Before the era of virtual media, credit union stories appeared in print. The most newsworthy were the front page leads.
Here is an example of on issues top news:
NCUA Suspends Salary Bonus Program
“High Roller” Lifestyel called “contemptible” in NCUA Memorandum
From Iron Wills to Silver Anniversary, NAFCU Turns 25
The front page picture was of a CEO holding a piggy bank in one hand during a speech at a CUES conference. The speaker compares the priorities of credit unions versus those of for-profit banks. The CEO: Jim Blaine
If anyone can tell me the date and publication name, I will send them the only extant, actual copy of this critical chronicle of credit union history.
The issues and challenges remain very similar-high rollers, and NCUA costs-just the names of the players change.
Without a knowledge of the past, the movement’s leaders can become zombies-no past, no future, just present scares.