motoeric
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Running a Competition (Advice Needed)
Hi,
Long Island, NY
I certainly seemed to have come to the right place for advice on cook-offs. I hope you don't mind if I pick your brains a bit.
My niece is going to be running a cook-off for her Girl Scout Gold Award (the equivalent of the Eagle Scout for Boy Scouts). She has a large amount of people who are going to be helping her, myself included (I work in event management and run large events, but I've never been involved in a cook-off).
We want to ensure that this is done right, so we are planning this at least one and maybe two years out. I anticipate no problems with the logistics, having run multi-tiered events for hundreds of competitors in the past, but I will need to know exactly what is expected and preferred.
All of the money raised will be donated to charity or given back to the competitors. As a matter of fact, all the money taken in from the competitors will be given back as prize money. The stipulations by the Girl Scouts won't allow a profit to be made (which we arent interested in anyway.
My problem lies with whether or not we should have the event sanctioned by the KCBS. We would like to, but they require us to let them know how much money we will be giving the winners in each competition in advance. We won't know that in advance but ALL of the proceeds from people paying to compete will be going back to the competitors.
We will be 'charging' a fee for vendors and will not be taking a 'cut' of their sales. We will be asking the vendors to donate a given amount to a registered 501 c charity that is related to 9/11 relief and that will be their fee. That will allow them to help out a great cause and will also be tax deductible.
Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated. We have read through the KCBS rule books and guides and have attended a few cook-offs (and will continue to do so), but YOU, enthusiasts and competitors are our best resource.
Our goal is to raise money for a good cause while promoting camaraderie and good will in the bbq community.
Seriously, any advice would be great. A small snippet to a huge treatise, whatever you can offer would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Eric Devlin
Hi,
Long Island, NY
I certainly seemed to have come to the right place for advice on cook-offs. I hope you don't mind if I pick your brains a bit.
My niece is going to be running a cook-off for her Girl Scout Gold Award (the equivalent of the Eagle Scout for Boy Scouts). She has a large amount of people who are going to be helping her, myself included (I work in event management and run large events, but I've never been involved in a cook-off).
We want to ensure that this is done right, so we are planning this at least one and maybe two years out. I anticipate no problems with the logistics, having run multi-tiered events for hundreds of competitors in the past, but I will need to know exactly what is expected and preferred.
All of the money raised will be donated to charity or given back to the competitors. As a matter of fact, all the money taken in from the competitors will be given back as prize money. The stipulations by the Girl Scouts won't allow a profit to be made (which we arent interested in anyway.
My problem lies with whether or not we should have the event sanctioned by the KCBS. We would like to, but they require us to let them know how much money we will be giving the winners in each competition in advance. We won't know that in advance but ALL of the proceeds from people paying to compete will be going back to the competitors.
We will be 'charging' a fee for vendors and will not be taking a 'cut' of their sales. We will be asking the vendors to donate a given amount to a registered 501 c charity that is related to 9/11 relief and that will be their fee. That will allow them to help out a great cause and will also be tax deductible.
Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated. We have read through the KCBS rule books and guides and have attended a few cook-offs (and will continue to do so), but YOU, enthusiasts and competitors are our best resource.
Our goal is to raise money for a good cause while promoting camaraderie and good will in the bbq community.
Seriously, any advice would be great. A small snippet to a huge treatise, whatever you can offer would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Eric Devlin