Message from the Executive Director
Lisa Hinton, Executive Director 12802 Balm Boyette Road Riverview, Florida 33579
Phone: 813-763-0161 Fax: 888-233-1501
lisahinton@floridafairs.org www.floridafairs.org
President C. E. “Happy” Norris
Florida Federation of Fairs & Livestock Shows, Inc. Lake County Fair Mailing Address: PO Box 221
Eustis, FL 32727-0221 Location:
2101 CR 452, Eustis
Phone: 352-357-7111 Fax: 352-357-7347 Email:
lakecofair@aol.com
Florida Federation of Fairs & Livestock Shows, Inc. Board of Directors
OFFICERS President
C.E. “Happy” Norris, Lake County Fair First Vice President
Dan West, Manatee County Fair Second Vice President
Gayle Hart, Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair Secretary-Treasurer
Pete Sutton, Clay County Fair Immediate Past President
Jeanne Keaton, St Lucie County Fair DIRECTORS
Felecia Frenkel Chivington Pensacola Interstate Fair
Phil Clark, Miami-Dade County Fair & Expo Charles Pesano, Florida State Fair Dawn Rowe, Osceola County Fair
Toby Turner, Firefighters Indian River County Fair Tom Umiker, Greater Hillsborough County Fair Rick Vymlatil, South Florida Fair Jim Ward, Pasco County Fair
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS Vicki Oler-Senecal—Oler Productions
Joe Repass, K & K Insurance Group of Florida HONORARY DIRECTORS Danny Raulerson
Florida Dept. of Agriculture, Farmers Market Division
Frankie Hall Florida Farm Bureau
The opinions expressed in this newsletter are by those authors writing the articles and are theirs alone and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the Florida Federation of Fairs and Livestock Shows, Inc. The Florida Federation of Fairs and Livestock Shows, Inc. is not responsible for the accuracy of any of the infor- mation supplied by the authors, nor does it take on any responsibil- ity or liability for its content.
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It’s been a great Summer for the Federation – we had a fantastic Summer Workshop in Plant City hosted by the Florida Strawberry Festival. The staff and Board definitely rolled out the red carpet to make it a memorable event! A special thanks to all our Sponsors – we appreciate your support!
Our “first ever” Fair Trip 2011 turned out to be AWESOME! Be sure to read
more about it in this issue. This year’s Annual Directory has been published and distributed. A special
thanks to Doris Graska – she spent a tremendous amount of time editing the Directory to make sure it was right. Thanks also to Rita DeMier for doing the layout for the cover with this year’s Photo Contest winners. The Directory wouldn’t have happened without help from both of you! It has been great to see so many of our Federation Fairs utilizing our net-
working services. Many of you have sent in questions which we have distrib- uted throughout our membership. Thanks to all of you that have taken the time to respond. What a great way for the Federation to serve your needs. If you have any questions or wonder how other Fairs are handling certain issues, just send me your question and I’ll forward it out to all the Fairs. Be sure to mark your calendars for the 2012 Convention – May 17 – 19th in
St. Augustine! We will be at the Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village again this year - it is a beautiful facility and a great location for the convention. The Golf Tournament will be AWESOME as well - you won’t want to miss it – May 16th! If there is anything I can do for you – please don’t hesitate to give me a call
and thanks again for all your support! Don’t forget –YOU are the Federation and our organization is here to serve
you! Lisa Hinton, CFE, Executive Director
Federation Members—We need your Help!! Planning is well underway for the 2012 Florida Federation of Fairs Conven-
tion in May. All of the convention committees are working hard to produce the best convention ever! At this time, we are filling the convention program with various Fair subjects
for table topics, panel discussions and educational workshops. If you or anyone in your organization has ideas for potential topics for the convention please contact Daniel West at the Manatee County Fair his email address is:
dwest@manateecountyfair.com. Thank you and we hope to see you at the Florida Federation of Fairs Con- vention next May!
IMPORTANT DATES November 28—December 1
IAFE Annual Convention and Trade Show Bally / Paris Hotel / Las Vegas Nevada
May 17—19, 2012
Annual Florida Federation of Fairs Convention And Zone II Meeting
World Golf Village Renaissance Resort
500 South Legacy Trail, St. Augustine, FL May 16—18, 2013
Annual Florida Federation of Fairs Convention Naples Grande Beach Resort, Naples, FL
May 15—17, 2014
Annual Florida Federation of Fairs Convention Naples Grande Beach Resort, Naples, FL
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