Editors Note

by Dave Kowlessar

Welcome to our second edition and in fact the second volume of BECUConnect! Our gala celebration on December 5 2009 of twenty five years since registration as a Credit Union reminded us about the many things we are…. and can be.

This issue is about us; our contract and relationship with you is intended to get much better; more intimate as we strive toward that passionate dream of becoming your preferred financial service provider. How we can work together to build dreams, practical tips not only to survive, but to thrive.

Our Credit Union is engaged in several exercises to redesign, re-engineer, re-orient; call it by any title or terminology, we intend to transform the Bank Employees Credit Union to continue growing and becoming more relevant to you as we continue on the journey. As we go along also, we want to hear from you; give us your feedback on our Credit Union; how else can we assist you?

The Bank Employees Credit Union will also be engaged in a formal membership survey over the next few months as we refine our transformation plan. We invite you to visit our website at www.becuonline.com which is at the first stage of redesign. It is intended that the website will become a platform for our further interaction with you – making us accessible wherever you are and at whichever time you intend to interact with us.

Among some of the areas requiring attention in our rebranding exercise will be the consideration of our name – BECU. Whilst it is acknowledged that the substance of who we are is more important than the name; sometimes the significance of these milestone changes allows us to realize the change. In the award winning novel “Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn, the teacher recollects his first encounter with his benefactor “ The stranger hadn’t said “Your name is not Goliath”. He had said, “You are not Goliath”. There was a world of difference”

So in these exciting yet challenging times, it is not about sitting back and waiting for what will happen, or bemoaning what has happened, it is about creating our future. We look forward to serving your Credit Union needs way into this future…