Community Bankers of Iowa Monthly Banker Update June 2014 | Page 2

From the CEO & EVP, Don Hole
Social Networking –
Okoboji Style!
Much ado is being made these days about “social
networking” using tools like Twitter, Facebook, and other
web based applications. As I thought about what the
purposes of all these things are, it occurred to me that
they were just substitutes for good old face-to-face communication. As we enter
convention season for the forty-third year, it is apparent that community bankers
in Iowa have been social networking since 1972 at the Annual Management
Conference at Okoboji. Now in its third generation of bankers attending, the
annual gathering exclusively for community bankers and the affiliates that serve
them has ALWAYS been based on the social connections that make our industry
successful as well as our relationships with support organizations and our
communities and customers as well.
We always have great business content and this year is no exception, with
Washington columnist and author Michael Barone, Community bank expert
Dr. Edmund Seifried from Pennsylvania, and Business Motivational speaker
Garrison Wynn. Breakout sessions include information about the Affordable
Care Act, Ag Lending and Regulatory Compliance, and a special presentation
at our Town Hall breakfast will be Cory Knudtson, Director of Motorcycle
Operations at Polaris Industries, manufacturer of Victory and the legendary
Indian motorcycles. You’ll also hear from the Department of Banking, Iowa’s
Secretary of Agriculture and ICBA’s National president and CEO, Cam Fine.
All that would be great for any banking convention, but the unique thing about
our meeting in Okoboji is the tone and atmosphere of true camaraderie as
members of the family of community banking in Iowa. Everyone is invited
to attend virtually any general session and the entire family is welcome
throughout the gathering. There are two morning breakfast meetings with
great opportunities to network, a trade show that occurs in the middle of a gala
reception and PAC auction, and optional recreational events like mixed pair and
bankers golf, tournament style fishing with prizes, spouses sunrise shopping
and spa day activities. Those who have attended the convention describe it as
feeling like “a family reunion” but with valuable learning as well.
Those of you who consistently attend and are probably registered by now
know what I am talking about. To you, I would challenge you to talk about the
convention with peers and invite them to experience the family of community
banking. If you have never attended or haven’t recently, please plan to join
us this year. You will be greeted with open arms. If you are new, we will even
assign a ‘buddy” banker to make sure that you, your family and bank get the
most out of the time spent.
This year’s theme “Where the Rubber Meets the Road”, selected by the
volunteer Convention Committee, encompasses the critical purpose and
function of community banking in Iowa and the knowledge and success sharing
that makes our industry strong, vibrant and on the move. So whether it’s a
bicycle, motorcycle, car or truck, attending this year’s conference will strengthen
your banks traction, “Where the Rubber Meets the Road”.
So do your social networking up close and personal. In Okoboji, July 16-18.
Your BFF bankers are looking forward to seeing you there.

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CBI BANKER UPDATE | JUNE 2014

In This Issue
From the CEO & EVP, Don Hole... 2
43rd Management Conference
& Annual Convention..................... 3
PAC Donations Needed................ 3
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From the Top................................. 4
Fine Points.................................... 5
June 2014 Webinar Lineup........... 6
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2014 Washington Policy Summit... 7
Save the Date - State Fair
Conference.................................... 8
Five Facts I’d Bet $1000 On... 10-11
Ability To Repay: Part 2............... 13
Featured Endorsed Member....... 14
Washington Watch...................... 15
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Rural Mainstreet Survey......... 16-18
Be a Superhero Leader............... 19

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West Des Moines, Iowa 50266
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CORRECTION:

The May 2014 issue of the Community
Banker Update erroneously listed the
school attended by the First Place
Winner, and the last name of the Third
Place Winner of the 2014 Money Smart
Week Poster Contest. 1st Place Winner
Claire Graham attends Holy Trinity
Middle School in West Point, Iowa. 3rd
Place Winner is Ashlynn Vorthmann.