Bank Directors Seminar, Coeur d'Alene, ID

Even More Things You Should Know

– “The taxpayer – that is someone that works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take a civil service examination.” -- Ronald Reagan – “The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.” – Will Rogers

– Key attributes should include: – Somewhat limited geographic footprint – Smaller organizations – Rely on relationship banking , gathering more expensive information – Decision making is streamlined and more local in nature – Less likely to do really stupid things than big organizations do. (WTF) – What’s a community bank? – We have no universally accepted definition. – Some say a bank with less than say $200 million, $500 million, $ 1 billion, $5 billion, $10 billion in total assets