6 MARCH / APRIL 2019 legislative session, spending hours at the Statehouse, poring over bills and legislative updates, and talking with multiple constituencies to make sure your voice is heard. We very much appreciate your grassroots support of their efforts. On the educational front, the IBA continues as one of the most active state associations in the nation with regard to opportunities for members to learn and advance. Additionally, we currently are gearing up for the Mega Conference, and we look forward to seeing you there. Finally, your IBA team remains mindful of our responsibility to steward expenses wisely. Kudos to EVP Paul Freeman, who diligently tracks expenses and manages to keep budget variances with a range of 1 percent, year after year. While I’d be proud to report that news to any audience, I’m especially happy to share it with the Indiana banking community. As ever, please continue to let us know how we can best serve you, and thank you for all of your support. HB Amber R. Van Til President and CEO Indiana Bankers Association avantil@indianabankers.org @grbanker VANTAGE VIEWPOINT Mega Conference May 13-15 The largest, most comprehensive state banking event in the nation features 48 educational tracks. BSA/AML Compliance School June 19-20 Learn from regulators from both state and federal agencies, and stay abreast of compliance responsibility. FLD Leadership Conference Aug. 27-28 Emerging bank leaders come together to build the future through leadership development and networking. Don’t Miss Out! We’re still in the first quarter of the year, but thanks to a supportive board and membership, we already have much progress to share with you. Before I proceed, though, I’d like to remind you that the deadline for the 2019 Leaders in Banking Excellence awards is fast approaching on April 30. This award, IBA’s highest honor, recognizes exceptional bank leaders, both past and present. Please see page 3 for details. This award helps to “Tell the Story” of banking, one of the pillars of the IBA strategic plan. On a related note, we have successfully wrapped up the nomination process for the inaugural IBA Commitment to Community Award, based on bank community service. This new award gives the IBA the chance to showcase the exceptional level of service to communities that banks provide. Thank you to those banks that took the time to nominate their community projects. We look forward to announcing the winner at the Mega Conference in May and presenting a video of the winning project. We also will explore potential filming and promotion of non-winning entries, to further tell the story of banking. There is additional progress at the IBA, thanks to our member engagement department, created just last summer. Ably led by Josh Myers and assisted by Emily Brooks, this busy team is committed to creating closer connections between and among IBA-member bankers. If you active are on social media, you will have noticed a jump in IBA engagement, especially in sharing the good news stories of member banks. For those who take part in IBA Google Groups, you’ll soon be seeing increased opportunities for involvement, helping to deepen your connections with other IBA members. And IBA E-News now features “Banker of the Week,” spotlighting member bankers who visit the IBA for peer groups, forums, seminars and schools. Our member engagement team is also eager and ready to help you tell your story through video. Please keep the IBA in mind if your bank has a community service project that you would like to translate to video. Our team can do the filming and editing, and then promote the video through IBA social media. An example of an IBA-created video is “Reading Champions,” shown on page 15. In fact, throughout this issue of HB Digital, you’ll find links to videos that either highlight community service, promote financial literacy or showcase the value of banking as a career. Going forward, we’ll be creating many more videos of emerging bank leaders who promote banking as a career. These videos dovetail with some of the projects that Chairman Briggs addresses on the facing page, all in support of the “Next-Gen Bankers” pillar of IBA’s strategic plan. The projects above represent only a portion of IBA efforts on your behalf. Right now, your Government Relations Team is deep into the Editor’s note: To view Hoosier Banker videos, access HB Digital online. Contact Laura Wilson at lwilson@indianabankers.org, 317-333-7146, to start your free member subscription.
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