Good afternoon Fair Managers and state staff,

During the joint IAVAT-FFA Board Meeting the idea came up that I host an official workshop for Section Fair Managers. It had been a long time since I offered something like this, so let’s do it!  Here are the details:

What: Section Fair Manager workshop

When: Tuesday January 14, 2025   3:30 pm

Where: Zoom - or dial in by phone here:

     One tap mobile: +13092053325,,99222687202# US

1 Hour of CEU credit – please register on ILAgEd under Professional Development.

The workshop will be recorded. If you are unable to attend live just email me and I’ll send you the recording to watch.

Agenda:

• Updates from Jeannette Watkins, Illinois Department of Ag
• How Vo-Ag Fair Funding Works & how the AgEd website calculates fair payments
• Reviewing Your Fair: Ensuring all funds are spent
• How to lookup payment status on IL Comptroller website
• Tips for setting up fairs
• Section websites on ILAgEd (to post your fair book, constitution, handbook, etc)
• Reporting fair results
• Discussion about best practices for fairs: things like average payout values for different species, creating similar vo-ag fair class/department structure systems (which would help us if we could move to a different website and have to build a new management system).