AIFD® Announces Relief Package for Members

We know first-hand that things have been tough for the floral industry over the last few months due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the changes it has created in our lives.

AIFD^® is committed to supporting its members through this challenging time. Each of you have worked so hard to obtain your credentials, and maintaining a competitive edge is more important than ever. As AIFD^® works tirelessly to advance the art of professional floral design through education, service and leadership, we are proud to offer the following Relief Package to our members to support you in maintaining your credentials:

Membership Dues

• AIFD^® will extend the early bird rate through 2020. 
• We will freeze the scheduled dues increases in the previously communicated 5-year plan for at least one year beginning in 2021.
• Payment Plans/Options available:
  • Monthly Installments (contact AIFD^®).
  • Sustaining Dues: get half off of your dues, twice in your membership career (contact AIFD^®).

CEUs

• We have reduced the amount of CEUs due by 10 points, for those due to report in 2020 and 2021.
• We are extending the deadline for CEUs submitted from June 15 to October 1.

Education

• We are granting FREE access to AIFD^® online courses to AIFD^® and CFD^® members through 2020.
  • In an effort to support the entire floral industry, we are also offering the AIFD^® online courses at a discount to non-members.
• We are granting FREE access to any one main stage program from the 2017 or 2018 Symposium via Vimeo, to AIFD^® and CFD^® members through 2021.*Keep an eye out for the promo code, coming soon. 
• We will grant FREE access to an additional series of educational webinars to be developed and released soon, for AIFD^® and CFD^® members only.

In addition to these relief efforts outlined above, the AIFD^® Leadership is continuously working on ways to reduce expenses for the Institute, including moving as many in-person leadership meetings as possible to virtual meetings, re-evaluating vendor contracts, and more. 

We know that you have a lot of hard choices to make right now, and we don’t want the decision to keep your credentials with AIFD^® to be a difficult one. We hope that the opportunities we have outlined above help make this decision easier. As always, if you have any questions or concerns regarding your membership you can call AIFD^® Headquarters at 443-966-3850 or email info@aifd.org and our dedicated staff will be available to help you. 

Thank you for your dedication to the industry and to advancing the art of professional floral design. We will get through this together and be stronger for it.

Sincerely,

Jackie Lacey AIFD, CFD, AAF, PFCI
AIFD^® National President