Actually it's $500 to become a triple crown event which includes a bunch of stuff (advertising etc) for the organizer/promoter from what I've been told.
I think that this was all set up way back when AZBBQ was started by someone who thought ahead and figured the proclamation was a priority. I wasn't around then but that's what I gathered. BBQ started to become big business, $300-$400 per team with 50+ teams, that's alot of $$$$.
With all that being said it just makes business sense that it'd be set up so it would be harder for someone to just decide that they now want to waltz in and take over all the events in AZ taking (stealing?) all the work that was put in prior to now building it up, making them go get their own proclamation (if they could or would bother).
Kind of like a patent or protecting your "region" I'd think.
Guess it's like I've been told over and over, "it's just business" pretty sad it had to be done to begin with.
I understand wanting to protect ones business interest but using a Governor's Proclamation for personal business use is not allowed by the State of Arizona per the rules for request and designed for non-profit organizations. Here is a copy of the terms:
Proclamations are issued for Arizona residents or approved non-profit organizations with preferably statewide, but at least regional interest. . • Proclamations will not name specific organizations unless they are non - profit.