Pub. 6 2017 Issue 4

11 w i n t e r | 2017 Heather Hughes Photography Ahead of the Chairman’s Reception, a small, intimate reception was held for all the Association’s past leadership. Nineteen past presidents and chairmen gathered to spend time together. Many who attended this reception have been retired and out of banking, so this event allowed them the opportunity to catch up with each other. For the first time ever, VACB held a themed event for our Chairman’s activities and celebration and attendees dug deep for their inner 70s personas! Bankers and Associate members dressed to impress for the evening’s activities and celebration, sporting leisure suits, afro hair styles, short dresses, tall boots and fringe – oh, my!! Everybody looked so groovy for the night! Naturally, if you ask attendees to dress for an occasion, there must be a costume contest! Our first-place winners for the best men’s and women’s cos- tumes went to John and Nancy Caldwell from Appomattox. In second-place were Mike Miller from Colliers Valuations and Jannette Lewis from Charles Town, WV. Our runners’ up included Angela Hayth from Buchanan, Sandy Longest from Tappahannock, Clint Lucas from Blue Pay Processing and Thomas Rasey from The Farmers Bank of Appomattox. The evening also featured a 70s trivia game, photo opportunities and dancing all night to music from the 70s. Tuesday morning began with our Member Breakfast where VACB Presi- dent Steve Yeakel provided the mem- bership a legislative update and report on his GR efforts he’s conducted on be- half of the association. From breakfast, attendees headed to the second business session where Tim Zimmerman, ICBA Chairman Elect, spoke on the state of community banking, regulatory relief and the political scene in Washington. Adam Mustafa with the Invictus Group next shared ways community banks can and should be looking at their strategic planning efforts that will affect the bank in both an immediate and long-term basis. He presented a model that would collapse three years of strategic planning into a version that can be delivered to shareholders as a tool to develop strategies and operating deci- sions that will affect the bank’s value in the future and maximize profitability The final speaker of the morning was Kevin Brown, an inspirational speaker who shared the value of The Hero Effect with attendees. The Hero, according to Brown, is the ordinary person who shows up each and every day and chooses to be extraordinary. He sug- gested that the face you see when you look in your mirror is not just your own, but the faces of those people in your life who helped get you where you are to- day. He then asked the audience – how many mirrors of others reflect your face? Whose life is made better by you being in it? Finally, he shared that a true hero is someone who helps people with no strings attached. Our convention concluded with the Yount, Hyde & Barbour Grand Prize Drawing, where one lucky banker would win a very large television shipped to their home. Our big winner at this year’s convention was David Biggs of Bench- mark Community Bank. Alice Frazier, in her last act as Chairman, declared the 40th Annual Convention of VACB convened and wished all a safe trip home and urged everyone to make plans now to attend the fall convention at Hotel Roanoke, in October of 2018. F E A T U R E