Just became a member of the HLSR. is anyone here on a committee? Is there any easy path to get put on one of these?

Carnival Ticket Sales Committee

We had our rookie recruiting done by September. If you really want to get on ours send me an email (in my profile) and we can discuss it because we do add people later than that.

Welcome aboard. I am on Poultry Auction and Judging Contest Committee.

i think we literally just filled in our last spots from our wait list this week. D&A here.

Should have become a Ren Fest member instead. They do more good in the community.

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I just joined as well and would like to jump on a committee...shot you an email

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"and Judging Contest Committee"

since when?

I have been hanging around the tent and with a lot of the JCC members the past couple years. This year I decided to join.

What is D&A?

Tamulax I will send you an email.

Whats the best committees for those who can only work nights?

directions and assistance.

^Corral Club would be a good one for you

Can do nights only as well...anyone on the ag mechanics committee?

I've got some experience with Deere.

hit me up before the next meeting. i've been on JCC for several years now.

This will be my eighth year on Breeders Greeters. We are responsible for the logistics of the livestock show as it pertains to contestants loading and unloading.

I believe it may be too late to get involved with us for the upcoming year, but we do have monthly happy hours to meet the people that make those decisions.

Good to see a nice showing for the JCC on the board!!

Good thing about ctsc is that you sell before rodeo and you sell on your own time. So we can enjoy rodeo.

Anyone served on any of the corral club committees? Any recomendations on which ones would be the best?

each different club has its own characteristics so it would depend on what you want.

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I'm on JCC too. Scary.

Gatekeepers is also good if you can only work nights. We only have a few slots left though.

I could only do nights as well. What is gatekeepers?

I'm on Coral Club - Club West committee. I have no experience with the others but I like it. Basically I sit there and babysit liquor.

I am on Transportation, but working only nights would require some shift trading, and the night shift begins at 4:00 pm or so.

Here is our little blurb to interested rookies.


Thank you for your interest in the Carnival Ticket Sales Committee for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ (the “Show”). Our committee’s key responsibility is to sell discounted carnival packs with tickets good for games and rides and Reliant Park Admission Tickets before the Show starts. We also solicit donations that fund college scholarships and allow needy children to attend the livestock show and carnival to enjoy rides and games.

Like other sales committees, if you reach the minimum amount of sales required to earn a gold badge, your badge allows you and a guest to enjoy the rodeo and concerts in Reliant Stadium, carnival, livestock show, horse shows and exclusive committeemen clubs. You’ll also receive a parking pass valid for the committeeman’s lot located close to Reliant Stadium. Unlike other committees, our volunteer commitment ends before the Show starts so you can enjoy all 20 days of the Show.

Last year, our committee raised a record breaking $4.67 million and more than $26 million since forming in 1995. Each year, we celebrate our success with a dinner party, music and dancing where we award several prizes based on sales level including the Show’s annual buckle, Show’s annual jacket, silver carnival ticket pin, gift certificates good for Show merchandise, crystal vases, riding in the Grand Entry Parade, etc.

Our 2011 rookie class was very successful: 95% earned their gold badge, 85% earned their buckle, and 58% earned the silver carnival ticket pin. To help you earn your badge and other potential prizes, we offer you several opportunities to work at committee selling events, including the World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest and the Show’s downtown parade. We also encourage you to find your own sales opportunities to help achieve your own personal goals and the committee's goal.

Last year I only sold on 4 days:

One table sale (@ reliant - 5pm-9:30pm) - ~$1,200
Parade (7am-11am) - ~$3,000
Two nights at BBQ (fri-sat from 6-9:30) ~$8,000

I easliy made
my badge selling >$4,500
my buckle selling >$7K
my pin for selling >$10K

I was a top producer and I didn't really put too much extra time in it since I had a relatively young baby at the time.

Carnival packs are either $10 or $50. I mostly sell the $50 packs. So $12,000 / $50 = 240 packs.

When you factor in that I sell season passes (includes BBQ), livestock passes and take donations for the Education Fund and for Charity Orgs that sponsor Rodeo Outings... it is pretty easy to hit the goals. Everyone on my team surpassed their goals. My goal was just to get my buckle and I almost doubled it.

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On the JCC as well, sort of. I am an Asst. Supt. for one of the contests

Looking forward to it, have participated in the HLSR contests in the past and always enjoyed it.

BBQ: Each team is assigned an area (and sometimes two). But you can just walk around if you don't want to work an assigned area. I worked the East gate on Friday and the Westgate on Sat.

For table sales, it is an exclusive thing to you and one other team member for that night.

For Parade.. it is a free for all. Only about 40 people acutally go out. So it is easy to sell.

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I think the corral club sounds more like something I'd want to do.

I am an account rep IRL so having more sales goals sounds horrible (plus, I wouldn't want to embarrass Tamulax by breaking his record)

How can I get into this (or any other night activity)?

Eff it, I'll sell some tickets... Love a challenge!

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I didn't mean to say I was a top producer for the committee but more for the rookies last year. But I was no where near the rookie record. That is something like $60K. Some of the top producers were in the $500K+.