SECU Board Elections: Just Vote For Two - Julian Hawes And Barry Browning!

  Members should have a choice!

Two highly qualified, long-time SECU members, Julian Hawes and Barry Browning, are on the 2026 ballot having been member-nominated by petition.  Both were qualified as candidates by the SECU nominating committee, but were not selected. Incumbents as usual were preferred.

Hawes and Browning are seeking election because the SECU Board has repeatedly over the last 3 years acted to suppress SECU member participation in their credit union.

 

SECU members are losing their democratic rights in their credit union.

✔  Look at how participation in your Annual SECU Membership Meeting has changed: 

 Recent Year     Member May Speak     Member Resolutions

       2022                 Fully Permitted         Fully Permitted

       2023                    Restricted                     Restricted

       2024                    Prohibited                    Restricted

       2025                    Prohibited                    Prohibited 

✔  No Board election was held in 2025.

✔ Member-led Loan Review Committees: Have been eliminated! 

✔  In the works for SECU Members? Only Board self-selected candidates eligible to run? 

The SECU Board has passed a bylaw amendment which would increase the petition signature requirement for member-nominated Board candidates from 500 members to over 6,000+ members - and upwards as membership continues to rise!

For some reason our CEO, Leigh Brady won't admit this has happened [link]!  

✔ Hope you will help preserve your right to select and and vote for member-nominated Board candidates.  

 ✅ Please consider casting your votes for Julian Hawes and Barry Browning. Your ballot is still valid if you vote only for the 2 member-nominated candidates.  

Vote by mail or online.  Here's where to find complete voting info [link].                              

  What have you got to lose... well, perhaps everything!

SECU Board Election - Voting Now Underway...

   Ballots have been mailed!

✅ There are 5 candidates running for 3 seats. This year 4 of the candidates were originally member-nominated by petition. It has been very difficult breaking the standard, self-reannointing cycle of incumbents only.  

😎 But progress is being made! Democracy works better when the membership has a choice. 

✔ How to vote: 

Absentee voting
Available September 9 – October 6, eligible members can cast your vote online through a secure member portal linked from our SECU website or you can vote via a mailed absentee paper ballot. Instructions are provided in the Notice of Annual Meeting. Be sure to read the instructions carefully to ensure paper ballots are received on time.

In-person voting
If you do not participate in absentee voting, you may vote in person during the Annual Meeting on October 13.

✅ Here's where to find complete info on the election [link]. 

 You didn't have a chance to vote last year... don't waste your right to vote.