SHORT COURSE – TROPICAL

Lunch items: main course catered; desserts

Inventory of products to have on hand: Foam coffee cups (8.5 oz, 12 oz) Foam drink cups (16 or 18 oz), Plastic drink cups for water (12 oz) Plastic drink cups for juice (9oz) foil and plastic wrap, zip lock baggies for left overs and food sales (quart or larger) foam bowls Coffee stir sticks napkins and paper towels small plates ( paper or foam) for morning snacks Cutlery (knives, forks, spoons) and serving utensils dish detergent paper lunch bags dinner plates (paper or foam, divided or not) Coffee Coffee mate or creamer powder sugar and sweetner Salt and pepper

SHORT COURSE – TROPICAL

Position/Job Title: Short Course (Tropical) Tropical Short Course is an annual educational event sponsored by the garden clubs of District X. Over the course of two days, presentations will be given on gardening, landscape design, the environment, and floral design. The Chairman recruits speakers that are extremely knowledgeable in their areas of expertise, and include business professionals, and specialists from the local universities. Speakers should be passionate about what they do and enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge and hands-on experience. The speakers are contacted 6 months ahead of time and their names and presentation titles are listed in the FFGC Calendar of Events and on the District X website. The Chairman appoints the Registrar, the Raffle and 50/50 chairman, the Vendor Chairman and the clubs who will handle various refreshment tasks. The Chairman also secures the venue—6 – 11 months ahead of time, submits a budget for approval, contracts with the lunch caterer and the stage rental company. The chairman holds meeting with all volunteer chairman and the venue manager and reports to the FFGC BOD and the District X Director and E.C. The Chairman submits articles and advertising about the event and does eblasts and social media postings. Our goal is to have our attendees come away from Tropical Short Course with new knowledge and ideas, a desire to share what they’ve learned, and a fresh perspective when looking at that flower, insect or landscape. Surveys are conducted at the conclusion of each TSC to measure the success of this goal and to gather suggestions for the next TSC.