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Credit Issues Conference
June 28, 2011
Best Western Kelly Inn, St. Cloud, MN |
Who Should Attend:
General Managers, Credit Managers, Directors, Lenders, and other related professionals in the farm
supply, grain, & feed industry and dairy industry.
Topics of Interest:
Managing Volatility in the Markets
Forecasting commodity markets
What is causing the volatility?
What are you doing differently because of the volatility?
How do you tactfully communicate changes to members?
A Legal Update
Handling confidential information
State regulations: security breach laws, retention laws, federal laws
Fair Credit Reporting Act—Credit Reports and Red Flags
Enforcement trends and more
Central Notification System (CNS) Issues
What's the problem?
How can we correct it?
Energy Assistance for Members Who Have Difficulty Paying Their Bills
How Do We Make Credit Work for Us
A peer panel of credit managers discuss credit issues affecting their co-ops and how they deal with them
Credit Manager Network Update
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Best Western Kelly Inn - St. Cloud Hotel
100 4th Avenue South • St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301
Phone: (320) 253-0606 • Fax: (320) 202-0505
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Room Block Information
Best Western Kelly Inn
St. Cloud
For hotel reservation, call (320) 253-0606
Room Block Name:
Cooperative Network
Rate: $75/night plus tax (for queen, king, or double room)
Cut-off Date: May 27, 2011**
**Note: Hotel will continue to accept reservations after the cut-off date on a space and rate available basis only. |
| AGENDA |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Registration/Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Welcome
David Erickson, Director of Member Services, Cooperative Network, Madison, Wis. |
| 8:10 a.m |
Managing Volatility in the Markets
Forecasting Commodity Markets and What’s Causing the Volatility
Tim Emslie, Research Manager, Country Hedging, Inc., St. Paul, Minn.
What We’re Doing Differently Because of the Volatility (Panel)
David DeLawyer, General Manager, Northern Star Cooperative, Deer River, Minn. Roger Kienholz, General Manager, Crystal Valley Cooperative, Lake Crystal, Minn. Gary Mohr, General Manager, Central Valley Cooperative, Owatonna, Minn.
How Do You Tactfully Communicate Changes to Members?
Heather Leiferman, Senior Director of Marketing and Public Relations, AgStar
Apple Valley, Minn. |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10: 50 a.m. |
Legal Update
Confidential Information/Protected Information; State Regulation—Security Breach Laws and Retention Laws; Federal Regulation—Fair Credit Reporting Act, Credit Reports, Red Flags, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Dodd-Frank Act, and Federal Trade Commission Act and Enforcement Trends.
George Meinz, Attorney, Grat, Plant, Mooty Law, St. Cloud, Minn. |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 12:45 p.m. |
Credit Manager Network Update
Sue Meyer, Credit/Collections Manager, Central Valley Co-op, Owatonna, Minn. |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Central Notification System (CNS) Issues
What’s the Problem and How Can We Fix It?
Bill Day, Controller, WFS, Truman, Minn. Bert Black, Legal Advisor
Office of the Secretary of State, St. Paul, Minn. |
| 1:45 p.m. |
How We Make Credit Work for Us(Panel)
Credit Managers from diverse co-ops will share their experiences and advice on processes, policies, and approaches that have worked at their co-ops, as well as lessons learned from things that haven’t worked well.
Kathy Carlson, Credit Manager, Federated Co-ops, Inc., Princeton, Minn.
Gary Hulke, Credit Manager, Crystal Valley Cooperative, Lake Crystal, Minn.
Bruce Kohn, Credit Manager, Greenway Cooperative Service, Rochester, Minn. Moderator: Sue Meyer, Credit/Collections Manager, Central Valley Co-op
Owatonna, Minn. |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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