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Group Meetings Begin September 7 GBA’s annual series of Group Meetings will begin in Athens on September 7 and 
end in Statesboro on September 15. “These meetings are a great
opportunity for bankers across Georgia to meet locally with
their colleagues, the GBA leadership, key staff and associate
members,” said GBA Chairman Tom Wiley, President and CEO
of
Flag Bank in Atlanta. Also at this event, key leaders
are chosen for the Association for the upcoming year.
Even-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
serves as chairman for the Group’s meeting next year. The
Group Vice Chair works with the
Public Affairs Committee to identify hot legislative and
regulatory issues that should be addressed. The Group
Secretary works with the
Community Bankers Committee to plan GBA’s educational
program. Our thanks to the following volunteers who will chair
your Group this year:Group 1: Darron Burnette, Sea Island Bank, Statesboro Group 2: Glenn Willis, South Georgia Banking Company, Tifton Group 3: Rick Whaley, The Citizens Bank of Americus Group 4: Chuck Copeland, First National Bank of Griffin Group 5: Chris Burnett, Cornerstone Bank, Atlanta Group 6: Steve Jordan, Bank of Monticello Group 7: Steve Chatham, First National Bank of West Metro, Dallas Group 8: Stuart Smith, Douglas National Bank Group 9: Tim Perry, The Citizens Bank of Forsyth County, Cumming Group 10: Bill Cabaniss, The Commercial Bank, Crawford If you have questions about your Group Meeting, please contact GBA’s Susie McGehee at (404) 420-2010. Congress in Recess Congress is in recess the month of August. We hope our members will not pass up 
the opportunity to speak with your member of Congress about our
position opposing the credit union’s bill giving them additional
commercial lending authority while reducing their capital
requirements. Bankers in some congressional districts are
clearly sending more letters than bankers in other districts.
Two members of Congress who need to hear from more bankers are
our two members on the
House Financial Services Committee:
Tom Price and
David Scott. If you are a constituent of either of
these members, please send your letter today. It takes only a
couple of minutes to fill out a simple online form with your
name and mailing address to send a letter. Our goal is 2,990
letters and to date, 718 have been written.
Judge Jails Mortgage Fraudster
The officers, directors and staff of the following banks have contributed to the GBA FedPAC:
Thanks to
all for your support. Please call
Elizabeth Chandler at (404) 420-2027 for more
information.
Click
here for a report by Group on this week’s BankPAC
campaign contributions.
GBA Welcomes New Associate  GBA Retirement Services would like to welcome Chad Wilson as the new Retirement Plan Administrator for GBA Retirement Services, Inc. Josh is a graduate of Florida State University and is excited about the opportunity to work with the member banks of the Pension Trust. Josh will be working with Mandy Richards in servicing 401(k) and Pension Plans for the banks in the Trust. Josh can be reached at (404) 420-2022. Second Quarter Investment Returns Second quarter of 2005 was a big improvement from first quarter in the overall stock market. GBA Retirement Services, Inc. is pleased with the comparative long-term investment returns of both investment managers, Atlanta Capital Management and Reliance Trust Company. Please refer to the enclosed update for detailed returns. The third-party administrator for the GBA Master Trust, Alliance Benefit Group (ABG), continues to improve services with website upgrades and new attractive, detailed participant statements. ABG continues to offer payroll services to current members of the Trust at reduced rates which greatly reduces monthly and year-end administration in a bank’s retirement plan. The most recent Trust member to utilize ABG’s payroll service is: Flint Community Bank, Albany. The programs offered through the GBA Master Trust provide flexibility to meet the needs of any bank or associate member who may be looking at adding or changing their qualified retirement plan. The Directors of GBA Retirement Services are bankers who know the business and help produce the greatest results for their banks, their employees and for the other banks and bankers participating in the Trust. Please contact Mandy Richards at (404) 420-2025 for information on how GBA Retirement Services can help design a retirement plan for your bank. Latest Bank to Link Welcome to First Citizens Bank, Glennville, Butch Lane, CEO, as the latest bank to link to GBA’s website. Contact GBA’s Lydia Thomas via email or at (404) 420-2039 when your bank is ready to link. GBA and Clarke American Checks Celebrate 11 years! Customer Service at it’s BEST Clarke American Checks has been a Strategic Partner with GBA since 1994, a decade of superior customer service and leading edge technology. The Georgia Bankers Association took over twelve months to review every facet of Clarke American’s operation and we were, and continue to be, impressed. Clarke American is the industry leader in quality and service and offers many advantages including:
Clarke American
Checks maintains 3 local representatives in Georgia who are
committed to excellence in business relationships.
Steve
Garrett, Pat McMahon and Cindy Herron have a
combined 30 years of experience with Clarke American Checks and
GBA feels very fortunate to have such a qualified team. To
learn more about Clarke American Checks, please call GBA’s
Renee Valdez (404) 420-2036 or Steve Garrett (800) 382-0818
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Conferences |
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| Sept. 13-14 | Solutions 2005: GACHA Payments Conference | Atlanta |
| Oct. 2-4 | President/CEO Conference | Lake Oconee |
| Oct. 2-4 | Bank Counsel Conference | Lake Oconee |
| Oct. 27-28 | Marketing Conference | Atlanta |
| Nov. 30 - Dec. 1 | Credit Conference | Atlanta |
| Feb. 8-10, 2006 | HR Professionals Institute | Braselton |
| March 2-3, 2006 | Financial Risk Management Conference | Atlanta |
| March 16-17, 2006 | Operations and Technology Conference | Atlanta |
| April 6-7, 2006 | Security Conference | Savannah |
| May 25-26, 2006 | Rural Development and Lending Conference | St. Simons Island |
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| Sept. 7-15 | Group Meetings | Statewide |
| Oct. 19 | BankPAC Golf Classic | Big Canoe |
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| Nov. 6-11 | Southern Operations & Technology School | Athens |
| Feb. 20-22, 2006 | Southeastern School of Advanced Commercial Lending | Nashville, TN |
| March 5-10, 2006 | Southeastern School of Consumer Credit | Nashville, TN |
| April 30-May 6, 2006 | Georgia Banking School | Athens |
| May 21-26, 2006 | Southeastern School of Commercial Lending | Nashville, TN |
| May 21 - June 2, 2006 | Graduate School of Banking at LSU | Baton Rouge, LA |
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| Aug. 29 | Basic Consumer Lending, Part 2 | Telephone |
| Sept. 1 | Check Holds & Endorsements | Webinar |
| Sept. 7 | Compliance Issues for Front Line Employees | Webinar |
| Sept. 7 | HMDA Workshop | Macon |
| Sept. 7 | Using OCC APR Software | Telephone |
| Sept. 9 | Basics for Loan Support Personnel | Telephone |
| Sept. 13 | 2005 IRS Information Reporting for Financial Institutions | Telephone |
| Sept. 14/15 | IRA Update | Gainesville/Macon |
| Sept. 15 | Compliance Issues for Marketing & Advertising | Webinar |
| Sept. 15 | NEW SEMINAR: FDIC Deposit Insurance - In Spanish | Telephone |
| Sept. 20 | Calling Skills for the Real World | Telephone |
| Sept. 22 | Repossession & Sale of Collateral | Telephone |
| Sept. 22 | Loan Documentation for Lenders | Macon |
| Sept. 22 | Opening New Accounts, I | Webinar |
| Sept. 23 | Opening New Accounts, II | Webinar |
| Sept. 27 | Spandex is a Privilege, Not a Right! | Webinar |
| Sept. 28 | Introduction to Consumer Lending | Macon |
| Oct. 4 | Supervising Branch Staff | Webinar |
| Oct. 5 | Compliance Issues for Consumer Lending | Webinar |
| Oct. 6 | IRA Basics | Webinar |
| Oct. 6 | HR 101 | Macon |
| Oct. 11 | RESPA Review & Update | Telephone |
| Oct. 12 | Documenting Your BSA/AML/SAR Risk Assessment | Telephone |
| Oct. 13 | Advanced Loan Documentation | Tifton |
| Oct. 20 | Training Secrets from the Pros | Telephone |
| Oct. 25 | Safe Deposit Fundamentals | Telephone |
| Oct. 25 | New Account Fraud | Webinar |
| Oct. 27 | IRA: Beyond the Basics | Webinar |
| Oct. 27 | Loan Documentation for Lenders | Cartersville |
| Oct. 28 | Commercial Loan Documentation | Telephone |
| Nov. 2 | Advanced Consumer Lending | Macon |
| Nov. 2 | Coaching Teller Referrals | Webinar |
| Nov. 3 | Analyzing Personal Financial Statements & Tax Returns | Macon |
| Nov. 7 | Real Estate & Appraisal | Macon |
| Nov. 10 | Bankruptcies, Garnishments, Liens & Levies | Tifton |
| Nov. 15-16 | Basic Operations & Deposit Compliance | Macon |
| Nov. 16-17 | Basic Loan Compliance | Macon |
| Nov. 30/Dec. 1 | Bank Security | Gainesville/Macon |
| Dec. 8 | Advanced Teller Operations | Tifton |
| Board/Committee Meetings | ||
| Sept. 16-17 | Leadership GBA Fall Planning Meeting | Savannah |
| Sept. 29 | Human Resources Committee | Atlanta |
| Oct. 21 | Asset/Liability Management Committee Meeting | Atlanta |
| Oct. 23-25 | GBA Insurance Trust Board of Directors | Young Harris |
| Oct. 24-25 | GBA Retirement Services Board of Directors | Young Harris |
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