From the Executive Director Thanks to everyone that participated in this year’s Convention! Whether you were
“learning” or “sharing,” I hope you all took advantage of the chance to meet new peo- ple as well as take new ideas back to your Fair! A special thanks to our YPI Committee too for getting our young people “fired” up and involved. What a great addition to the Convention! It continues to amaze me to see how many people are involved in producing the Con-
vention – just like a Fair – it takes everyone working together to make it a success! So regardless of how small or how big a part you played in the convention – know that YOU are what made it a success! I am so blessed to continue to work in the Fair indus- try and to be able to work with all of you! We’ve got a busy summer coming up with Fair Trip 2014 to the Calgary Stampede in July and the Sum-
mer Workshop scheduled or August 1st and 2nd in West Palm Beach. To those of you that are finalizing plans for your Fall Fair – GOOD LUCK! We know what a busy time
this is for you! Hope you all have a great Summer! Thanks again for all your support and don’t forget – YOU are the Federation and WE are a “Fair Family!” Lisa Hinton, CFEExecutive Director
Attorney’s Corner
“Minimum Exhibits Waiver”
Section 616.17 of the Flor-
ida Statutes sets forth the minimum number of exhibits to be displayed by a fair as- sociation in order to receive its tax exemption certificate from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (“Department”). A lengthy list is set forth in sub-section (1) of the Section, which provides the type and number of field crops, culinary exhib- its, fruit or vegetable crops and livestock which shall be displayed, just to name a few. However, in the event a fair association cannot display the re- quired exhibits, there is a procedure in which to ob- tain a waiver from the Department.
Lance Fuchs Foster & Fuchs, P.A. Pursuant to
sub-section (3) of the Statute, the Department may provide a waiver to the minimum exhibit require- ment to any fair association that submits an appli- cation for waiver to the Department at least 30 days prior to the fair (the time period was reduced from 60 to 30 days in the legislative statutory re- write of Chapter 616 in 2012). The application for a waiver must show good cause why the require- ments cannot be met. It is very important that if a fair association cannot meet the minimum exhibits requirement, that you timely submit an application for waiver on behalf of your fair.
Dates to Remember July 8-12, 2014 Fair Trip 2014
Calgary Stampede, Alberta, Canada August 1-2, 2014
Federation Summer Workshop West Palm Beach, FL
October 17-19, 2014
IAFE Institute of Fair Management Summit Sheraton Dallas, Dallas, Texas
December 7-11, 2014
124th Annual IAFE Convention And Trade Show
Paris Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
February 27 – March 1, 2015 The Summit
(limited to enrollees of the IAFE Institute of Fair Management) Tampa, FL
April 30 – May 3, 2015
47th Annual IAFE Management Conference Millennium Hotel, Buffalo, NY
May 13, 2015
Annual Giles Ellis Memorial Golf Tournament World Golf Village, St. Augustine, FL
May 14–16, 2015
Annual Florida Federation of Fairs Convention & IAFE Zone II Meeting
Renaissance Resort & World Golf Village St Augustine, FL
Nov. 29 – Dec 3, 2015
125th Annual IAFE Convention And Trade Show
Paris Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada 3
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