24th Annual Lenders Conference - 2013

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Save the Dates: May 16-17, 2013

Lodging Block closes April 15! Make your room reservation today! Call 877-253-5466.

Kalahari Resort & Convention Center, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

Registration is now open! - click to register online or print the registration form.

Join us for another exciting conference with presentations and updates from SBA, RMA, Regulatory Agencies, and more!

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The Lenders Conference is back in Wisconsin Dells for 2013!

Mark your calendars now and plan to attend this conference for bank presidents, CEOs, Board and Chamber Directors, CPAs, Commercial Lenders, Credit Analysts, Tellers, Collection Managers and anyone in lending! Sessions available for new and experienced lenders, and those who work with SBA loans.

Jane Palsgrove Butler of the National Association of Government Guaranty Lenders will open the conference with an update on lending practices. Jane is responsible for the association's education and training program. She shares her extensive expertise in SBA lending programs, policies and regulations. Butler joined NAGGL following a 30-year career with SBA during which she worked in all of the agency's program areas including approximately 9 years heading the 7(a), 504 and micro business loan programs.

Choose from four tracks of breakout workshops to suit your needs: Beginner, General, SBA, RMA/Advanced. Full descriptions of the workshops are included in the brochure. Click here for brochure.

Session Updates!

Please note the following updates:

Beginner Track 1-A: 504 Loan Programs | Speakers will be Cindy Esterling, Great Lakes Asset Corporation and Jason Monnett, Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corporation

Beginner Track 1-B: New topic! Please note new title and topic for this session!

The When and How Much of Guaranty Purchase Repairs - The SOP 50 57 recommends that lenders include repair estimates in their purchase request packages. This puts a new burden on lenders to identify when a repair may be appropriate and to calculate just how much the repair amount should be. Jane Butler, NAGGL, will help to demystify the concept of "repair" and use real-life scenarios provided by the National Guaranty Purchase Center to provide tips on exactly what information lenders should now include in purchase requests.

(If you had already registered for the previous topic, please email us to change sessions by May 8. We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience. Email to: dsnyder@uwsp.edu)

General Track 3-B: Effective Credit Enhancements Outside of the SBA - While SBA programs are the most widely used credit enhancements, there are other effective options available through various Federal and State programs. These alternative programs often fill niches and meet needs that SBA cannot. Panel members from WEDC, WHEDA and USDA-Rural Development will provide an overview of the programs they have available. Case studies will be used to help demonstrate the various ways these programs can be used.

Sign up for the Jules Matsoff Memorial Golf Outing on Friday, May 17 at Trappers Turn. Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corporation is sponsoring the golf outing again this year, providing free golf and lunch to the first 120 conference registrants who sign up. Includes 18 holes of golf, cart, use of practice facility and range, with awards and lunch following play. It's a Scramble Format with 8:30 a.m. shotgun start and prizes throughout the course. Click here for registration form. Mail or fax registrations to Dotty Mansavage, UWSP-Continuing Education, 2100 Main St. Stevens Point WI 54481 or FAX: 715-346-3504 - no online registration for golf is available.

Additional half-day RMA workshop - What Flavor is Your Cash Flow? presented by Gary D. Maples, President of River Edge Consulting in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. Not golfing? Sign up for this extra RMA sponsored workshop on Friday, May 17 from 8:30 a.m. - 12 noon. "Cash Flow" - what does that really mean? Join Gary in this seminar on understanding the various cash flow methods including computation of the different approaches and comparisons, along with their appropriate uses and potential weaknesses. Only $150! Click here for the flyer.

Lodging Information:

Call the Kalahari directly at 877-253-5466 to reserve your room. Ask for the Lenders Conference 2013 room block to get the special conference rate of $104. Block rate ends April 15, so make your reservations soon!