Faircracker FALL 2019
OFFICERS President
Bill Olson, CFE, President/CEO
Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair 510 Fairgrounds Place, Jacksonville, FL 32202 Phone: 904-353-0535
bill@jacksonvillefair.com
First Vice President
Jim Ward, Pasco County Fair Second Vice President
Rhonda Ward, Collier County Fair Secretary/Treasurer
Terry Atchley, Hardee County Fair
Immediate Past President Paul Davis
Florida Strawberry Festival DIRECTORS
Eddie Cora, Miami-Dade County Fair
Fran Crone, SW FL & Lee County Fair Mark Harvey, North Florida Fair
Shawn Krauel, Central Florida Fair Rita DeMier Lincoln, South Florida Fair Hal Porter, Citrus County Fair Jay Spicer, Martin County Fair
Stacey Wade, Lake County Fair ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
Richard George, George’s Fun Foods Heidi Deggeller Pugh, Deggeller Attractions
HONORARY DIRECTOR Scot Eubanks, Florida Farm Bureau
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dan West
P.O. Box 368
Palmetto, FL 34220-0368 813-763-0161
dwest1840@gmail.com
Winter Board Meeting and Hotel Reservation Information Hotel for Winter Board Meeting: Hampton Inn Tallahassee Central
2979 Apalachee Parkway / Tallahassee, Florida 32301 18 rooms are on hold UNTIL NOVEMBER 20TH at the rate of $175.00
per night. All of the rooms on hold are double rooms. All rooms are held for the nights of December 9th and 10th. Call 850-309-1300 to make your reservation and the code is: FFF Reports: The Winter Board meeting will include reports for all committees.
If any committees want to have a meeting, please let me know. Monday, December 9th 1 pm- 4pm Board Meeting (next door at the Homewood Suites Hotel in the Governor’s Room) Dinner
5 pm- 8pm-
Prepare Fair Food Giveaways for the “Taste of Florida”
Tuesday, December 10th 7 am- 8am 9 am-4pm 5 pm-7pm
Florida Farm Bureau Briefing Breakfast TBD. Meet with Legislators in the Capitol
“Taste of Florida” Reception Capitol Courtyard
Please let me know if you be able to attend and help educate our legisla- tors. More about the day on page 15.
Like all of you, I am so excited to be a part of an organization like the Florida Federation of Fairs! The Federation is the leading advocate for fairs in Florida and will continue to be so for years to come. We are so fortunate to have had excellent leaders in our Board of Directors, Associate Members and our Executive Director. They have made the Federation a respected voice for fairs across the state. It has been my pleasure over the last 15 years to work with and get to know Lisa Hinton and I am so honored to follow in her footsteps as your Executive Director. Thank you Lisa for your dedication and exhausting work on behalf of the Florida Federation of Fairs. The fall fair season is upon us and we will be out visiting fairs across
the state and taking in those wonderful fair sights and smells and wit- nessing the participation from thousands of 4-H and FFA members across the Sunshine State. Please take a day or two and visit some fairs this fall. You never know but you very well might find something you were looking for at a Florida Fair! In December, we are looking forward to our members visiting legislators in Tallahassee during Farm Bureau Days to educate elected officials on the purpose of fairs and the great things that fairs do in their communities. I look forward to working with each of you in the future and seeing you at a great fair in Florida!
Dn l Westaie
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