DISTRICT SCOUT FAIR TICKET SALES CHAIRMAN

Basic Functions

Recruit a team of volunteers to promote the sales of tickets among Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops, Varsity Teams and Explorer Posts/Ships to achieve the District dollar goal of tickets sold. Establish the logistics within the District for ticket distribution and the collection and auditing of monies.

Evaluation Criteria

1. Be personally involved

2. Work closely with your District Executive to develop and approve Scout Fair plans, materials, and strategies for your designated area of responsibility.

3. Recruit sufficient volunteers to assure that every unit in the District has the opportunity to sell tickets to the Scout Fair.

4. Communicate and implement the Council Ticket Sales plan and related procedures in the District. Emphasize ticket sales commissions and how the benefit the unit treasury.

5. Attend the Orientation meeting. Attend the Area Ticket Sales Kickoff Meeting. Attend the Scout Fair and opening ceremony.

6. Schedule, promote and conduct ticket sales training for Unit Ticket Sales Chairmen.
Conduct training with support of Council Ticket Sales personnel.

7. Establish the logistics of ticket distribution and the collection and auditing of monies for ticket sales. Secure an appropriate central location to serve as a District Ticket Sales tum-
in center and recruit needed personnel to staff the center. Turn in monies regularly to the
Council Service Center.

8. Conduct weekly turn-in sessions with the District following the Ticket Sales Kickoff meeting and allocate additional tickets as needed throughout the sales period.

9. Supervise the collection of monies and unsold tickets during the day of the Scout Fair. F Follow-up with units not "cleared out" by 4:00 p.m. of that day.

10. Assure that all units selling tickets understand that their ticket sales accounts must be c cleared (brought to a zero balance) before commissions can be paid. Be responsible to following-up with units until all ticket sales accounts are cleared.

11. Promote ticket sales at District Roundtable and other District events.

12. Keep the District Scout Fair Chairman informed of progress.

As with any leadership position, the leader is best judged by the results achieved by those people who are led.

A clear understanding of the roles and evaluation criteria for each of the other district leadership positions as provided in the manual is critical to the leader's success.