One Volunteer Volunteers Advice On Getting Volunteers.

Plenty of credit unions are looking for good volunteers for board and committee positions or at least say they are. But one volunteer says "good" just doesn't cut it. And that's not all. While many credit unions have pared the number of volunteers they use, whether out of necessity or design, this same volunteer says his credit union is consistently creating new positions in which people can volunteer their time. Indeed, his own credit union has 32 people volunteering in some capacity.

David Gilbert, a well-known volunteer with Aberdeen Proving Ground FCU in Bel Air, Md., told a group assembled at a recent CU meeting and largely made up of volunteers themselves, that "We're not looking for good volunteers, we're looking for outstanding volunteers. Volunteers are so much the difference between us and other financial institutions."

It's a difference that was …