FFA Members are "a joy!"

FFA members, pat yourselves on the back.

In Wednesday morning's edition of the local Indianapolis Star, there's a story on the front page of a major newspaper talking about the upcoming decision National FFA will make concerning the future location of our great annual convention.

The last cities in the running to host the annual convention are Indy and Louisville, Ky. -- two cities that the FFA has gotten to know quite well as hosts of what has blossomed into a gathering of over 50,000 members, advisors and FFA supporters. The decision for 2013-2019 conventions isn't expected until November, though.

More importantly, though, is how hard each community is trying to either get the blue jackets back or to keep them right where they are.

Bill Benner, a spokesman for the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Bureau, told the Star that he "wants to showcase Indianapolis for the next generation of leaders" and Ted McKinney, the leader of U.S. food chain and state government affairs for Dow AgroSciences and the chairman of the local FFA finance committee considered wanting the convention to stay in Indianapolis "an understatement."

Aside from those complements about having the convention in Indianapolis, plenty of local residents chimed in with comments for the online edition of story. One person said that "this convention knows how to act" and that FFA members are a "joy to have in the city", while another called FFA members "wonderful people".

FFA members, nice job!

~Geoffrey Miller, National FFA Newsroom Staff