It is easy to get confused these days about what is real and what isn't. Whose opinion do you trust, was it fact checked, by whom, what was in it for them, are they telling the truth, were there other options?
Which leads us to the 2026 SECU Annual Membership Meeting - the annual business meeting of the members! - to be held at 1:00 pm, October 13 - next Tuesday! [link].
Is this year's Annual meeting "for real", or not? Why do you ask? First, because of the elimination by the SECU Board of participation by SECU members in the Annual meeting. The Board has dictated that active interaction by SECU's 3 million+ member-owners is now prohibited:
Meeting Year Member May Speak Member Resolutions
2022 Fully Permitted Fully Permitted
2023 Restricted Restricted
2024 Prohibited Restricted
2025 Prohibited Prohibited
The SECU Board might try to claim that statement is not true because of the always important business session at the Annual meeting. But, if you'll take a look at the "Notice of Annual Meeting" [link - top p.3], the Board itself clearly states the following: "The one item of business will be an election of three of the eleven Board of Directors positions."
✔ You might recall that the SECU Board of Directors was pretty intent on doing away with that remaining "one item" of business too, with the now infamous " no amendment amendments" from last September, 2025. [link].
Only the steadfast willingness to challenge all this by Julian Hawes and Barry Browning (plus some growing tired, but loyal petition signers!!!) has prevented that goal of a "no item" business meeting at SECU being achieved in 2026.
😎 First the "no amendment amendments", then the "no members membership meeting", and next the "no business business meeting"...?
