From the Executive Director—Lisa Hinton It has been truly amazing to see the efforts of all our Florida
Fairs as you have served your local communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma! What an amazing statement you all have made to the state of Florida about the importance of Fairs to our communities. We are preparing a document summarizing all the roles that Fairs played and will be using this in our education efforts with our legislators. Can you believe it - the Fall Fair season is here! Hope those
Fairs that have already finished had a great run and GOOD LUCK to those of you that are in your final planning stages! We know what a busy time this is for you! We had a fantastic Summer Workshop in Kissimmee hosted by
KVLS and Osceola County Fair. A special thanks to EMC Tick- ets and Strates Shows for co-sponsoring the fabulous dinner in conjunction with the Osceola County Fair. If you haven’t been to Summer Workshop you should think about it for next year. It is a chance to really get to meet and talk to people from other Fairs in a very relaxed, informal atmosphere. We also had another great Fair trip – Fair Trip 2017! It was the
largest group ever! Be sure to read the article on the Fair Trip in this issue! A special thanks to Dawn Rowe for putting the trip together this year! This year’s Annual Directory has been published and distribut-
ed. A special thanks to Doris Graska, Newsletter Chairman and a past Federation President– she spent a tremendous amount of
time editing the Directory to make sure it was right and we still omitted Rhonda. See pg. 11. (Losing parts of 3 fingers is no excuse!) Thanks also to Rita DeMier and Andrea Simeone with the South Florida Fair for doing the layout for the cover with this year’s Photo Contest win- ners, to Bill Olson with the Greater Jacksonville Ag Fair for printing the membership cards, and Elaine Miller for all her work compiling the mem- berships and drafting the document. The Directory wouldn’t have happened without help from all of them! Be sure to mark your calendars for the 2017 Convention – May
17 – 19th in Orlando! We will be at the Buena Vista Palace again this year. The Golf Tournament will be AWESOME as well - you won’t want to miss it – May 16th and the Mix and Mingle will again be Wednesday evening! The Convention Program Com- mittee under the guidance of Chairman Paul Davis is planning some new and exciting changes for this year’s Convention. 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!
Attorney’s Corner
“Contracts and Donations by Municipalities, Counties and the State of Florida” In light of the recent hurricane and the services our fair associations provided throughout the state, did
you know that Chapter 616 provides that a municipality, county, or the State of Florida may enter into con- tracts with fair associations. The Chapter also allows for any of these governmental entities, or their subdi- visions, to donate, money, property and services to the fair in order to assist the fair in carrying out its statu- tory purpose. Specifically, Section 616.11 of the Florida Statutes provides: Any fair association may enter into any contract, lease, or agreement with any municipality or county in
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the state or with the state or agency or subdivision of the state for the donation to or the use and occupation by the association of any land owned, leased, or held by the county or municipality or the state or agency or subdivision of the state during a time and on the terms approved by the county or municipality or the state or agency or subdivision, with the right of the as- sociation to use the property for public exposition purposes. The state, the Department of Transportation and any other agency or subdivision of the state, the board of county commissioners of any county within which the fair or exhibition is held, and the mayor and city council of any municipality within the county may also make contributions of money, property, or services to fair associations to assist in carrying out the purposes of the associations under this chapter. The state or any agency or subdivision of the state, boards of county commissioners of the various counties of the state, and the mayor and city council of any municipality within the county may expend such sums of money as they deem necessary for the best interests of their counties and in aiding the develop- ment of the educational, agricultural, horticultural, livestock, charitable, historical, civic, cultural, scientific, and any other resources of their counties at and in connection with public fairs and expositions, including the offering and paying of premiums for the exhibitions of resources of the state, county, or municipality.
Foster & Fuchs, P.A. Important Dates
November 26-29, 2017 IAFE CONVENTION Paris/Bally Hotel Las Vegas, NV
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December 9th at 9:30 am Board Meeting
at the Buena Vista Palace 1900 Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, FL
May 17-19, 2018
Florida Federation of Fairs Convention and IAFE Zone 2 Meeting Buena Vista Palace Orlando, FL
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