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FSFA Mid-Season Summit 2020 – “Momentum”

The Florida State Florists’ Association’s Mid-Season Summit 2020 – “Momentum” was held at The Island Hotel in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida January 24-26, 2020. Over 60 florists from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, the District of Columbia and Maine took part in this historic weekend.


For the first time in the 99-year history of the association, FSFA partnered with the AIFD Southern Chapter to co-sponsor a Certification Practice Exam and FSMD testing (Florida State Master Designer). The collaboration was the result of a friendship formed by Terry Godfrey AIFD, president of AIFD Southern Chapter and Bob Tucker AIFD, executive director of FSFA. Both Terry and Bob thought it would be incredible if the two different groups could come together to promote one another and at the same time offer an educational experience jointly for its members.

The Certification Practice Exam committee consisted of Terry Godfrey AIFD, Bob Tucker AIFD, Michael Whaley AIFD, Angelyn Tipton AIFD and Susan Bain AIFD. This group of people worked endless hours to put the program together, secure product and ultimately met at The Island to administer the Certification Practice Exam.


As a result of the collaboration, 9 florists took the test. The atmosphere was that of an actual PFDE administered by AIFD at Symposium. Jackie Lacey, AIFD and National President of AIFD was present to assist with the evaluations. An important aspect of this practice was to offer a critique session following the evaluations. On Sunday morning, the day after the test had been administered, the testers and evaluators met and went over every table and every design. As a result of the Certification Practice Exam and FSMD Testing, many were encouraged to attend the National Symposium this year to take the actual PFDE and 6 of the nine testers received their FSMD accreditation.

AIFD Southern Chapter is very grateful to FSFA for partnering on the Mid- Season 2020 Summit - “Momentum”. Ultimately, the goal of providing an educational experience for members of both AIFD Southern Chapter and FSFA was achieved and well received.


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