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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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