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Hi, I'm William. I'm the Director, Online Banking & Engagement at Vancity, Canada's largest credit union.

My opinions and views are just that, and don't reflect the views of my employer (or, perhaps, anyone else).

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:.Doug True
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Make a plan for BarCampBankBC.

Yesterday, Gene Blishen and I booked the space for BarCampBankBC. I'm very excited that we got such a great space at BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology).

BarCampBankBC will take place in Vancouver all day on Saturday, September 20th and a half day on Sunday the 21st. You can sign up here.

What is BarCampBankBC?

What if we changed banking and finance? The aim of BarCampBank is to foster innovations and the creation of new business models in the world of banking and finance.

It's going to be an amazing time, and may just:

change the way you do your job
introduce you to new concepts and innovations
connect you to some amazing people
inspire you

We've already got 16 people coming from some great FIs and vendors, including HSBC, Industrial Credit Union, Westminster Savings Credit Union, Everything CU, Credit Union Central of BC, Creative Brand Communications, Citizens Bank of Canada, Ripple Project, Open Money, Mount Lehman Credit Union, Community Savings Credit Union, Vancity and Currency Marketing. And I just noticed Denise Wymore is planning on coming in for it.

I have no doubt that by the time September 20th and 21st arrive many more FIs and vendors will have signed up.

BCIT's downtown campus is extremely well located, right in downtown Vancouver. If you're coming in from out of town, you can walk there from any of Vancouver's downtown hotels. It's also very close to a SkyTrain station, so it's easy to get to from almost anywhere.

All that for about $35 Canadian. So go ahead, add your name to the wiki and come on down.

See you there!

UPDATE (May 29): Thanks to Boris for adding this event to Upcoming.org!

Labels: banking, barcampbankbc, credit union, currency marketing, innovation, technology, tinfoiling, vancity, vancouver

posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2008

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Who else wants to car pool from the New England area?
comment from everythingcu on May 28, 2008

great idea! go wiliam and gene go!
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Roland on May 28, 2008

@Morriss - That would be a roadtrip for the ages, my friend!

@Roland - Thanks for the comment. I'd love to see you and your posse there!
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wazaroff on May 29, 2008

Great initiatve William.
The industry is taking on some hefty changes: from money to financial life, from advice = sales to advice = Advice, from central lending to distributed lending, etc. Exciting.
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Andrew Harnden on May 29, 2008

Hey, thanks for the comment Andrew! Great reconnecting with you after so many years.

I hope you'll come to BarCampBankBC, I think you'll have a lot to contribute and gain.
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wazaroff on May 29, 2008

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