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WWW.NEBANKERS.ORG 8 Contact Richard J. Baier at (402) 474-1555 or richard.baier@nebankers.org . PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE — continued from page 7 With over three decades of lending experience – and being directly involved in farming himself – Lynn understands the complex challenges, cycles and opportunities your farmers and agribusinesses face each season. Bell is committed to ag lending – and that means a commitment to you and the farmers or agribusinesses you work with. Ag participations with Bell help you give your ag customers greater stability from season to season or increase cash flow to their operations. Call me at 701.298.7138 Lynn Paulson Based in Fargo, N.D., and serving the region Member FDIC 24052 Together, let ’s make it happen. Ready to Talk Farming and Financing? Mike Pate 402.301.3707 Based in Omaha, Neb., serving Nebraska BANKING - FINANCE - CREDITORS’ RIGHTS LEGAL SOLUTIONS FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS I LOANS – TIF/BOND FINANCING DIP FINANCING – BANKRUPTCY/CREDITORS’ RIGHTS BANK ACQUISITIONS/DIVESTITURES REGULATORY COMPLIANCE – GENERAL CORPORATE KOLEYJESSEN.COM 402.390.9500 Your NBA is currently working to finalize our proposal, in- tended to meet and exceed the requirements for the Program as outlined by the NDBF. If the NBA/NBISCO is fortunate enough to be selected as the administrator, we will work diligently with member institutions and the NDBF to create and administer a systemwhich is significantlymore efficient and effective than the current entity-by-entity pledging process. LB622 is aclear reflectionof theworkyourNBAGRdepartment does to develop both public policy and programmatic solutions that benefit our member institutions. I would encourage you to diligently reviewyour operations and share any other areaswithin your bankwhere theNBAmay help to create newopportunities or address industrywide challenges. If you want to learnmore about the single bank pooled collateral program or if you have other is- sues you would like your GR team to evaluate, please feel free to contact any member of the NBA staff. Collectively, we can make our industry stronger in Nebraska. 