bankers Association is a
must for bank directors and senior management.
It provides a forum for senior management and directors of community
banks and bank holding companies to discuss and hear presentations about the
key issues facing their institutions in this rapidly changing financial and
technology environment. The
2001 Conference will focus on the topic of Bank Valuations and will look
particularly at what the stock market is telling us about the outlook for
the industry and what managers can do to enhance shareholder value. The
conference is offered in two locations:
February 16 at the King & Prince on St. Simons Island and
February 22 at Chateau Elan in Braselton. Contact GBA’s Marybeth
Jones at (404) 420-2032 for further information.
Financial Risk
Management
Conference Slated for March 14-15
Investment and funding strategies, building successful A/L
models and bank stock valuations and M&A activity are just a few of the
topics on the program agenda for this year’s Financial
Risk Management Conference March 14-15 at the Renaissance Waverly
Hotel in Atlanta. One of
the keynote speakers on the program will be Christopher Low, Chief
Economist for First Tennessee Capital Markets. Chris will give an
economic overview and the outlook for interest rates.
Call the hotel directly at (770) 953-4500 to make a reservation prior
to the February 16 deadline.
Please call GBA’s June
Somers at (404) 420-2012 for more information.
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Welcome New
Associate Members
At the recent GBA Board of Directors meeting, the
following firms were admitted into Associate Membership:
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Centura Bank, Rocky Mount, NC. Contact: Greg Frederick (252) 454-8236
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CheckFree Corp., Atlanta. Contact: Brenda Jones (678) 375-3430
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Galaxy Computer Services, Inc., Manassas, VA. Contact: Lyle Cameron (703) 393-1464 (a network security company)
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Morgan G. Murphy, Consultant, Albany (229) 439-9734
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Safeguard Business Systems, Inc., Tampa, FL. Contact Karen Hegemeier (813-835-4624
Please help us welcome our newest members and remember them and our other associate members when you are reviewing service providers.
Atlanta, Porter
Keadle Moore, LLP
Deborah Sessions and Sal Inserra have been admitted to the
partnership.
Augusta,
Georgia-Carolina Bancshares, Inc.
The following promotions have been announced:
Laura O. Morgan and Michelle G. Starnes to Assistant
Office Manager and Lynn Mosley Lambert to Administrative Officer.
Dublin, Farmers
and Merchants Bank
Frances F. Purvis has been promoted to Senior Vice President & Cashier and
Samuel W. Beall to Senior Vice President and Branch Manager.
Chris J. Cook has been elected Assistant Vice President.
Rockmart, United
Bank & Trust
Our sympathies to the family and colleagues of CEO J.
Steven Walraven who passed away on January 4.
Thomaston, West
Central Georgia Bank
Mike Streetman has been promoted to Vice President and Julie Peyton
to Assistant Banking Officer.
Twin City, Durden
Banking Company
William L. Mathis has been elected to the Board.
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