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Message From



                                    the League President







                                                        “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to

                                                                                  have tried to succeed.”

         Erich Bloxdorf                                                                  Teddy Roosevelt





            With my first year at The League now officially        Reporter, on our website and in e-mails from me
        in the books, the quote from Teddy Roosevelt               has taken on a new vitality.  We achieved strong
        seemed to me to be particularly relevant.  In              attendance at our Washington DC Fly-In and for
        the past year, we have ventured into many new              the first time, participated in the Freshman Fly-
        initiatives, some have succeeded and some have             In and Springfield Lobby Day.  The Springfield
        been less of a success.  But in everything we              Lobby Day, in particular, was successful as we
        have done, we have learned…and that will make              and the Illinois Bankers Association teamed to
        us stronger in the years to come.                          drive record attendance levels to the event.  As
            Let’s start with how we communicate to                 you saw from our e-newsletter, our advocacy
        you, our members.  Our first initiative was to             is not constrained to events and “fly-in’s”.
        launch a social media presence by creating a               We are constantly monitoring the state and
        Facebook page for The League.  This is growing             federal landscape to ensure that the interests
        in popularity as we post relevant stories about            of our members are protected in Illinois and in
        The League, its members and the industry.  On              Washington DC.
        the heels of that, we completely rebranded                    Our educational offerings are also improving,
        The League with a new logo and tag line...both             so if you have not attended one of our events in
        depicting an organization that is, “on the move”.          a while, I invite you to come again.  Specifically,
        Our new website launched in January of this                we improved our content and speaker line up, to
        year, bringing a more user friendly platform that          include federal regulatory agencies and industry
        delivers information of concern to our members.            experts, including the President and CEO of
        All of our event information is located in one             the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, the
        place, and we offer the ability to register and            President and CEO of Sound Bank among others.
        pay for your events online.  The Illinois Reporter         And I encourage you to take a look at our Career
        was redesigned, to give it a fresh look and the            Development Workshop slated for September
        content has been expanded to deliver information           14th in Naperville, Illinois.  It is new and exciting,
        that is both relevant and fun!  And finally, as we         with something for everyone!
        closed out our year, we have launched a new                   I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the
        e-newsletter, to deliver updates and information           overwhelming response we have received to
        that is timely, relevant and yes, fun!                     the redesign of our events including The Drake,

            Advocacy, as you have seen in the Illinois             the Annual Thrift and Savings Bank Conference



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