Welcome to our Hike the Hill blog! For those of you new to blogging, a blog is essentially an on-line diary. This blog is dedicated to the adventures of Daris and Andrew of Our Community CU in Shelton, Washington. Daris and Andrew are first-time participants in the Washington Credit Union League’s Hike the Hill.

What’s Hike the Hill? Hike the Hill is a two-day adventure bringing Washingtonians (the ones from the “real” Washington) to D.C. to meet with policy makers. It’s fast-paced. It’s high level, and it can be a lot of fun. Since this is Daris and Andrew’s first HTH, they’re going to share their experiences with everyone through this blog.

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Monday, June 30, 2008

Preparing to Hike the Hill

Just one week to go and we're off to the League's annual Hike the Hill to educate, persuade, and enlighten the members of congress on legislative issues that affect credit unions.

In preparation I have received a draft agenda from the WA League that outlines meeting times on Wednesday and Thursday with 5 congressmen. I expect our final agenda will have a full schedule. I also received a position paper that outlines the issues that we will be addressing; mortgage reform, regulatory relief(CURIA), member business lending reform, prompt corrective action reform, field of membership reform, data security and interchange fees. The position paper provides a small paragraph that details each issue and where credit unions stand.

My CEO, Joe Robertson, will be briefing Andrew and I this week. We certainly appreciate his insight as he's been very active in governmental affairs and can provide valuable information on what to expect and how to make our visit as successful as possible.

I am honored to have this opportunity to support and protect credit unions - this proactive approach is an effective method on educating our lawmakers and regulators that credit unions serve a vital purpose and are different than a bank.
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