Greetings,

Let me start off by saying thank you for helping to make the first half of 2009 an amazing time for the chapter. With your support we’ve held two tremendous events and are in preparations for another great Golf Tournament. The board is also very excited about the launch of our new website. I hope that you enjoy its new features and benefits. A special thank you goes out to Shawn Kellner for his hard work in designing and implementing the new www.kcccu.com website.

During the first half of the year, the KCCCU board worked hard on many things. Two of these items were our luncheons. Our first luncheon was held at McCormick and Schmick’s on February 10th. Jason Knight from Wesabe, gave a great presentation on innovative management of personal finances. He also spoke about his experiences in Japan in the 1990’s and how the current economic environment in the United States is similar to what Japan went through. He then presented a great slide that showed the last 6 recessions the United States has gone through and the encouraging news was that there was always and up side to the end of each recession. The second luncheon of the year led us to Ray’s Boat House on May 10th. Our presenter was Linda Jekel, the Director of Credit Unions for the State of Washington’s Department of Financial Institutions. Linda spoke on the current economic environment in the State of Washington and some of the changes that took place in Olympia during the last legislative session. Both of these events were very well attended. Since the events, I’ve heard lots of great feedback from many of you.

Up coming for the King County Chapter of Credit Unions is our annual golf tournament. This year, once again, we’ve partnered with the Pierce County Chapter of Credit Unions. We will be holding the 3rd Annual King and Pierce County Chapter of Credit Unions Golf Tournament at Washington National on June 30th. I look forward to seeing everyone out there for another fun event.

The King County Chapter of Credit Unions thanks you for your continued support.

Thank you,

Lee Harris
Chapter President