Money Money Money

Since we are acting as the Oklahoma Youth Expo, many of our expenses are paid through grants and sponsorship. With our program to combat cheating in the livestock arena, we are hoping to get 2-5 sponsors who will fund this effort. We will take on an intern who will be compensated for their efforts in making sure that many of the details are taken care of. We will need money for the brochures, flyers, posters, and promotional items. The hours spent by the workers will not need more compensation than their already paid wages. The largest amount of the budget will be spent on promotional tools and then traveling expenses to the Oklahoma State Convention and communities in Oklahoma throughout the year including schools, 4-H programs, and various FFA events.

Promotional materials will include a video made by the FFA officers, a full out booth with includes posters and banner. The promotional gifts, which can be t-shirts, jackets, show gear, bumper stickers and pens, will come through donation from our sponsors. The other component of traveling will take up about half of the budget. The main use of transportation will be vehicle and thus the price fluctuation will depend on gasoline prices; however, OYE will be compensating the promoters for the gas they use on business approved trips. The show gear can be donated directly from the manufacturers. We will probably make the t-shirts and jackets, but offset costs by adding logos to them from sponsors. Pens, bumper stickers, and the booth set up/information packets will all be costs we take on as an organization.

The intern that we select will not be full time. They will only be working for us in the summer and winter break full time. During their school year, because we want to have preferably a college senior, they will remain active, but on a smaller scale. Their compensation will be a lump sum set out at the start of their employment. The monetary supplement will be given out in increments.

The man-power will be the most costly part of the campaign. Since this is only for one year, it is not feasible to hire a full time position. With only an intern to chair the efforts, other leaders will have to be sought out to do some promoting on our behalf. If they are given anything for heir efforts, it will be a promotional jacket. The head directors will also be charged with the extra responsibility of helping assist in areas of the campaign that already fall under their responsibility list.

To cut out some costs, we could also use OALE as a resource to spread the campaign. Since they are already going around the state, they could pick up more hours by helping advocate the message.

The building and overhead cost will still be paid for and used as the normal set up. We should not have to be concerned with normal cost that a campaign would be looking at if they were starting from scratch. It is fortunate that we are already established and credible so taking on a year long campaign will be not a painful to the budgets when comparing it to a not so well known organization.