Conference Evaluations (2000)

Fifth Annual CUNA Technology Council Summit

August 9-12, 2002
Colorado Springs, CO

An overwhelming number of IT professionals gathered in Colorado Springs, Colorado for the fifth annual CUNA Technology Council Summit in early August. More than 140 credit union technology gurus assembled to network about their credit union's future with technology and to also share in some fun. The attached evaluation scores and comments reveal how speakers hit the mark and attendees learned all about the "possibilities", both from the experts and from each other.

Scenes from the conference

Here are conference summaries from some of the hot topics at the conference.

1. How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the program? [4.2]
2. How would you rate the conference agenda? [4.2]
3. What influenced your choice to attend the conference?
   • Program content [87%]
   • Program location [13%]
   • Program cost [7%]
   • Program length [10%]
   • Attended last year and enjoyed it [27%]
4. I would recommend this program to others.
   • Yes [97%]
   • No [3%]

The entire Executive Committee would like to extend our sincere thanks to all of the vendor sponsors who participated at the 2000 Conference. Your involvement made many of the events and speakers possible.

• Cavion.com - Marvin Umholtz for sponsoring the welcome reception on Wednesday, August 9
• C.U. Processing - Jennifer Shaw for sponsoring the membership lunch on Thursday, August 10
• CUNA eCommerce - Ellis Waller for sponsoring all networking breaks on Thursday, August 10
• Digital Insight for co-sponsoring the conference giveaway
• Englehart Dicken - Blair Englehart for sponsoring the CTC Summit logo design
• On-Line Resources & Communications Corp. for co-sponsoring the CD-ROM
• SensCom, Inc. - Tom Parham / Robin Richmond - for sponsoring the continental breakfast on Friday, August 11
• Symitar Systems, Inc. - Bruce Cormode for sponsoring the continental breakfast on Thursday, August 10
• Total1.com - James Gibson for sponsoring a breakout session at the conference
• WebTone Technologies - Jeff Phillips / Chris Dilorenzo for sponsoring the networking breaks on Friday morning, August 11

Overall Conference Comments

Here are the overall comments from the participants that attended the conference:

• The majority of the session contained materials that I could use after the conference. I believe that there were some excellent ideas presented.
• Yee haa, Bill Gates meets Tex Ritter. Wonderful conference and lots of fun.
• The information provided at this conference covered a wide range of technological topics and encompassed elements from all perspectives.
• I have been a CUNA Technology Council member for the past 3 or 4 years and have always found the conferences to be relevant and timely as we plan and budget for the future. The opportunity to hear from leading technology speakers and network with CU technology professionals in a sharing environment makes this conference a must for me.
• The conference and the council provide and excellent opportunity to network with credit union technology peers. The web site and e-mails will provide an even better technique to ask questions and share information.
• Good conference. Relevant topics. Knowledgeable speakers and excellent networking opportunities.
• Appreciate that each of the speakers speaks to credit unions and not banks - all topics are always for credit unions - of interest to us
• Greatly enjoyed it - taking valuable ideas to our CU. Couldn't get to all the sessions I wanted to.
• Another excellent conference, obviously the result of all the hard work of the conference committee and the board.
• Having the hotel floor plan in program guide was great. Excellent speakers and content. It is helpful when you indicate tracks - technical, general, etc. More technical "how to" sessions would be good. Also, extend "Financial info for IT exec" to other disciplines.
• The content for the most part was very good. I would like to see more technical content and less sales content.