Dear NIBA Members and Supports, Year 2011 marks the 20th Anniversary of the NIBA. Since 1991 we have held over 35 membership meetings. Every meeting is planned with input from our members, which includes suggestions for topics and speakers. The number one topic suggested is a discussion and update of CFTC and NFA rules and regulations. Most IBs and CTAs feel they get little, if any, advanced warning from their clearing FCMs and others when rules which affect their business are changed or enacted. Even those IBs and CTAs who regularly check the agencies’ websites, generally have to sort through…