Editing Calgary Stampede (section)

===Employment and volunteerism===
[[File:Calgarystampede.jpg|thumb|right|The Stampede Showband performs on stage|alt=Approximately 50 people in red, black and white uniforms stand on a stage as a team of riders on horseback carry Canadian Flags in the background.]]
Operation of the park throughout the year requires 300 full-time and 1,400 part-time employees. An additional 3,500 seasonal workers are hired for the Stampede itself.<ref name="Dixon127" /> The seasonal positions are often filled by Calgary's youth, and for many, represents their first paying jobs.<ref>{{harvnb|Dixon|Read|2005|p=128}}</ref>
The organization is maintained by a legion of volunteers, however.<ref>{{harvnb|Gray|1985|p=184}}</ref> Over 2,000 volunteers sit on 50 committees responsible for all aspects of the Stampede's operation.<ref>{{citation |title=2009 Annual Report to the Community |publisher=Calgary Stampede |page=11}}</ref>  Chief among them are the board of directors. The board is made up of 25 individuals; 20 elected from amongst the shareholders, three representing the city, one the province and the most recent president of the Stampede board.<ref>{{citation |last=Gray |first=Mitchell |title=A few minutes with the boss |work=Calgary Herald |date=2002-07-04 |page=SE9}}</ref> Nearly half of all volunteers have served for more than 10 years, and some as long as 60.<ref>{{harvnb|Dixon|Read|2005|p=123}}</ref>