Fun 'N Sun 2015 a Huge Success

 

The 2015 event is now in the history books as a huge success according to attendees.  With more than 100 of the 311 registered attendees responding to our post-event survey, we learned:

  • more than 3 out of 4 attendees were very pleased to catch up with old friends and make new friends in the California floral sector;
  • 8 out of 9 attending the welcome reception dinner liked the Distinguished Service Award presentation to Shimi Shibata (watch video presentation);
  • Flower Fair were very happy, with more than 70% reporting that they "learned something new" or "made a new and important acquaintance" or both - virtually all the rest still had fun and enjoyed themselves;
  • The Sea of Possibilities at the Monterey Bay Aquarium was a giant hit with 86% of the respondents giving that experience an "excellent" rating;
  • The education sessions were well attended and received ratings that were 3.5 or higher out of possible 5.0 (see below for links to the Education Session presentations);
  • Saturday's Family Seminar was well attended and also received strong ratings.

Some important lessons learned for 2017

  • There's strong interest in education sessions - schedule them with less, or if possible, no overlap;
  • Reduce the program content during the opening dinner;
  • There is strong interest in the "state of the association" reports, just not at the opening dinner;
  • otherwise, keep the farm tours, the fun and the family-friendly elements of this important event.

Education Sessions
 

Fun 'N Sun Sponsors:

  • A&M Flower Growers
  • Alaska Air Cargo
  • Armellini
  • Calif. Cut Flower Comm.
  • Calif. Flower Shippers
  • Calif. Pajarosa
  • Calif. State Floral Assoc.
  • CallaCo
  • CalMex Wholesale Growers & Shippers
  • Camflor
  • Central Calif. Flower Growers
  • Coastal Nursery LLC, Monterey Bay Heather
  • Commodity Forwarders
  • Dos Gringos
  • Dramm & Echter, Inc.
  • Delaware Valley Floral
  • Ever-Bloom, Inc.
  • FedEx
  • Fiorebella, Inc.
  • Frank Adams Wholesale Florist
  • Green Valley Floral
  • Holland America Flowers
  • Joseph & Sons
  • Kennicott Brothers
  • Kitayama Brothers
  • Komet Sales
  • Mayesh Wholesale Florist, Inc.
  • McConnell Wholesale Florest Shippers
  • Mellano & Company
  • Myriad Flowers Int'l
  • National Resource Management, Inc.
  • Oasis Floral and Floralife, a division of Smithers-Oasis Company
  • Ocean View Flowers
  • OnTrac
  • Priority One Flower Shippers
  • Pyramid Flowers, Inc.
  • Robert Mann Packaging, Inc.
  • SF Flower Mart, LLC
  • San Diego Wholesale Florists
  • Syndicate Sales
  • WAFEX USA, LLC