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From the CORNER CHAIR

Deneen Axtman | NDBA CHAIR |Cornerstone Bank, Fargo

Happy Fall – and what a beautiful one we are having!

This week, I’m excited to join the NDBA Board of Directors and the NDBA Services
Board of Directors to conduct strategic planning. Thank you to the 153 respondents
to the survey sent out to help us prepare. NDBA's mission is to provide Extraordinary
Leadership for North Dakota Banks and the mission of the NDBA Services Board
is to provide quality products and services to NDBA member banks; while creating
opportunities for these banks to generate sources of income or realize cost-saving
benefits.

These are important missions. Strategic planning will help NDBA create a plan that will
take us well into the future towards accomplishing our missions. We look forward to
sharing more about it in the coming months.

September and October have been jam packed with educational opportunities at NDBA
and it’s been great to see so many of you and your teams attending. Looking to the
next couple of months, the educational opportunities will pick up again in 2025 – watch
the newsletter for details.

And remember one of my requests for you – connect by doing your part. I cannot
emphasize enough the importance of November 5th. One of the most important things
we can do is take the time to go vote and encourage every single person in our banks
to do so as well. I’m sure we are all growing weary of the mail flyers, the tv ads, and the
constant text messages – but that will all come to an end in just two weeks. The best
thing we can do is to be informed and I’ll say it again - go vote.

Keep connecting!

Deneen

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