From: Diane Neumann
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 11:56 AM
To: Comments
Subject: feb. 06, 2004 - joint notice of proposed rulemaking
To Whom It May Concern:
I work for a bank ($110 million in assets) in a holding company
that owns 12
banks in three states (Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin), with
asset
size ranging from $24 million to $232 million. I would like to lend
my
support to the current proposal, which redefines the definition of
a small
institution from $250 million to $500 million without any regard
to holding
company asset size. Currently, the holding company is nearing the
$1 billion
mark. In a few years with the current definition, the twelve banks
will
incur significant regulatory burden under the large institution definition.
Many of the banks would have to add staff with the increased recordkeeping
requirements.
Thank you,
Diane Neumann
Vice President
Valley Bank, North Mankato MN