FROM THE PRESIDENT Dawn Rowe
As President of the Florida Federation of Fairs I have had the opportunity to travel
to several Fairs around the state. I look forward to experiencing the spring Fair season in Florida. Even though the Florida temperatures dropped, it was still business as usual as I visited the Hillsborough County Fair, Manatee County Fair and South Florida Fair. It was so much fun to interact with my Fair friends and eat the yummy food that seemed to vary from Fair to Fair. Hats off to all the organizations for producing such amazing events within our state. I'm excited to be visiting the Florida State Fair for the first time. The Osceola County Fair, my hometown Fair, has always overlapped dates preventing me from seeing how they do it in Tampa. Despite the travel as President, I will still manage to volunteer throughout the 10 days for the Osceola County Fair and Kissimmee Valley Livestock Show and love every minute of it! Bill Olson of the Greater Jacksonville Fair and Lisa Hinton, FFF Executive Director, have put together a Spring Florida Fair trip for March 2-4 which will in- clude visits to: The St. Lucie County Fair, South- west Florida & Lee County Fair, Strawberry Festival, and Central Florida Fair. I do hope you will join me
and this great group of folks from around the state. I had the honor of attending Legislative Days in Tallahassee with several colleagues.
Having never been to the capitol before, it was such an educational and moving experi- ence to be able to meet with our Legislators and share how important Fairs are to Flor- ida. As we look ahead to the future, please plan to attend the annual convention May 17-
19 in Orlando at the Hilton Buena Vista Palace. Paul Davis, Convention Program Chair, is putting together enjoyable and informative programs that will be of interest to all Florida Federation and Zone 2 attendees. I hope you will take advantage of everything that the Florida Federation of Fairs and the Walt Disney World area have to offer our group! Congratulations to Rick Vymlatil, CFE, the newly-inducted Chair of the International
Association of Fairs and Expositions, Rick truly makes all of us in Florida proud to be represented by such a great man! Also, from the South Florida Fair, Vicki Chouris, CFE is the newly elected Zone 2 Director. Lastly, a big congratulation to Miranda Muir awarded the Young Professional Initiative Rising Star at the 2017 IAFE convention. I am so proud to be part of an industry that celebrates the values and lifestyle that make this country so great.
Since this will be my last article as the President of the
Florida Federation of Fairs, I want to thank all of the staff-members, volunteers, enter- tainers, vendors and sponsors for all that you do for this great organization!
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OFFICERS President
Dawn Rowe, President Osceola County Fair and
Kissimmee Valley Livestock Show 6730 Bay Shore Drive St. Cloud, FL 34771 Phone: 407-908-8164
dawnrowe1@yahoo.com First Vice President
Paul Davis, Florida Strawberry Festival
Second Vice President Bill Olson, CFE
Greater Jacksonville Ag Fair Secretary/Treasurer
Jim Ward, Pasco County Fair Immediate Past President
Felecia Chivington, Pensacola Interstate Fair DIRECTORS
Terry Atchley, Hardee County Fair
Fran Crone, SW FL & Lee County Fair Shawn Krauel, Central Florida Fair Rita DeMier Lincoln, South Florida Fair
Albert Montes, Miami Dade County Fair & Expo Hal Porter, Citrus County Fair
Rhonda Ward, Collier County Fair Dan West, Manatee County Fair
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS Kathy Ross, Ross Concessions
Tim Stevens, G.L. Berg Entertainment
HONORARY DIRECTORS Danny Raulerson
Florida Dept. of Agriculture Scot Eubanks, Florida Farm Bureau
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lisa Hinton, CFE
IMPORTANT DATES May 17-19, 2018
Florida Federation of Fairs Convention and IAFE Zone 2 Meeting
Buena Vista Palace / Orlando, FL BOARD MEETING NOTICE
The Florida Federation of Fairs Board of Directors Meeting 10:00 AM, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2018
at the Buena Vista Palace / 1900 E. Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, Florida
FAIRCRACKER-SPRING 2018
July 27-28, 2018 Summer Workshop
Florida Strawberry Festival
November 25-28, 2018 IAFE Convention
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center San Antonio, Texas
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