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Fraud
Reduction Program Announced
The Georgia Bankers
Association will be announcing a major new initiative during the Group
Meetings on how your bank can join a network of banks across Georgia to
dramatically reduce fraudulent activity.
Your bank’s participation in the network will get you early
warnings about fraudulent activity in your area and local law enforcement
will have access to more current information to investigate fraud and bank
robberies. CEOs, this is a “must attend” session for you.
Please make sure to bring your security officer to the Group
Meeting to hear about this new, free member service.
You won’t be disappointed.
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Group Meetings Begin
September 3
GBA’s annual series of Group
Meetings will begin in Gainesville on September 3 and end in
Statesboro September 30. “Each year, these meetings give bankers across
Georgia the
opportunity to meet locally with their colleagues, GBA leadership and
key staff. We have a great program planned, packed with information that
will benefit our members,” said GBA Chairman Edward C. Milligan,
Chairman and CEO of Main
Street Banks, Inc. in
Atlanta. The Group Meetings are important to our membership as key leaders
are chosen for the association for the upcoming year at this event.
Odd-numbered Groups elect a member to the GBA Board for a two-year term and
each Group elects three officers to represent their Group within the GBA.
The Group Chair serves on the Nominating
Committee to select statewide officers and chairs at next year’s
meeting. The Group Vice Chair works with the Public
Affairs Committee to identify hot legislative and regulatory issues
that need action. The Group Secretary works with the Community
Bankers Committee to plan GBA’s educational program.
Call your Group Chair if you would like to volunteer:
Group 1: Gary
L. Johnson, Sea
Island Bank, Statesboro
Group 2: Don Monk,
First
National Bank of South Georgia, Albany
Group 3: J. Ray Nipper,
Colony Bank of
Ashburn
Group 4: David
H. Gill, The First State Bank, Stockbridge
Group 5: William M.
Butler, Futurus
Bank, N.A., Alpharetta
Group 6: Joseph E.
Gore, First State
Bank, Wrens
Group 7: Gary W. Floyd,
United
Community Bank - Adairsville
Group 8: Larry J. Paulk, Waycross Bank & Trust
Group 9: Richard
A. Hunt, Gainesville
Bank & Trust
Group 10: Thomas L. Jackson, The
Park Avenue Bank, Athens
If you have any questions about your Group Meeting, call GBA’s Susie McGehee at (404) 420-2010.
2003 State Legislative
Issues
Governor Sonny Perdue
Lt. Gov. Mark
Taylor
Georgia House of
Representatives
Georgia State Senate
Federal Legislative
Issues
U.S.
Congress
Legislative Updates
Legal Issues
Our thanks to the tremendous number of bankers who have caused several Groups to reach their goals for this year's campaign. Click the link above to see how your Group is doing and review the list of bankers who've helped since the last Bulletin.
With the Comptroller of the Currency’s preemption of the Georgia Fair Lending Act, the focus of attention on this and similar laws across the country is now on the proposal the Comptroller put out for comment on how these other laws will be addressed. Some in Congress are calling for hearings on the Comptroller’s actions charging he has exceeded his authority. Clearly, their intent is to reduce the Comptroller’s authority and try to reinstate the Act. The American Bankers Association has written an excellent analysis in support of the Comptroller’s preemption of GFLA and has sent detailed letters to the House Financial Services Committee and Senate Banking Committee. Our thanks to the ABA for stepping up to support the GFLA preemption. We have sent copies of the ABA letter to the entire Georgia delegation along with a one-page analysis of the preemption.
DBF
Adopts New Rules
On July 28, 2003, the Georgia
Department of Banking and Finance adopted the new rules and
regulations implementing the annual housekeeping bill passed during the last
session of the General Assembly. While most of the provisions applied to mortgage bankers, the
provisions applicable to debt cancellation contracts and ATMs are of
interest to bankers. The rules
have been posted on the Department’s website.
Calendar of Events
Schools
Conferences
Seminars
Events
American
Institute of Banking
Leadership GBA
Personal Economics Program
(PEP)
Internet
Training
There is still time to register for the first year class in the Southern Operations and Technology School, which will be held on the University of Georgia campus October 12-17. The School is the premier school in the southeast for operations and technology personnel. Call GBA’s Marybeth Jones at (404) 420-2032 for more information.
Retirement Services, Inc.
GBA Services, Inc.
GBA Retirement Welcomes New Member
GBA Retirement
Services, Inc. is pleased to welcome Lanier
Community Bank, Buford,
Laurice Tatum,
President, to the plan. The GBA Master Pension and Profit Sharing
Trusts programs provide flexibility to meet the needs of any bank or
associate member who is looking to add or change their qualified
retirement plan. The Master Trust provides high quality, affordable
pension, profit sharing, and Section 401(k) programs for banks and
associate members of all sizes. Please
contact Mandy
Richards at (404) 420-2025 for assistance with your retirement
plan design.
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Some of the Services Available
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Community Bank Human
Resource Solutions with a GBA Discount
The Georgia Bankers Association and Employment
Law Compliance (ELC) are completing the second year of our partnership
to offer community banks human resources solutions they need.
Community bankers in 41 states are using ELC for a wide range of human resource compliance programs designed specifically for community bankers and with a GBA member discount.
For Affirmative Action Plans, GBA and ELC provide a convenient and cost-effective way to implement and update your organization’s affirmative action program. Banks with 50 or more employees are required by September 30 to file an EEO-1 Report with federal regulators concerning their employment characteristics. Many Banks want to complete both their Affirmative Action Plan and the EEO-1 at the same time, in the month September. GBA and ELC are therefore offering a 20% discount for plans completed by September 30.
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Bank Size |
Member Price |
Non-Member Price |
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50-100 |
$1,760
until Sept. 30 |
$2,500 |
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101-200 |
$2,160
until Sept. 30 |
$3,100 |
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201-350 |
$2,640
until Sept. 30 |
$3,750 |
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351
or more |
Individually |
Individually |
For more information contact ELC’s Steve Green at (770) 206-3371, or GBA’s Renee Valdez at (404) 420-2036.
Athens, Athens
First Bank & Trust Company
The bank announces the following promotions and additions:
Lee Evans, Nancy Piotrowski and Marqueta Reese
to Assistant Vice President and Claudia Markham to Banking Officer. Joe
Crosland as Vice President; Neil Glezen, Joe Carson, Robert
Cook as Assistant Vice President; Frank Stewart as Banking
Officer; and Dr. Mary Bess Jarrard as Director.
Augusta,
Georgia
Bank & Trust
Congratulations to John T. Chandler for being July’s
top Mortgage performer.
Hartwell,
First Citizens Bank
Kevin
Heaton has joined the bank as Vice President.
Latest Bank to Link
Welcome to Community
Bank of the South, Smyrna, Lee Scroggins, President, as the
latest member to link to GBA’s website. Call Lydia
Thomas at (404) 420-2039 when your bank is ready to link.
Join Our Email Distribution List
A bonus of getting the e-Bulletin
and e-Legislative Update is the number of links that
are included. This is a great way to keep your key employees informed
of significant industry information, trends and events. We
do not disclose email addresses and only use them for internal
communication purposes. Bankers from any member bank can be added to the email
distribution
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by sending an email containing the name and email address of each
individual to GBA’s Lydia
Thomas.
