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| This is why you often see grounds fees. I'm not going to complain about a $5 grounds fee if it means I don't have to help. I would charge the grounds fee and then pay a 4H club to do the work, not people who want to barrel race. They can set barrels, run the gate, take entries and even announce. |
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| Didn't read all the replies but it is EXACTLY the same in my district.
The director and her husband DO EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. Neither of them ride anymore but couldn't even if they wanted to, they are chained to their desks/mics the whole runs. first to arrive and last to leave. a handful of people help. a larger handful b*tch at every single thing but won't lift a finger to help. It is a thankless job without question. |
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Location: Texas | I put on shows for another organization for 10 years while my kids were small and things were the same. A handful of people doing all the work! I like the idea of members having to work a certain amount of hours to qualify for awards. I thank all the producers out there who are putting on these shows so we have somewhere to run!! It is a lot of thankless work for sure!! Hope you do what is best for you and don't let the negative people decide for you.
Thanks again for all your hard work!! |
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Location: LuluLand~along I64 Indiana | if the club is making the money off these shows then designate jobs for the club members at each show.
or if there are a small few who are helping then it is completely in your right to make it worth your while and theirs.
also next year cut the number of shows you put on in half. sanction the rest.
being a producer/director is a thankless job. do it because you like to do it and you know you can do a good job at it. |
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Location: not settling | Kudos to you for all of your hard work!   Been on the same boat as you. Like everyone else said, thankless job, majority of volunteer positions regarding shows and associations are. The way I see it, you could have stayed on and been unhappy or in a negative situation, or you could pick up and move on to a more positive light- you don't need negativity or unthoughtful people surrounding you! |
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| We have an association here that requires each member to volunteer 20 hrs per season to qualify for year end awards. 20 hrs seems like alot to me but maybe you can do something like that at each race? Members need to volunteer 5 hrs per year? You can have sign up sheets for each job.
I give people credit who put on races. I see that its not easy and im not one to complain but it does drive me nuts to hear barrel racers scream at barrel setters, gate people, or announcers. |
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Location: Kentucky | I don't have any advice for you, but that makes me angry that people are saying negative things about your husband. You guys are such great people, it's infuritating when there are some bad apples that have to make every situation as miserable as they are. |
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| magic gunsmoke - 2014-09-23 6:05 PM
You guys are so motivating.
Reading all of this makes me think....screw next year!
Anyways, not sure if I could ban them or not...I am really good at keeping all my feelings inside and not really sharing how I feel. Not the best way to go about it. I try to model what I expect and lead by example, and hope that others see that and follow suit. I don't know if banning anyone would really get anything accomplished other than fire a bunch of people up. And then that is one more thing for me to keep track of ;-)
Our district makes us all sign up to volunteer for something or we have to pay an extra $5 that day. (It goes into the awards fund- so if I don't want to participate that day, no big deal.) And the volunteer doesn't have to be the member- it can be your S/O, your kids, your friends that tag along, etc. My husband likes to be our gate man and I usually help out with the T/O monies...our director makes cookies as a thank-you for all of the volunteers and hands them out at the end of the race.
I love our director, she is very positive and upbeat- but she is resigning at the end of this year because she has been director for 5 years and is very burnt out about all the complaining, as well. The way I figure it...if people don't like the ground, the tractor guys, the way it's run, etc...then DON'T GO. Complaining doesn't help anything. Bless you for trying to do a good job. Those of us that are just there to have fun really DO appreciate all the work that is put into it.  |
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Location: south GA | You will find people with this problem everywhere. I'm one of them. I am secretary of a saddle club, my fiance is president, and friends of ours are VP and treasurer. It's mainly us 4 plus a few board members that keep the show running. We did finally require work hours for those who want their awards. It's definitely helped. We may have three guys swap out dragging at a show and I will have extra help with paperwork in the booth. And those people who bad mouth your show, you can't let the bad seeds bug you, I just shrug them off, because 9 times out of 10 they will cause you a headache all season. Some of them you couldn't make happy no matter how hard you try. |
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| Thanks guys for listening to my rant! I do something where people who do work get a ticket, and that ticket equals a free warm up.
Four tickets at a show equal your lowest entry fee dropped. So those that help out a lot really get a lot of benefits! Still-doesn't always work as it is the same people that help.
I like the idea of having people pay a fee for each show they don't want to help at. The problem is if I don't get the help and I have to pay the help, we might as well just not put on any shows and simply sanction them all where someone else makes the money, but that happened last year and our club couldn't afford awards for the second year in a row. We make about $200 to $300 a show when we put them on...our best was $400.
I really do have a lot of people say positive things overall, it just really struck a cord with me to hear people say bad things about my husband. They don't have to like him, but at least keep your mouth shut about it.
I am going to take a step back from it, life is simply too short to dedicate it to others who do not appreciate it and to be near people who don't even like my husband (thats dumb why would I surround myself around people like that every weekend?), especially when there is literally nothing in it for me. I will never go to Open World to show. I can't get the time off work.
I guess for whatever reason, I just thought it would be better than this when I took over. |
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