In July 1993, I established the first gift basket association. It was named, "Gift Basket Professionals' Roundtable". The buzz word "roundtable" was big at that time. It was a professional association for gift basket designers and professionals in the DMV (referred to as the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area at that time.) It was growing under my leadership and I served as the president during the first two years. My colleagues and my students were members. There we shared design tips and critiques at meeting. It was a place for learning and growing which I plan to replicate here. My gift basket designs received outstanding honors, as well as named for an award winner design in the gift basket design competition in Las Vegas, Nevada. Humm, may be we can create such an honoring event too.