I got some great news the other week, and it almost got lost in the shuffle of our stockholder meetings.
Earlier this month, our Frederick office was given the “Care Award Affiliate Office” from the Frederick County Association of Realtors (FCAR). You can read the story about it in the Frederick News Post at www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=103557. (We’re in the second to last paragraph).
Since the article doesn’t go into a lot of details about the award, I’ll share this information from the program that night: The Care Award is to be given to an Affiliate Office to recognize local achievements of the office in community and charitable actions…The award is designed to raise the profile of Affiliates belonging to the Frederick County Association by focusing on offices that have demonstrated an extraordinary record of local community service involvement and to include endeavors by members who are part of a group, team, office or individually.
The Frederick office was recognized for their participation in last year’s Day of Service event, as well as their individual efforts of service to the community. At MidAtlantic we realize that it’s a *critical* part of every company’s mission to serve the community. I talked at the annual meetings about our association’s commitment to serving agriculture, and it’s so great to see one of our offices recognized for that, as well as for the time that they all spend individually giving back to local organizations.
Congratulations!!
Bob
Monday, April 26, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Meeting the People
In the past two weeks, I’ve talked to a ton of people at our annual stockholder meetings. In fact, I may have seen you! We had a total of almost 1800 people at the five meetings.
I made a deliberate effort to talk to borrowers that I didn’t know at each of the meetings. Some nights I got caught up talking to some of our guests, or I visited with borrowers that I had met before, and as a result I spoke with less people than I wanted to (although it’s always nice to catch up with old friends too!). No matter who I spoke to each night, I heard time and time again that Farm Credit is the nicest organization that they’ve ever worked with.
Now, I hear that every year, but it never gets old! I think they’re right…and I’d like to thank our staff for that. There is no such thing as a friendly organization—just friendly people looking out for their customers.
This year, I also heard from borrowers who said that no one else was making agricultural loans in their area, and they were grateful that we had not lost our commitment to our borrowers. That means a lot to me too. It’s great to be nice, but it’s wonderful to be needed.
Earlier this week, I sent an email to all staff thanking them for building our reputation in the community. I know that that kind of goodwill grows just one person at a time, and I know it represents a lot of emails, phone calls and visits. I really appreciate their efforts in making MidAtlantic an important partner for the ag community.
If you were able to attend one of our meetings…I hope I got a chance to talk to you. If not, feel free to respond to this blog—I’m always happy to talk to our borrowers!
Bob
I made a deliberate effort to talk to borrowers that I didn’t know at each of the meetings. Some nights I got caught up talking to some of our guests, or I visited with borrowers that I had met before, and as a result I spoke with less people than I wanted to (although it’s always nice to catch up with old friends too!). No matter who I spoke to each night, I heard time and time again that Farm Credit is the nicest organization that they’ve ever worked with.
Now, I hear that every year, but it never gets old! I think they’re right…and I’d like to thank our staff for that. There is no such thing as a friendly organization—just friendly people looking out for their customers.
This year, I also heard from borrowers who said that no one else was making agricultural loans in their area, and they were grateful that we had not lost our commitment to our borrowers. That means a lot to me too. It’s great to be nice, but it’s wonderful to be needed.
Earlier this week, I sent an email to all staff thanking them for building our reputation in the community. I know that that kind of goodwill grows just one person at a time, and I know it represents a lot of emails, phone calls and visits. I really appreciate their efforts in making MidAtlantic an important partner for the ag community.
If you were able to attend one of our meetings…I hope I got a chance to talk to you. If not, feel free to respond to this blog—I’m always happy to talk to our borrowers!
Bob
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