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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: June 1, 2003
Contact:
Eric Grammer
410-752-3318
eric@assnhqtrs.com

See You in St. Louis! JES Readying 2003 AIFD National Symposium
for Floral Designers from Across the Globe.

(Baltimore, MD) - The American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD), a client of ASAE accredited association management company The Joseph E. Shaner Company, has announced detailed plans and registration options for its National Symposium "The Prairie School" which will take place in St. Louis, Mo, July 4-7 at the Adam's Mark Hotel.

Talmage McLaurin AIFD of Topeka, KS, is serving as chairman of the event and Bill Harper AIFD of Kansas City, MO is coordinating the educational programs.

Considered the most dynamic of the floral industry's design education programs, this year's AIFD National Symposium features 15 main stage productions, six meal programs, and a variety of other social and educational opportunities.

Featured education sessions include:

• "Directions In Color" with Leatrice Eiseman of the Pantone Color Institute (Underwritten by the California Cut Flower Commission.)
  
  
• "2004 American Floral Trends Forecast" with Kim Morrill AIFD, Jim Marvin AIFD, Michelle Perry-White AIFD, Maureen Welton and Kelly Marble AIFD. (Underwritten by the California Cut Flower Commission.)
  
  
• "Trends In New Products" - a reception with the Partners Members of AIFD
  
  
• "Destinations: Where Today's Preserved Botanicals Meet the Modern World" with Marc Bass AIFD. (Underwritten by Knud Nielsen Company)
  
  
• "Six Feet Under" with Pat Phillips AIFD, Tanya Phillips AIFD and Robin Smith AIFD. (Sponsored by Floralife, Inc. and Virgin Farms)
  
  
• "Christmas In St. Louis" with Jim Morley AIFD, Debbie Holth AIFD, Trish Haistar AIFD, Rhonda Moeckel AIFD, David Marstellar AIFD, Catherine Thoele AIFD and Daniel Whitehurst AIFD. (Sponsored by LaSalle Wholesale Florist and Winward)
  
  
• "Teacher's Pets" with Holly Money Collins AIFD and her former students from City College of San Francisco: Sydney Ho AIFD, Yoki Ishii AIFD, Hiromi Nomura AIFD, Ziba Salamat AIFD, Jenny Tabarracci AIFD and Enu-mi Yang AIFD. (Underwritten by Smithers-Oasis and City College of San Francisco.)
  
  
• "Highland Christmas" with Ian Prosser AIFD. (Underwritten by Syndicate Sales.)
  
  
• "The New World of Permanents" with Joe Gordy AIFD. (Underwritten by Natural Decorations, Inc.)
  
  
• "Two Indian Girls and the Professor" with Connie Bell-Gustafson AIFD and Mary Lee Evans AIFD and Dr. Tom Eddy of Emporia State University.
  
  
• "Green with Envy" with Ron Morgan. (Underwritten by Florida Fern Design.)
  
  
• "A Litany of Flowers" with Chris Norwood AIFD
  
  
• "Fall Semester" with Bob Hampton AIFD. (Underwritten by Magnolia Wholesale Florist and Dallas Market Center.)
  
  
• "Origin" with Hitomi Gilliam AIFD. (Underwritten by Design Master and Eighteen Karat.)
  
  
• "We Could Make Believe" a wedding show with Rocky Pollitz AIFD. (Underwritten by Teleflora.)
  
  
• "The Creative Advantage" featuring Els Teunissen AIFD of The Netherlands. (Underwritten by Flower Council of Holland.)
  
  
• "ELLFDOR -- Elly Lin's Floral Design Originals" featuring Taiwan's premier floral artist Elly Lin.
  
  
• "Floral Lifestyle Trends 2003/2004" with former World Champion Klaus Wagener. (Underwritten by FTD.)

In addition to the dynamic education program AIFD has in store, the Institute will also conduct its second Accreditation Evaluation Session (AES) immediately prior to the Symposium in St. Louis. The AES provides AIFD a means of evaluating prospective members and in so doing granting them the coveted status of being Accredited In Floral Design and a member of AIFD.

This year's Symposium offers several attractive registration options to floral design artists. AIFD stresses that registration to its Symposium is open to all designers - not just AIFD members. Attendance to a Symposium is a pre-requisite to making application to become a member.

Among the registration options are the full package which includes all educational sessions as well as the elaborate meal programs, an education-only package which includes all educational sessions but not meals, single days registrations and a special "weekend only" package which features the programs held on Saturday and Sunday (a great option for Mid-America florists).

The Joseph E. Shaner Co. in Baltimore has been named by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) as one of only 28 association management companies (AMC) nationwide to have met the standards of practice set by the ASAE AMC Accreditation Commission.

Established in 1974 by Thomas C. Shaner, a Certified Association Executive (CAE), The Joseph E. Shaner Co. provides association management services to over a dozen prominently recognized non-profit trade and professional associations including the American Institute of Floral Designers, Professional Grounds Management Society, Maryland Optometric Association, Maryland Chiropractic Association, Maryland Association of Mortgage Brokers, Maryland Improvement Contractors Association and the Chesapeake Human Resources Association.

Also served by the Shaner organization are the Building Owners and Managers Association of Baltimore; the Maryland Chapters of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks, Appraisal Institute, Criminal Defense Attorneys and Public Relations Society of America; Property Owners Association of Baltimore, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors of Baltimore and the Baltimore City Dental Society.

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