Florida CUREN

Upcoming Events

Florida CUREN Seminar February 21 and 22, 2008

Hosting Credit Union - Insight Financial Credit Union
480 S. Keller Road Orlando, Florida 32810
888-843-8328 ext 10200

Rooms will be $99 a night with reservations made at the Marriott Courtyard. The location is 1750 Pembroke Drive in Orlando, Florida and you can call 407-659-9100 directly to make your reservations.

Special note: Bike week is ending on 02/19/2008 so make your reservations early.

Dress: Corporate casual wear with credit union shirts are encouraged.

The first day of this meeting's theme is focused on delinquency and foreclosures. The second day is focused on Affordable Housing and credit cleansing.

Meeting Information

2008 Meeting Schedule

February 21 and 22, 2008 Insight Financial Credit Union

June, 2008 location and topics to be announced

October, 2008 location and topics to be announced

A special thank you to Achieva Credit Union for hosting our October, 2007 meeting!

Membership

As you speak with other credit union peers, please invite them to participate in a CUREN Meeting. The first CUREN Meeting will be free for potential members. Membership is open to all Florida credit unions and their CUSOs. If you know of a credit union whom you think would like to be contacted by CUREN, please e-mail our Membership Committee Chairman, Art VanAst.

To become a member, complete a Membership Application with the initial membership fee of $250.00. You may contact Art VanAst at artvan5058@aol.com or by phone at 800-990-9722.

CUREN Membership Application

From the desk of the President

Dear Curen Members,

It is exciting to start 2007 with new Mortgage Lending Goals. It gives us the opportunity to put in place new lending programs and refine our systems and back room operations. What makes our jobs easier is to have access to more than 30 different Credit Unions’ mortgage experience.

One of the main features of all our meetings is the Round Table discussions. Here’s your chance to sound out your ideas, ask for advice, and see how other credit unions are doing things. Whether it’s a successful marketing campaign or a program that increased loan volume, there are others out there who would love to hear about it. We encourage you to bring other staff members from your credit union to participate.

Our program topics this year is because you ask for it. The Board Members and Chair people met in December to outline the Training Programs and Speaker Topics for this year. It was a result of the survey’s you completed in October. Thank you for your suggestions; we know you will enjoy our upcoming Florida CUREN meetings. We will be posting the dates, location, and topics so you can plan ahead.

A special thank you to Vista Federal Credit Union who is hosting our next meeting February 22nd and 23 in the magical city of Orlando. Our very own Mark Rodriquez made this possible. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae will be our guest speakers so you can’t miss this one. See you there!

We’d love to here from you so please feel free to e-mail any comments or suggestions you may have to lmcgregor@cusupportservices.com.

- Lyn McGregor
Florida CUREN President
President CU Mortgage Services

CUREN Officials

Board of Directors

President: Lyn McGregor
CU Mortgage Services

Vice-President: Sheri Merrifield
Achieva Credit Union

Secretary - Shelly Calhoun
IBM Southeast EFCU

Treasurer - Tracy Stead
USF Federal Credit Union

Advisory Council

Director - Candy Nowadly
Insight Financial Credit Union

Committee Chairpersons

Membership - Art VanAst
CU Mortgage Services

Special Projects - Joe Meyer
IBM Southeast EFCU

Programs and Education - Ruth O'Brien
Fairwinds Credit Union

Florida Credit Union Real Estate Network