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l e a d i n g a d v o c a t e f o r t h e b a n k i n g i n d u s t r y i n k a n s a s 4 6 YBOK Spring Conference in Manhattan Young Bank Officers of Kansas 8 2013 MOKAN Conference 10 First National Bank in Fredonia Fulfills Old Pledge 12 Six Kansas Bankers Receive Banking School Scholarships 14 KBA Insurance, Inc. Hodge & Porter 22nd Annual Golf Tournament 16 Recruiting and Retaining Quality Employees is Imperative to a Bank’s Long-Term Success By Charles Shanley, SPHR, CFS Executive Vice President JMFA Executive Search Group 20 Bert Ely’s Farm Credit Watch: Shedding Light on the Farm Credit System, America’s Least Known GSE By Bert Ely 22 Amplifying What You Do Frank Keating, President and CEO American Bankers Association Washington Update April 2013 25 Using Tablets in the Cloud By Nathan Dahlstrom of CoNetrix 26 Security Officer’s By-Word INTERNET ACH FRAUD By Charles M. Towle, Senior Vice President Kansas Bankers Surety Company © 2013 Kansas Bankers Association | The newsLINK Group, LLC. All rights reserved. The Kansas Banker is published eight times each year by The newsLINK Group, LLC for the Kansas Bankers Association and is the official publication for this association. The information contained in this publication is intended to provide general information for review and consideration. The contents do not constitute legal advice and should not be relied on as such. If you need legal advice or assistance, it is strongly recommended that you contact an attorney as to your specific circumstances. The statements and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Kansas Bankers Association, its board of directors, or the publisher. Likewise, the appearance of advertisements within this publication does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of any product or serviced advertised. The Kansas Bankers Association is a collective work and as such some articles are submitted by authors that are independent of the Kansas Bankers Association. While The Kansas Banker encourages a first print policy, in cases where this is not possible, every effort has been made to comply with any known reprint guidelines or restrictions. Content may not be reproduced or reprinted without prior written permission. For further information, please contact the publisher at: 855-747-4003. 20 22 7