“FAIR”LY IMPORTANT MATTERS ……...………………..………………….


Florida’s Newest Certified Fair Executive … Vina Jean Banks


Vina Jean Banks, CFE is the Director of Agribusiness at the


Florida State Fair Authority in Tampa having served in that posi- tion since 2006. She served as Agribusiness Coordinator starting in 1993. Agribusiness at the Fair hosts competitions, contests, educational programs and tours throughout the year. Vina Jean is a strong advocate for the Fair industry. She has attended numerous IAFE Annual Conventions and three Manage- ment Conferences. She attended the combined IAFE Zone 1 & 2 conference in 2004 and the National Market Hog Conference in Las Vegas sponsored by IAFE and has served on the IAFE Agri- cultural Committee since 2005. Her most


recent presentations


include “Agriculture: Crops & Commodities” at the 2011 conven- tion and was a panelist on “How to Increase Competitive Exhibits at Your Fair” in 2005. As an active participant in the Florida Federation of Fairs, she


has presented numerous workshops and served on the Agricultur- al Committee since 2004 chairing it from 2005-08 as well as com- mittee advisor 2008-09. She has been a member of the Hillsborough County Cattlewom-


en since 1978 holding the office of President for 3 years, Treasurer, Corre- sponding


Secretary the Florida and


Beef Wagon Chair. As a member of


Cattlewomen since 1980 she was President in 1991. Currently on the Florida Beef Council, Hills- borough County 4-H, Na- tional Cattlewomen, Na- tional Cattlewomen’s Beef Association and the Flori- da Cattlemen’s Associa- tion. Vina Jean is also a member of the Riverview United Method- ist Church participating in various committees with her church and was named by the FDACS as Woman of the Year in Agriculture several years ago.


There are 437 active CFE’s. The State of Florida boasts the most at 46 with the South Florida Fair having 6 of them.


ZONE II NEWS.………...….Submitted by Bcy Baha, C E oe I ek


Greetings to members of the Florida Federation of Fairs and Livestock Shows!


June has arrived and along with it the hurricane season officially begins and so does the fairs, shows and festival season! Here’s hoping that we have a prosperous fair season!


From all accounts passed along following the FFF and Zone II combined meetings in St. Augustine, all was a success. We continue to strive for strong numbers from other Zone II states to attend this event, and I strongly believe that in due time, they will come.


I once again apologize for not being in attendance due to my fair’s 150th Heritage Celebration, but I extend great thanks to Marlene Jolliffe, Lisa Hinton and Marla Calico for taking on the charge of leading and following through with the Zone II meeting. Zone II is again most appreciative of the $2000.00 donation extended to us from the FFF.


It’s great news that Zone II will support TWO YPI scholar- ships this year, up to $1000.00 each! MANY, MANY thanks to all of you for your support to this worthwhile program as we invest in our future industry leaders.


Just as a reminder, Zone II will be electing a new zone di- 31 rser F , Zn I Drcoiet r


rector during the IAFE Convention in Las Vegas. The nomi- nating committee is being chaired by Carey Harveycutter who can be reached at charveycutter@salemva.gov. Also serving on the committee with Carey is Claudine Davis at claudine.davis@ncagr.gov; and Sue Sullivan at suesown- line@aol.com. Please contact anyone of these folks to sub- mit your nominations.


Zone II continues its membership drive, so please support us and passing along any membership suggestions to Nan- cy Smith, CFE, from the South Carolina State Fair, our zone II membership chair. She can be reached at nan- cys@SCstatefair.org for more details. More to come…!


We continue to keep Zone II’s Facebook Page updated with current information. Make sure you become a fan of the page! Randi Nikolas from the State Fair of West Virgin- ia is serving as the page administration. Feel free to con- tact her at events@statefairofwv.com for more information! More to come...!


Finally, I hope you are planning to attend the 2012 IAFE Convention in Las Vegas, November 25-29 at the Paris Hotel. In 2013, our own Marlene Jolliffe will serve as the IAFE Chair. We are most proud of Marlene and the role she will fill on the national level.


Until next time, here’s wishing you a safe and successful 2012 fair season! … MORE TO COME!


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