Population Impacted
·
Farmworkers: 3,000,000 (bi-lingual in
English and Spanish or other languages) farm workers that harvest the
agriculture products of America.
·
According the most recent census, the
Hispanic population has doubled in the last decade. In the rural areas of each state migrant
farmworker now make up about a 1/3 of the Hispanic population of individual
states. Farmworkers are working from small rural businesses, to farm work and
food processing.
·
Rural Cities
and towns must now accept this community into their own. Churches are now using Spanish in their
services. Small rural towns have installed both English and Spanish traffic
signs for motorists. These are times of
growth and presence for our community.
·
The promise of work in the railroad
construction, agricultural fields and food processing companies has lures
migrant to every state. Company
recruiters from Green Giant, Chiquita, Seneca, Tyson Foods and others went to Texas and California
to recruit labor. The companies were
responsible for farm workers that continue to migrate every summer to the
northern states, such as Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Illinois, etc.
·
Today, almost Ύ of the people working
in farms are Hispanic migrants. They
work in the agriculture, meat and vegetable processing companies. There are many companies that have a labor
force that are composed mainly of Hispanic individuals.
·
The
conference celebrates our culture, contributions, and depicting the challenges
and opportunity for us as Hispanics but also for the business community.
·
Historically,
Hispanics, for the most part, have lived in the rural areas of America,
although great importance has been placed in their existence in larger cities.
They have worked as farmworkers and followed the harvest season of American
farms. Unlike the often cited statistics about the out migration and declining
populations in rural areas, the 2000 Census shows that Latinos account for 25
percent of all non-metro population growth. The southern and Midwestern states
can account for the most growth in rural areas.
·
The
number of Hispanic farm operators has more than doubled in the past decade,
according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Every state has
registered an increase.
- MAFOs
intents to promote the
coalescing
of Latino farm operators and develop a venue for increased training
opportunities, provide services and meet the training needs of Latino farm
operators, as well as rural Latinos.
- Much of
the strength of rural American has traditionally come from the broad
distribution of ownership small farms, small retail stores on Main Street,
home ownership, small manufacturing plants, and cooperatively owned enterprises.
As is evident, Latino businesses are currently thriving and providing,
although, a minor impact in the business sector in rural America. Their approach is
reflective of Latino style business approach or model. Most businesses
start small but began to expand after establishing themselves firmly. Most
of the Latino business growth has been realized in the past 10-15 years.
Imagine the impact of the Latino businesses, if more time was provided,
inclusive of more resources or capital to market products, provision of
training, and support from appropriate business group responsible for
business and economic development. How can we capitalize on this element
or opportunity?
Circulation
·
20,000 conference Mark Your Calendar cards
and pre-registration brochures which are mailed out to federal, state agencies,
churches, colleges, foundations, farmworker organizations, and private sector.
·
Conference
attendees include Hispanics, farmworkers, federal, state agencies, private non-profit
organizations, etc. Hispanics are a
cross mixture of cultures and individuals from throughout the United States.
·
Most
of the conference attendees are highly motivated, young, educated, and
bilingual.
Publication Dates
·
Conference
mark your calendar card is mailed out: November 15,
2007
·
Deadline
for submission of ads or corporation name
and recognition for pre-registration
brochure is: January 30,
2007
·
Conference
pre-registration brochure is mailed out: January 15,
2007
·
Deadline
for the submission of ads for the
conference program is no later then: February 30,
2007
·
Conference
program printing is: April 1, 2007
Advertising
Information
Format: The conference program is 8.5" x
11", book style, with stock cover.
Ad
Criteria: All ads must be camera-ready, black and white, corresponding
to sizes listed on the advertising opportunity section. If ARTWORK
is required, contact us for assistance and prices.
Note: The conference offers advertisers the flexibility of
targeting nationally to 3,000,000 farmworkers, federal and state agencies,
colleges, foundations, organizations, and the private sector. MAFO reserves the right to refuse any ad.
MAFO: National Farmworker Conference
Exhibitor Understanding
and Agreement
MAFO, Inc. can provide the following:
Ψ Set-up
will be done on Sunday, April
1, 2007, from 1:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Ψ Electrical
outlets are available.
Ψ Extension
cords will need to be brought in by exhibitors.
Ψ One
eight-foot table and two chairs will be provided.
Ψ The
exhibit area will be at the (room
location will be provided later) at the Hyatt.
Ψ Make
sure that your boxes are labeled properly and include the name of your
organization.
Ψ Tuesday,
April 3, 2007, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM will be exhibit take down time.
Ψ Drayage
will be made available to exhibitors and for exhibitors use upon request from
the hotel.
Ψ Exhibitors
need to be present at their booths from at least 8:00 AM to at least 4:00
PM.
Ψ Exhibit
shipping and packing is the responsibility of exhibitor.
Ψ Exhibitor,
immediately upon closing of exhibit, is responsible for own shipping
arrangements.
Ψ Any
extra costs incurred by MAFO to set up an exhibit will pass on to the
Exhibitor.
The agreement does not include the
following:
Ψ Placement
of display equipment.
Ψ Decoration
and related services.
Ψ Guard
Services.
Ψ Labor:
carpenters, electricians, and drapes.
Ψ Storage
of any exhibit-related materials after the event.
Ψ Gas
and water supply.
Ψ Phone
lines
Ψ Electrical
power lines, etc.
** Note: Any of
the above items should be obtained directly from the hotel itself.
Due
to storage space limitation, the shipping of display materials must be
pre-arranged with the hotel convention services and there may be an additional
charge for labor and/or storage. Any
materials arriving at the hotel prior to the day of exhibit setup will be
forwarded to the official drayage company of booth decorators choice. MAFO and the hotel will not be liable for
additional freight or storage charges.
Package room and storage will be charges at applicable rates.
**Note: All conference coffee breaks and refreshments will
be located at the exhibit hall.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The exhibitor will
hold MAFO and the Hotel HARMLESS OF ANY DAMAGES and any LOSSES INCURRED. The
exhibitor assumes the entire responsibility and liability for losses, damages,
and claims arising out of the exhibitors activities and will indemnify, defend
and hold harmless MAFO and the hotel, its agents, servants, and employees from
any and all such losses, damage and claim.
The
undersigned hereby agrees to the above mentioned terms and conditions.
Organization:
___________________________________
Agency
Representative: ___________________________ Date:
_____________
Title___________________________________________
Signature:______________________________________
Shipping and Deliveries Instructions
Any
materials being sent to the hotel must be marked as follows:
- Hold for Arrival: Attn: Guests Name
Organizations Name
- Complete Return Address
- Marriotts Managers Name:
- Number of Boxes: (Example: Box 1 of 2 and Box 2 of 2)
- Packages to be held for group
arrival should be marked with conference name, dates and the meeting
planner name. Up to ten (10)
packages will be moved at no charge. For additional packages, the charge
is $5.00 per box/package.
MAFO National Farmworker Conference
April 1st 4th,
2007
Event
Planner: Lalo Zavala
- Address Package to hotel as
follows:
Receiving Dept.
Jackie Witherow
Convention Services Manager
- Handling charges may apply. The hotel nor MAFO do not accept any
liability for equipment, goods, displays, or other materials which arrive
unmarked or fail to arrive at the hotel.
- The hotel and MAFO cannot be
responsible for the safekeeping of equipment, displays, supplies, written
material, and any other valuable items left in meeting rooms, conference
areas, exhibit areas, etc.
MAFO: National Farmworker Conference
CONFERENCE CORPORATE & GOVERNMENT SPONSORSHIP
ORDER FORM
Company Name:
______________________________________________________________________
Address:
____________________________________________________________________________
City: ______________________ State: ___________________ Zip Code:
________________________
Phone:
_______________________________ Fax: __________________________________________
Contact
_____________________________ E-mail: _________________________________________
IF CORPORATE
SPONSOR [ ]: Please check all services you corporation is
entitled too in accordance with your sponsorship and which you will take
advantage of. If you chose not to be a
sponsor but wish to promote your business check the advertisement that you want
to purchase.
·
EXHIBITS
. $ 800.00
Diamond
Sponsor $20,000
·
FULL
PAGE BACK COVER
$1,500.00 Platinum
Sponsor $10,000
·
FULL
PAGE INSIDE BACK COVER
$1,000.00 Gold
Sponsor $ 5,000
·
FULL
PAGE
..
$ 900.00
Silver
Sponsor $ 2,000
·
HALF
PAGE
.
$ 450.00
Bronze
Sponsor $ 1,000
·
LUNCHEON
RESERVED TABLE OF TEN $1,000.00
·
BANQUET
RESERVED TABLE OF TEN $1,000.00
Calculation
of amount ordered and due:
Sponsors
Fee $__________________.00 ______________________________________
Event
Fee $__________________.00 Authorized
Signature
Exhibitor
Fee $__________________.00 ______________________________________
Advertisement
Fee $__________________.00 Title
Total Amount Due $__________________.00 ______________________________________
Printed Name Date
ADVERTISING INFORMATION: Format and Ad
Criteria
The conference
program is 8.5x11, with a stock cover. All ads must be camera-ready, black
and white, corresponding to sizes listed above. Ads can also be e-mail directly
to printer with printer specifications.
If ARTWORK is required,
contact us for assistance and prices.
All Ads must be e-mail to Rod Ritcherson at rod.ritcherson@umos.org.
Return artwork: yes: _____ no: ____.
Amount enclosed: $_________________.
Ads must be
received no later than February 30, 2007: MAFO,
Inc. reserves the right to refuse any ad.
Make check payable to UMOS and mail order form, ad layout, payment and
direct any inquiries to: Heladio (Lalo) F. Zavala, Conference
Coordinator, PO Box 7569, St. Cloud, MN 56302-7569, Phone: 320-251-1711, Fax:
320-203-8913 or e-mail: heladio.zavala@umos.org.
MAFO: National Farmworker Conference
CONFERENCE NON-PROFIT SPONSOR/PARTNERS
ORDER FORM
Name of
Organization: _________________________________________________________________
Address:
____________________________________________________________________________
City: ______________________ State: ___________________ Zip Code:
________________________
Phone:
_______________________________ Fax: __________________________________________
Contact
_____________________________ E-mail: _________________________________________
IF CONFERENCE
PARTNER CHECK HERE [ ]:
You are entitled to either an exhibit
or full inside page of advertising in the conference program. Return this form along with the required
information if you wish to take advantage of this service. If your organization is not a Partner but you
wish to promote your organization, check all services that you want to
purchase.
·
EXHIBITS
$ 300.00
Conference Sponsor $ 1,000.00
·
FULL PAGE BACK COVER
$ 950.00
Conference Partner $
700.00
·
FULL PAGE INSIDE BACK COVER
$ 850.00 Calculation of Amount Due:
·
FULL PAGE
.
..
$ 750.00
Sponsor
Fee: $_________.00
Event Fee $_________.00
·
HALF PAGE
..
$ 450.00
Exhibitor Fee $_________.00
Advertisement Fee $_________.00
·
LUNCHEON RESERVED TABLE OF TEN
$ 500.00
Total Amount Due $_________.00
·
BANQUET RESERVED TABLE OF TEN
$ 700.00
_________________________________ _______________________________ ____________
Authorized
Signature Printed
Name Date
_________________________________
Title
ADVERTISING INFORMATION:
Format and Ad Criteria
The conference
program is 8.5x11, with a stock cover. All ads must be camera-ready, black
and white, corresponding to sizes listed above. Ads can also be e-mailed
directly to printer with printer specifications. If ARTWORK
is required, contact us for assistance and prices. All Ads must be e-mail to Rod Ritcherson
at rod.ritcherson@umos.org.
Return artwork: yes: _____ no: ____.
Amount enclosed: $_________________.
Ads must be received no later than
February 30, 2007:
MAFO, Inc. reserves the right to refuse
any ad. Make check payable to MAFO and mail order form, ad layout, payment and
direct any inquiries to: Heladio (Lalo)
F. Zavala, Conference Coordinator, PO Box 7569, St. Cloud, MN 56302-7569,
Phone: 320-251-1711, Fax: 320-203-8913 or e-mail: heladio.zavala@umos.org.
