Before hearing Oscar Rivera talk about what Guadalupe CU did for him when no other institution would bother, I didn’t truly understand what REAL Solutions meant, and I say this as someone who works at a credit union that participates in REAL Solutions. Sure, I got the gist, because like any other self respecting [...]
DC is almost here!
The Crashers are ready. A plane, train, bus or car ride and they’re there. It’s just a short 9 days keeping our group from Crashing the GAC in DC. Sure there is some lighthearted last minute planning like: The Thunderpunch Soundtrack: Shannon Maloney was the first to start the conversation and surprisingly enough it took [...]
GAC Updates
Once our sweet 16 were selected, the pressure continued with plotting and planning the schedule for our week down in D.C. We’ve made plenty of updates to the agenda, with a number of notable changes from last year: Attending a Reality Fair: In addition to Hill visits, some of our Crashers will be helping out [...]
Rehash The Crash
Rehash The Crash You’re invited to join some of the best and brightest young minds in credit unions for a free webinar. Rehash The Crash: They came, they saw, they crashed the GAC, will detail the recent Crash The GAC experience of a group of under 30 credit union professionals . Due to tight travel [...]
CU Swag’s T-Shirt Design!
Check out the righteous t-shirt design put together for us by CU Swag: Dapper Model Credit: CU Swag and PTP New Media Founder James Robert Lay.
This Feels Like Déjà Vu All Over Again
Thanks to Mark Curran, an SVP with Palmetto Cooperative Services (our hostel sponsors!) for writing this fantastic guest post on the story of his own crashing experience: The year was 1991 and US financial markets were reeling from the continuing Savings & Loan crisis. Taxpayers were forced to accept a huge government bailout of the [...]
Vote on your favorite t-shirt caption
Here are the final few. Your vote decides the winner. We’ll close the poll today at 4pm EST. On your mark, get set go:
The One Day Crash the GAC T-shirt Caption Contest
The Awesomeness: The ladies and gents at CU Swag & PTP New Media are sponsoring Crash the GAC tshirts for our group. The Predicament: We need a caption for the tshirt. And since you’re funnier and more clever than us, we want it to come from you. The Intense Deadline: Because of printing requirements, the [...]
80s Mixtape
If you were to make your own 80s mixtape for Crash the GAC, what would be on it?
Last Day for Crashers to Apply for a Full GAC Scholarship
I sent an email last week to all registered Crashers with the following app details. Today is their deadline for the application, and scholarship recipients will be announced next week. Wish them luck! In order to be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must… …be registered to crash with us through the Eventbright site. …work for a [...]



