Carnival & Fair News

  The Greater Ohio Showmen's Association (GOSA) announced, today, the two year contract extension for Eric German, Executive Board Liaison and Communications Director, a role he began in January 2021."Eric did an outstanding job," noted David Drake, outgoing GOSA president, "helping the executive board work through many difficult pandemic-related issues effectively communicating policy in connection with the shutdown and subsequent reopening of the industry."German's role with GOSA focuses on membership recruitment and retention, PR and communications, and revenue development, and has a critically important advisory role to the president and executive Board.Underscoring his enthusiasm, Randy Kissel, incoming GOSA president,  said he looked forward to working with Eric over the course of my two year tenure. Continuing, "We will be collaborating to raise sponsorship dollars for the GOSA 75th Anniversary in 2025 and grow membership," Kissel confirmed.The GOSA is a ...   [read more]

  On Monday, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it received a record breaking 7,875 H-2B applications requesting 136,555 worker petitions during the January 1-3, 2022, filing period for the second half of the FY22 H-2B cap with a April 1 start date.  This is a 41% increase over last years total number of workers requested.  Currently, there are only 33,000 H-2B visas available for the second half of the cap, meaning, applicants have a 24% chance of receiving their workers absent of any form of cap relief.  Yesterday, USCIS held a lottery assigning H-2B applicants into groups A through G.  It is estimated that applicants in groups A and B will receive their workers under the original cap, and groups C, D, E, F, and G would be capped out unless some sort of cap relief is granted.For the first time ever, the administration released 20,000 supplemental visas to count toward the first half of the FY22 H-2B cap, bolstering the number of available visas from ...   [read more]