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New Items at the 2013 NCOFCU Conference


We are excited to inform you of these new items at this years conference;
  1. Volunteer Of The Year Award will be presented at our 2013 Annual Meeting & Conference dinner. Don't miss this great opportunity to recognize one of your volunteers
  2. Percy Riley Jr. Conference Scholarship Fund will be named in honor of Percy Riley from Richmond Fire Department Credit Union.    
  3. Win an IPad at our Saturday session on Technology, Social Media and NCOFCU's Social Networking
  4. Early Bird Special Extended through July
Volunteer of the Year Award
     The National Coalition of Firefighters Credit Unions Inc. (NCOFCU) will honor a volunteer whose outstanding contributions, to a NCOFCU member credit union and to the credit union movement, make him or her eligible to be the proud recipient of the "NCOFCU Volunteer of the Year Award". This is a terrific way to honor a volunteer who has gone above and beyond the call of duty in your credit union. Any NCOFCU member credit union Volunteer or CEO may nominate a candidate. Simply explain why the nominee deserves to be recognized as Volunteer of the Year. The winner will receive free registration to the next NCOFCU Annual Meeting & Conference as well as a beautiful plaque to display in their home or office. Nominees must be present at the convention in October to win.  To nominate a volunteer, please complete this Confidential Form and click submit when finished. All entries will receive a certificate indicating their nomination for "Volunteer of the Year Award". Entries must be submitted by August 1, 2013.

Percy Riley Jr. Conference Scholarship Fund
     It is an honor to name the coalitions conference scholarship fund, supported by contributions from member credit unions, vendors and friends of NCOFCU, in honor of Percy Riley Jr. who served as Chairman of the Board Richmond Fire Department Credit Union. Percy Riley, Jr. attended his first meeting in 2002, and every year thereafter through October, 2007 in Albuquerque.  He brought his daughter and son-in-law with him along with Wallace Garland and Glenn Grooms that year.  He was obviously ill, but he came and attended the sessions.  He died November 30, 2007.  Had he been able to attend future conferences, we are certain he would have.  Right from the start, he served on the Advisory Committee and assisted in establishing the idea of a coalition and developing the conference.  He was a very kind, caring, and volunteered his time so readily, so that is why we want to honor Percy by naming NCOFCU's conference scholarship fund the "Percy Riley Conference Scholarship Fund".

Win An IPad
     Join us Saturday and begin with a Asset Liability Presentation for directors by Lee Chandler of Vining Sparks and finish off the morning with how technology and social media affects your credit union members and how to use it to your benefit. NCOFCU will conclude with it's social media networking and how you can keep in-touch and network with the friends you have made at the conference. The IPad will be awarded concluding this presentation by a drawing of the members present.

Early Bird Special Extended Through July
Because of these new additions, we know you won't want to miss, we have extended the early Bird Special through July. Register Here

NOTE! 
Because of the overwhelming response, hotel rooms at the Westin Copley Plaza are in short supply so please pre-register so you don't have to stay off site. If the conference hotel is full when you try to register, we have made arrangements in a neighboring hotel for you, just contact conference management, Bonnie Slater (508) 429-2121, with how many rooms you may need.


 Early Bird Special
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Take advantage of the "Early Bird" special and save $100 off the conference registration.
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Hotel rooms are limited so register early.
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Offer Expires: August 1st, 2013



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