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Happy New Year, everyone! As I write this, we are enjoying an open winter with highs approaching 50 degrees this week. What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time, my quarter-mile driveway and turn-around felt more like 5 miles and looked more like a snow tunnel than a paved driveway. Absent the cold snap a couple weeks ago, it’s been a very mild winter. I hope I haven’t jinxed it by commenting too soon as there’s plenty of winter left.

ICBND Chairman Jason Johnson, in his Chairman’s Remarks on the previous page, commented about the ongoing battles at federal level and the upcoming ICBA Convention (March 14-17) and the ICBA Capital Summit (April 28 – May 1). These are great events to network with your counterparts across the country and advocate for community banking in Washington, DC.

Closer to home, we are proud of the calendar of events that Jessie and Lindsay have assembled for 2024. If you’ve not already received them, you will be getting “Save the Date” postcards for our 2024 educational events and a separate postcard for the 56th Annual ICBND Convention. A summary of those events is as follows:

  • January 30-31 Front-Line Banking Certification, Virtual
  • March 1 Emerging Leaders – Winter Session, Grand Forks
  • February 23 Community Bankers for Compliance – Reg. Update, Virtual
  • April 16-17 Community Bankers for Compliance – Spring Session, Bismarck
  • May 1-2 Women in Community Banking Summit, Bismarck
  • May 10 Community Bankers for Compliance – Reg. Update, Virtual
  • May 22 FDIC Directors College, Bismarck
  • June 10-14 ICBND School of Agriculture Lending, Bismarck
  • June 25-26 Emerging Leaders – Summer Session, Medora
  • August 13-14 ICBND 56th Annual Convention, Bismarck
  • August 16 Community Bankers for Compliance, Reg. Update, Virtual
  • September 24-25 Emerging Leaders – Fall Session, Jamestown
  • October 1 Policies & Procedures Session, Bismarck
  • October 2 Fraud Symposium, Bismarck
  • October 15-16 Community Bankers for Compliance – Fall Session, Bismarck
  • November 8 Community Bankers for Compliance – Reg. Update, Virtual
  • Ongoing Education Webinars Powered by FinEd, Virtual

We appreciate your support of past events and are hopeful to see you and your coworkers at some of these exciting and informative upcoming events.

Keep the faith through the rest of the winter and we look forward to seeing you soon!

Barry