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  • From: John Rintoul <beecd AT icloud.com>
  • To: Orange County Beekeepers Association <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [ocba] Display Booth at the 2017 NC State Fair
  • Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 10:46:58 -0400

Jennifer Keller, friend of OCBA and research specialist with the NCSU Apiculture Lab, contacted me to follow up on OCBA’s interest in a display booth at the State Fair this year. OCBA has sponsored a display booth for the past several years. We even won the top prize in the recent past. The possibility of a display booth was mentioned at the June membership meeting.  To date no one has contacted me to express an interest in either leading this effort or helping with this effort for 2017.

At Jennifer’s request I agreed to bring this up again at this week’s membership meeting. I am sending this message to give everyone a chance to consider whether leading a display booth project for OCBA is an activity that you would be willing to lead or to participate in. It is a significant commitment, but a valuable one for beekeeping education and honey promotion in the state. Over a million people attend the state fair and the beekeeping exhibits are a major attraction. Give it some thought and be prepared to recruit others to your way of thinking at our meeting. 

For those of you who may be considering working toward Master Beekeeper certification, leading a display booth effort fulfills one of the public service credits required for certification at the Journeyman and Master levels. 

-John


John Rintoul
(919) 414-4071 (M)

No trees or bees were killed in the distribution of this message, but countless electrons were seriously inconvenienced.



  • [ocba] Display Booth at the 2017 NC State Fair, John Rintoul, 08/07/2017

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