Monday, November 19, 2018

International Training Trips May Signal a Corporate Governance Problem

If your credit union board members are rewarding themselves through international or luxury training trips or other perks that are not available to other members of the credit union, your credit union may have a corporate governance problem.

At least that is the opinion of Sarah Moore, the Administrator of the Alabama Credit Union Administration.

During the November 9, 2018 presentation to the League of Southeastern Credit Unions, Ms. Moore discussed a corporate governance health checklist for credit union boards and supervisory committees.

She posed the following question:
Are Board members rewarding themselves through international or luxury training trips or other perks not available to other members of the credit union?
If your credit union answered yes to this question, this could indicate an unhealthy corporate governance at your credit union.

There is a whole industry catering to the education of credit union leaders and their elected boards.

However, some of these training programs are on luxury cruises or at exotic locations.

For example, the Credit Union National Association's Volunteer Conference will meet in January 2019 at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Educruises is promoting a Seine River Cruise in June of next year or a voyage of the Norwegian fjords in July 2019.

These look like junkets rewarding credit union officials and volunteers.

1 comment:

  1. "May" signal a governance problem?
    CU industry should be called the "conference unchained" industry.
    there is a junket every week in this space.
    all that member focused money going to "volunteers"on vacation!
    CUNA and CUES especially.
    Very little "learnin" going on.
    Agendas chock full of patronizing, feel gooders.
    Critical thinking?
    Nope.

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