METROEAST CHAPTER OF CREDIT UNIONS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
June 3, 2010

The regular meeting of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the METROEAST CHAPTER OF CREDIT UNIONS was called to order by Chairperson Drema Isaac at 9:10 AM on June 3, 2010 at Michigan Schools and Government Credit Union.  

PRESENT:  
Drema Isaac, Fran Pierce, Gary Sylvester, Gail Hernalsteen, Vicki McIntosh, Lisa Pionk, and Jan Rose.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS EXCUSED:  
Patty Campbell, Jackie Ford, James Safian, Jim Shereda

GUEST PRESENT
Ron Martin, Crystal Gracz, Heather Bade

PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES:
Motion was made by Gail and seconded by Jan to approve the minutes from the Executive Committee Meeting held on May 6, 2010. Motion carried.

TREASURER’S REPORT:
The Treasurer’s Report was presented by Fran Pierce.   Motion was made by Vicki McIntosh and seconded by Gail to approve the Treasurer’s Report.  Motion carried.

PROGRAM AND EVENTS:
Gail reported that the Employment Law Seminar was rescheduled and hopefully we will be able to get better attendance.  Gail suggested advertising differently to large and small Credit Unions.  

GOVERNMENT & POLITICAL FORUM REPRESENTATIVE:
Drema reviewed several important pending regulatory issues that were discussed at the Michigan GAC.  She said that the MCUL Action Fund was the 24th highest PAC in fund raising.  Drema mentioned that the MCUL is still looking for participants for next week’s Hike the Hill in Washington D.C.  There are scholarships available if needed.  We also discussed the need to schedule another Legislative Breakfast.  

CU DIFFERENCE CAMPAIGN:
Heather reviewed her report with the Committee.  The creative is complete.  Heather reported that CUCorp increased their funding to be used toward the creative and the quality is much improved.  The campaign is set to begin on June 7th.  Heather also reviewed the opportunity that we will have with WDIV’s Click on Detroit website for members to tell their Credit Union story and get votes for the best story.

MCUL REPRESENTATIVE:
Ron Martin provided a written report to the Committee highlighting the upcoming league sponsored events.  Ron also distributed an organizational chart for the MCUL.  

MCUL DIRECTOR:
The MCUL Board held a special meeting in May and voted to endorse Peter Hoekstra for Governor.  The Board also had its reorganizational meeting with new officers being elected. The new Chairman is George Isola, Howard Spencer is the Vice Chair and Tony Canarvon is the Treasurer/Secretary.

CHARITY COMMITTEE:
The written Charity Committee Report was reviewed. Crystal received word from the March of Dimes on the total funds raised by the chapter and the amount is significantly different than our records.  Crystal will follow up with our rep to verify.  We discussed the next event, Relay for Life.  Volunteers are still needed to help count money.

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT:
Drema reported that she has spoken with Carolyn from ABD Credit Union and Martin from Sterling Van Dyke Credit Union.  They are both interested in becoming involved with the chapter.  They will hopefully be attending upcoming meetings.

OLD BUSINESS:
We still need to finalize the minutes from the Annual Meeting.  Drema will send these to Fran for a count and Credit Unions in attendance update.  

NEW BUSINESS:
Jan asked if we would be willing to consider doing conference call meetings every other month.  After discussion we decided that we would continue with our in person meetings, but allow people to call in if the facility allows.  

NEXT MEETING:
The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be at 9:00 a.m. on August 5 at Motor City Co-op Credit Union.  Call in capabilities will be available if anyone would like to call in to the meeting.  

ADJOURNMENT:
Motion was made by Jan and seconded by Fran to adjourn this meeting at 10:15 a.m.  Motion carried.

Minutes prepared by Lisa Pionk, Secretary.