GCUA
Georgia Credit Union Affiliates

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Georgia Credit Union Affiliates and CUNA offer a variety of publications that are targeted to specific credit union functions and operations. The publications offered cover a variety of topics, including credit union compliance, regulatory and legislative issues and management and operational issues. The following publications are offered through Georgia Credit Union Affiliates and CUNA (click on the links for more information):
   
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Chapter Notes
  Chapter Notes is published for credit union chapters as requested. The newsletter is a tool for the chapter to disseminate meeting information and chapter happenings.
   
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Chapter Profiles
  Chapter Profile reports, provided by the Affiliates' Credit Union Development Department, are distributed quarterly and include Chapter loan and savings growth, return on average assets, average net worth ratios, average loan-to-savings ratios, average asset quality and new auto loan growth. The profiles also includes a breakdown per asset category. A Georgia Credit Union Profile report is also available, providing comparative data in key areas including state membership totals as well as asset and loan growth. The statewide profile also charts state annual savings yields, asset quality, earning performance, net worth ratios and other significant comparisons.
   
Chapter Reporter
  Featuring updates from GCUA and Georgia Central Credit Union, this newsletter offers insight into League products and services.
   
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Connection
  This news magazine focuses on credit union issues and policy perspectives, and highlights credit union activities throughout the state.
   
Corporate Ink
 

Corporate Ink is a bimonthly publication of Georgia Central Credit Union. Within the pages of Corporate Ink you'll find news about Georgia Central's products, services and current initiatives as well as timely advice and useful information on financial issues such as liquidity and asset-liability management.

   
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Creating Influence HTML
  A newsletter providing information about League and CUNA Advocacy efforts.
   
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CURIA HTML
  CURIA is a newsletter produced periodically by Georgia Credit Union Affiliates to keep credit unions up to date on the Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act of 2005, often referred to by its acronym, CURIA.
   
Foundation Focus
  The Foundation Focus newsletter is a publication designed to inform the credit union community of the consultative and educational support for small credit unions with assets of $35 million or less. The publications helps focus attention on Foundation activities that have made a lasting, positive impact on the credit union movement in Georgia whose efforts enhance the growth and value proposition of the small credit union community in Georgia.
   
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Grassroots Liaisons
  Covering political, election and legislative issues, the Grassroots Liaisons newsletter is distributed quarterly to designated liaisons at Georgia credit unions.
   
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InfoSight Compliance eNEWSLETTER HTML
  InfoSight Compliance eNEWSLETTER is a weekly electronic newsletter that highlights timely, important federal and Georgia-specific compliance topics and issues to help credit union staff with compliance issues. As of July 9, 2007, it is the successor to Noteworthy (see below), a weekly publication of the Affiliates' Compliance Services Department. Noteworthy was targeted primarily to credit union managers and presidents to keep them abreast of credit union rules and regulations, and to answer questions regarding credit union operations.
   
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Model Code of Ethics MS Word
  The GCUL Board has approved the Model Code of Ethics and is now encouraging every Georgia credit union’s Board of Directors and management staff to discuss and address proper ethical standards and expectations for their credit union and adopt a Code of Ethics for their institution. The Model can be used as you work through this process. (MS Word document)
   
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Noteworthy
  This compliance newsletter features regulatory content derived from industry research, and offers answers to questions posed to the R & I Department. As of July 9, 2007, Noteworthy was succeeded by InfoSight Compliance eNEWSLETTER (see above), a weekly electronic newsletter that highlights timely, important federal and Georgia-specific compliance topics and issues to help credit union staff with compliance issues.
   
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Owner Insight and HTML
  This letter provides “behind the headlines” insight about goings on at the state and national support organizations, including thought-provoking articles devoted to one of the significant contemporary issues facing credit unions.
   
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R&I Bulletin HTML
  This compliance bulletin offers an in-depth analysis of a particular rule or regulation.
   
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Regulatory Response Comment Letters
  Regulatory Response comment letters are written by GCUL staff, with assistance from the GCUL Regulatory Response Committee, to provide regulatory authorities with credit union views on issues related to existing and proposed regulations at the state and federal levels.
   
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Speak Up!
  Participants in the GCUA Spokesperson Program receive Speak Up! six times per year. The e-newsletter includes helpful hints on media relations, message development and presentation skills.
   
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Statistical Report
  The Affiliates' Statistical Report includes Georgia Credit Union League financial statements from 1980 to the present, and Cooperative Services Inc. financial statements from 1990 to the present. The report also includes aggregate balance sheets and income statements for all Georgia credit unions from 1990 to the present, along with charts and graphs to help interpret the data.
   
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The 8% Club
  The 8% Club is a newsletter that will be focused on credit union growth; encouraging growth, recounting the benefits of growth, sharing best-practices for growth, challenging credit unions to accelerate their growth, and applauding examples of growth.
   

GCUA Annual Report
  GCUA also publishes the GCUA Annual Report, designed to be an information source about the organizations that make up GCUA and about credit unions throughout Georgia.

Credit Union Executive Newsletter
  This newsletter is targeted to credit union executives and delivers practical advice from experts. Each issue focuses on a specific topic.
   
Credit Union Directors Newsletter
  Much like the Executive Newsletter, this newsletter is targeted towards credit union directors to help them stay abreast of operational, service and regulatory issues in the credit union industry.
   
Credit Union Magazine
  This magazine covers issues of vital interest to credit union management, staff and volunteers.
   
Connection
  Free newsletter for credit union marketers, published by CUNA.
For additional costs, CUNA also offers many books that credit unions can use as resources, such as compliance books and professional and volunteer manuals.

For more information, please call 770-476-9625 or 800-768-4282, or e-mail PublicRelations@gcua.org. 

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