In this letter , the president of the Florida Nursery , Growers and Landscape Association ( FNGLA ) .
The final stage of December marked the halfway stage in my term as your FNGLA President . As I reflect on the memories gained and the chance yet to come , I obtain myself struck by the signification of “ half . ” Whether used as a measure of distance or time , to separate equal share , or to assign positive and negative personalities , I chance myself amused by the power and emotion we assign to half .
Given the opportunity to regroup and find fresh brainchild , halftime can often be a major turning breaker point in a football game game . Halfway is often used as a form of encouragement , as in “ you may make it , you ’re already midway there . ” It can also be used to express enervation or aggravation as one might feel after being up half the night .
When I asked my 6 - twelvemonth - old son , “ how does the Scripture one-half make you finger ? ” he reply , “ okay , because if we ’re talking about confect , it means I get to savor some now and then I get to enjoy some subsequently . ” That persuasion reflects how I palpate when thinking about the midpoint of my presidential term .
I have thoroughly enjoyed the first six calendar month . I ’m lofty of our Chapters ’ feat to reinitiate in - mortal confluence and societal events . I am proud of the workplace which our Committees , Board Members , Officers and staff have put into maintaining our financial stability , produce membership , increase educational opportunities , and continue to urge on behalf of our industriousness .
I am also lofty of the limited efforts being made by our Search Committee as we work to get the next FNGLA CEO . While looking back on the last six months with pride and gratitude , I am also looking forward to the challenges and chance which the next six months will bring .
one-half has also appeared in the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Labor announcement to make an extra 20,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas available for the first half of financial year 2022 . These additional visas are do apart for U.S. employers seeking to engage additional worker on or before March 31 , 2022 . This marks the very first clock time DHS is get extra H-2B visa useable in the first half of the financial class .
Finally , as our state legislator convene this calendar week , redistricting will be a precedence point for the 2022 regular session . Many have fence that gerrymander during redistricting cycles has been one of the biggest factor lead to the polarization of our area . Divisiveness and allegiance to each political party dominates political conversation more than the issues themselves . In 1858 , Abraham Lincoln address the issue of political divisiveness when he stated , “ A planetary house separate against itself can not stand . ”
Perhaps one of the most significant index we can assign to “ one-half ” is the ideology of meeting in the middle and to agree conversation and quislingism smithy the best path forwards . As we move into 2022 , may we and our nation all find more opportunities to seek the middle undercoat – to allow “ half ” to bring us together rather than buck us apart .
Wishing you all the best for a happy , healthy , and prosperous 2022 .
