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STEP ONE - MAKE THE CALL

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                                                                       Volume XLIV, No. 1     January/February 2018
                                                                                                                                         Celena Ivanitch
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        COLUMNS                              FEATURES
                                                                                                                                         Richard Grimes
        6  Up Front                          16  Identity is Everything: The Crafting of a New IBAT Logo                                  469-543-9337
            CHRISTOPHER L. WILLISTON, CAE        CHRISTOPHER L. WILLISTON, VI, CAE

        8  General Counsel’s Corner          18  Avoiding the Pitfalls: Sound Investment Management
            KAREN M. NEELEY
                                                 for Community Banks
        10  Services Spotlight                   JEFFREY F. CAUGHRON
            RONNIE A. MILLER
                                             20 43rd Annual Convention: A Look Back
        12  The Compliance Guy
            KELLY GOULART, CRCM CAMS CIA     24 Perspectives on Leadership

                                             27  Texas Community Banks Go Above and Beyond
        DEPARTMENTS
                                                 LINDSEY GEHRIG
        5  IBAT Leadership & Staff
                                             30 Yes, CECL Affects Taxes, Too
        14  News                                 KEITH FOSTER
        15  New Members
                                             32  Texas Sets the PACE
        36 People                                CHARLENE HEYDINGER

        37  Advertisers
        38  Calendars


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