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Conference 7.286::dcu

Title:DCU
Notice:1996 BoD Election results in 1004
Moderator:CPEEDY::BRADLEY
Created:Sat Feb 07 1987
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1041
Total number of notes:18759

627.0. "Branch access for ex-employees" by WILBRY::WASSERMAN (Deb Wasserman, DTN 264-1863) Fri Dec 11 1992 12:25

    Are there any DCU branches in eastern MA/southern NH that you are
    allowed into if you're no longer a Digital employee?  (other than the
    PKO5 headquarters).  I do most of my transactions by mail or ATM, but
    sometimes I need to actually go into a branch.  Can I do this anywhere
    without a DEC badge?
    
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627.1WLDBIL::KILGOREBill -- 227-4319Fri Dec 11 1992 12:355
    
    The TAY2 branch is just inside and to the right of the building entrance,
    before you pass the guard desk; I commonly walk in there without showing
    my badge.
    
627.2LKG, HLO2AWECIM::MCMAHONCode so clean you can eat off it!Fri Dec 11 1992 12:448
    LKG is set up the same way. Also, the HLO2 branch is right inside the
    door. I believe they made a concious effort a few years ago to have any
    new offices right near a door for just this reason. I know in APO, when
    they expanded the DCU office, they moved it to the employee lobby for
    this reason.
    
    On another note, I believe they will sign you in as a visitor and have
    someone from DCU come down and escort you in if you aren't an employee.
627.3TOMK::KRUPINSKIA dark morning in AmericaFri Dec 11 1992 13:4310
	At ZKO, they will give you a DCU badge for the duration of your
	visit. I don't know if they require an escort though. The DCU 
	office is about 10 feet from the security desk...

	I believe that the recently reconfigured the MKO branch so that
	there is one door that leads directly outside, so folks can come
	and go without dealing with Digital security at all (it is configured
	such that persons who enter that way cannot exit into the facility).

				Tom_K
627.4Salem NHCVG::THOMPSONRadical CentralistFri Dec 11 1992 14:285
    The branch in NIO (Salem NH) is in the employee lobby. You don't have
    to pass security to get to it. It's not been a problem for my wife
    or other non-DEC family of mine.
    
    		Alfred
627.5PINCK::GREENLong Live the Duck!!!Fri Dec 11 1992 16:505
    
    The Mill has a DCU ATM outside.  So does MRO now that I think
    of it.
    
    Amy
627.6ThanksWILBRY::WASSERMANDeb Wasserman, DTN 264-1863Mon Dec 14 1992 09:273
    thanks for the all the info.  Now that noone is the family will be a
    current DEC employee, I was trying to decide if I should close my
    account.  Looks like I won't have to do that.
627.7DCU Hours - Nights and Weekends Needed?CUPMK::SCOPATue Feb 16 1993 10:2319
    Hmmm if I was a credit union, like DCU, and the company I was
    associated with was going through a significant downsizing, like DEC,
    wouldn't I be concerned that those employees leaving the company would
    also take their funds with them to another CU or banking institution?
    
    If you work at DEC and are near a DCU branch taking care of various
    transactions isn't a hassle. But if you leave DEC and secure another
    job I would think it very difficult to do the necessary banking you 
    would normally do between 8 and 4.
    
    Has the DCU ever been approached to offer late hours or even Saturday
    hours? I would think staying open until 7 one night a week or even
    opening from 9-12 on a Saturday morning would be a far less painful 
    option than the DCU seeing ex-employees closing accounts due to lack
    of service hours.
    
    Any thoughts on this?
    
    Mike
627.8May be no pain at allAOSG::SMURF::JMARTINJoseph A. Martin, Alpha memory managementWed Feb 17 1993 10:377
I'm not sure that DCU sees an orderly decline in deposits as a bad
thing at the moment.  While the tendency is to talk about improving the
capital ratio by growing the numerator with greater efficiency of
operation and better deployment of assets, it is also possible to improve
a ratio by shrinking the denominator.

\Joe
627.9Geographical dispersionESBLAB::KINZELMANPaul dtn223-2605Wed Feb 17 1993 12:254
The other problem is the geographical dispersion of the members. Keeping
one branch open would benefit too few members. Keeping them all open would
be very expensive. Besides there are members not near branches that are
members for the loan rates and savings rates.
627.10Inquiring minds want to know...AOSG::GILLETTCandidate for DCU Board of DirectorsWed Feb 17 1993 15:1018
.8 (jmartin):
> While the tendency is to talk about improving the
>capital ratio by growing the numerator with greater efficiency of
>operation and better deployment of assets, it is also possible to improve
>a ratio by shrinking the denominator.


.9 (kinzelman):
>   The other problem is the geographical dispersion of the members.
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

So Paul, are you saying that DCU *is* trying to improve it's capital
ratio by shrinking the denominator - and that you feel it's a problem?

Does DCU *want* a shrinking membership base?

./chris
627.11Don't read too much into itPLOUGH::KINZELMANPaul dtn223-2605Thu Feb 18 1993 09:557
I was merely acknowledging it as an issue that we're concerned about.
My preference is to make more loans to the membership with the
capital we have, not to shrink the denominator. I think it was merely an
observation that if the denominator shrunk, it would raise the capital ratio,
not that it was the desirable thing to do deliberately. My desire is to get
the members we have to use more of DCU's services through good service and
competitive rates.