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January 10, 2008 To: Rodeo Supporters and Sponsors Re: International Lineman's Rodeo Association Sponsorship On September 13, 2008 the 25th annual International Lineman's Rodeo will be held in Kansas City. This year, 2008, marks the 25th anniversary of the Int'l Lineman's Rodeo event and we are very excited about the celebration. There have been countless volunteers and supporters that have worked hard and dedicated a lot of time throughout the years to make this event what it is today. The International Lineman's Rodeo has become the world premier event for lineman professionals throughout the United States and around the world. The Rodeo has grown to over 200 Journeyman Teams and over 250 Apprentices. Participants and other attendees total over 3,500 people who come together for this exciting event each year. Entire families truly enjoy attending the events together. In addition to the competition, participants and their guests can review all the latest safety and line work, tools, equipment, and materials at the International Lineman's Rodeo Expo, one of the largest vendor expos targeted to work of this type in the country. In 2006 we launched a very successful Int'l Lineman's Rodeo Safety & Training conference. This is another valuable addition for attendees coming to our event. This year we will continue our one and a half day conference with speaker presentations, training demonstrations and roundtable discussions. You can find more information on our event website at www.linemansrodeokc.com Although the events at the Rodeo are truly competitive, the long-term benefits are focused on improved safety, enhanced job skills, job knowledge, developing inter-company relationships, and improved teamwork and attitude for participants. Safety benefits include participants and their sponsoring companies being introduced to new safety techniques, processes, and new tools and equipment that help improve the safe performance of line work. This comes from other participants as well as exposure to vendors. With well over a 100 companies participating, the chance for learning different, safer work procedures is very high. Participants are graded on their safe performance of each event and each year all competitors must complete a closely monitored pole top rescue event. In addition, because the Rodeo Association has an arrangement with the largest manufacturer of practice dummies, your company can purchase these safety dummies at a more than $1,000 discount over the normal retail cost and they will ship them to your line training or safety training facility as well. Productivity benefits include creation or sometimes identification and sharing of consistent, most efficient work practices. Many of the skills required in the competition are less frequently used currently but still critical line skills like climbing, working off a pole, and task work using hot sticks rather than gloves. These opportunities for your linemen enhance their skills and keep them fresh making them more productive. With some of the very best, most competent linemen in the country in competition at the event, skill sets and work practices can be observed that may not be available at some of the lineman's home organizations. Linemen are introduced to new small tools and work aides each year that may not be known at their organization or even in their region of the country. Such items and procedures, because they often make certain frequently repeated tasks more efficient, can greatly improve productivity. Less tangible benefits received include improved morale for participants. The event allows them to exhibit their hard earned skills, network with linemen from their neighboring utilities and all over the country and even the world and a greater focus on teamwork and cooperation that the event and the competition fosters. These and other intangible benefits are undoubtedly in line with the strategic directions your organization is working toward and can help with achieving your organization's goals. We at the ILRA understand the tight resource situation that most utility companies face. The various utilities that our volunteers on the Association Board of Directors and volunteer Advisory Committee members represent are in similar circumstances. However, we believe that the tangible and intangible benefits to your company of sponsoring the ILRA easily justify that expenditure. The Rodeo Association is a registered not-for-profit corporation in the State of Missouri. The ILRA's purpose is to plan and host the annual competition and to promote and recognize the safe, efficient practice of the craft of the lineman trade. In addition, the ILRA is strongly involved in the future of the lineman craft and last year alone provided over $10,000 in scholarships to promising students in vocational technical line work programs at various schools and colleges around the country. Although there are entry fees and meal fees for participants, those fees do not nearly cover the total cost to host the Rodeo. That is why sponsorships are so critical. Each year we ask utility companies to "sponsor" the Rodeo. By doing this, your company helps support the Rodeo and in turn the profession of line work that all utilities are so dependent on. These memberships allow the Association to hold entry fees down and provide our participants and their companies considerable more value than we could otherwise. In return, your company :
Will you please join many of the most respected IOUs, Municipalities, Co-ops/REAs, Contractor Companies and Union Locals in the country and consider being a Sponsor of the Rodeo?
If you need more information on the various levels of sponsorship available or have any questions please contact us. If your company has supported the Rodeo in years past, the Association thanks you on behalf of all the linemen who have benefited. If your company has not participated as a sponsor in recent years, it would be great to have you back. If you have been a sponsor in recent years we greatly appreciate the support and strongly encourage you to continue that support this year and in future years. The Rodeo has been successful over the past several years because of the voluntary support of many people and companies. It truly has become international with regular annual participation by teams from several foreign countries as well as participants each year from almost every state in the Union. Please continue this support by completing the attached form subscribing to membership in the International Lineman's Rodeo Association. Click here to complete the attached form
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