CUNA Board Vice-Chair and Cornerstone League CEO Caroline Willard shares her inside perspective on the pending CUNA/NAFCU merger. Also- Glen compares financial and grocery self-service, shares a new avenue for credit unions to aid Ukraine, and John checks an item off his bucket list. Links related to this episode: Caroline’s recent CU Insight article: https://www.cuinsight.com/building-a-stronger-state-and-federal-advocacy-machine/ CUNA”s landing page for CUNA/NAFCU merger news: https://www.cuna.org/about/cuna-and-nafcu-merger.html Cornerstone League: https://www.cornerstoneleague.coop/ John’s interview with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak for TruStage’s Discovery2023 conference: https://events.trustage.com/discovery2023-on-demand Trader Joe’s eschews self checkout: https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/17/business/trader-joe-self-checkouts-cashier The CU Relief Fund for Ukraine: https://curelieffundforukraine.com/ Follow the Best Innovation Group on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/best-innovation-group/ Follow Glen on Twitter @154Advisors Follow John on Twitter @jbfintech