KCBS News FeedDecember 2012 Committee Reports
December 10, 2012KANSAS CITY BARBEQUE SOCIETY
COMMITTEE REPORTS - December 2012
MINUTES - Tana Shupe:
Request Minutes of meeting on November 14, 2012, and special meeting on November 28, 2012 be approved.
FINANCIAL REPORT - Mark Simmons
Emailed to members of the board, it is recommended by the finance committee that the financial report be approved as presented.
MARKETING REPORT - Jeff Stith
Merchandise
- Total November Sales: $5,138
- Cyber Monday led to record merchandise sales in a November
Web
- Advertising sold for November: $950
- Uploaded December Bullsheet
- Uploaded MP3 of November’s BOD
- 2013 continual Banquet Registration
- Partner Programs Update:
- Tyson Best Wing on the Planet, 2-day People’s Choice: WFC in Las Vegas, NV
- Reser’s America’s Best Potato Salad Championship: WFC in Las Vegas, NV
- Smithfield Ribs Super Series: The National BBQ Cup in Cummings, GA
GABT
- Final activation stop in November: WFC in Las Vegas, NV
- GABT Financial Update from Mike
Sam’s National BBQ Tour
- 2013 Sam’s Club Tour Schedule submitted to KCBS for review/approval
- Working on 2013 Sam’s Club Registration Improvements and technical support; Mike to explain
PR
- Social Media, using MMA, KCBS, and GABT Facebook, Twitter and other digital platforms to promote KCBS-related events/promotions
- GABT: 2014 Twitter Followers / 1565 FB Likes
- KCBS: 2014 Twitter Followers / 11,438 FB Likes
- Updated News section of KCBS website as necessary
- Bullsheet Content – Sam’s Review, Tyson Recap, Reser’s Review, Smithfield Review
- GABT Blog post reviews
Sponsorship Activities
- Have a new Seal of Approval applicant that requires an NDA restriction; KCBS attorney is reviewing
- 2013 KCBS Banquet: Sponsorship and Booth Prospecting and Sales
Sam’s Club, Kingsford, Tyson, Creekstone Farms, BBQr’s Delight, Pig Out Publications, The Kansas City BBQ Tour, Wusthof-Trident of America, Inc.
- Currently working with Smithfield to apply Seal of Approval brand to their packaging
- Need final board answer/approval/disapproval on the Destination America agreement
SANCTIONING REPORT - Karrin Murphy
Existing 2013:
2/22-23 6th Annual Kansas Winter Q Great Bend KS
3/15-16 2nd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle
BBQ Championship Arcadia CA
4/5-6 Smokin' On Big Creek Pleasant Hill MO
4/12-13 Grilling on the River '13 Columbus MS
4/19-20 Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain NC
4/19-20 Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival Cornelia GA
4/19-20 Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury MD
4/19-20 Smoke Over Veishea Ames IA
4/26-27 Smokin 'N' the Ville Edwardsville KS
4/26-27 Char-Broil Pig Bowl Columbus GA
4/26-27 R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship Arkansas City KS
5/3-4 North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival North Platte NE
5/10-11 Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence KS
5/10-11 West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach CA
5/10-11 Green Lane Fire Co's "Fire in the Village
BBQ Competition and Festival Green Lane PA
5/17-18 Great Mall BBQ Contest & Festival Olathe KS
5/17-18 "Hawgin" on Lanier Gainesville GA
5/17-18 Minnesota in May Faribault MN
5/17-18 Middletown BBQ Cook-Off Middletown DE
5/17-18 Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ
Championship Bakersfield CA
5/17-18 Lake of the Ozarks BBQ & BBQ Weekend Lake of the Ozarks MO
5/17-18 Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle AL
5/18-19 The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival Lexington MA
5/18-19 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Championship Hoofddovp Netherlands
5/24-25 Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cook-Off Lewisburg TN
5/24-26 Red, White & BBQ Westmont IL
5/25-26 The Memorial Day Pignic Fort Richie MD
5/25-26 Smokin' in the Junction West Des Moines IA
5/31-6/1 Okfuskee Volunteer Firefighters
Wildfire Cook-Off Okemah OK
5/31-6/1 Variety Children's BBQ Bash Memphis TN
5/31-6/1 Original SD BBQ Championship Huron SD
5/31-6/1 Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City CO
6/7-8 Poor Que Montello WI
6/14-15 Blue Mountain BBQ Championship Blue Mtn. Ontario Canada
6/14-15 The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual
2013 BBQ Cookoff Hernando MS
6/14-15 Northern Arizona BBQ Festival Williams AZ
6/14-15 Smokin' on the River Jeffersonville IN
6/14-15 Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival Frederick MD
6/21-22 Peak City Pig Fest Apex NC
6/22-23 Safeway National Capital BBQ Battle Washington DC
6/28-29 Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara CA
6/28-30 Boston Hill BBQ Fest Hamburg NY
7/5-6 Crossroads BBQ Cook-Off Cameron MO
7/12-13 6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville MO
7/13-14 Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff Peoria IL
7/13-14 Troy Pig Out Troy NY
7/19-20 Que & Cruz Louisa VA
7/19-20 Cookin on Kampeska Wing Fling & BBQ Thing Watertown SD
7/19-20 9th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington KS
7/19-20 Smokin' on the River Glasgow MO
7/26-27 Morton BBQ Throwdown Morton IL
7/26-27 The Harpoon Championships of New England
BBQ Windsor VT
7/26-27 Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off Dodge City KS
8/2-3 5th Annual Vista Smokin' Q Classic Vista CA
8/9-10 Smokin in McMinnville McMinnville TN
8/9-10 Krystal 93 BBQ at the Summit Dillon CO
8/9-10 Cass County "Cookin' at the Fair" Weeping Water NE
8/16-18 Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz NY
8/16-17 Stand By Your Grill Fulton Ms
8/23-24 6th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea MN
8/23-24 Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia KS
8/23-24 Nevada Kiwanis BBQ Contest Nevada IA
8/23-24 Smokin' on the Water Lakeport CA
8/23-24 Music City Festival & BBQ Championship Nashville TN
8/31-9/1 Septemberfest BBQ & Ribeye Steak Cookoff
Challenge Omaha NE
8/31-9/1 Smokin in Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite NV
8/31-9/1 Smokin' On The Bay Tracys Landing Md
9/6-7 Ribs, Rods & Rock'n Roll Vermillion SD
9/6-7 Pickin' in the Panhandle Hedgesville WV
9/6-7 Smoke On The River Quincy IL
9/6-7 Puckaway Pigfest Montello WI
9/6-7 Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville TN
9/13-14 Atlanta BarB-Q Festival Atlanta GA
9/13-14 KTS Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off Worthington MN
9/13-14 Jug Tavern Festival Winder GA
