PVS Champa not letting parents in

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a pvs official this thread really rubs me the wrong way.

4. Could they have the timers switch out 1/2 way? Yes but it would slow the meet down significantly. It would mean time for them to leave, time to track down missing timers, a second briefing etc.

5. Could you pay people to time? I don’t really think there are that many college students hanging around who want to be paid to time. Also, it’s a little strange to pay timers but expect officials to work for free.

4- 2nd half timers are worked in seamlessly to our summer B meets.
Timers must report at a certain time, their names are announced over the PA if they are not where they need to be. The timer briefing should be, “See this button, press it.” It’s a giant waste of time for those that have timed before. Maybe 2nd half timers have to have timed before, no rookies. You can easily make this changeover in 2 minutes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a parent on deck Friday, I can attest it was the biggest single cluster that I have ever witnessed at a Champs event and PVS should be embarrassed by how it all went down. I witnessed one particular PVS official literally in glee saying how she proudly wasn’t letting any parents on the deck and was gloating how she was going to kick all parents out of the building. It was appalling. That particular official also started power tripping on deck with 800 parents, telling them they couldn’t leave and attempted to force them to time the whole session. I got her name and will be reporting her to the league. No official should act with that kind of complete contempt for parents who volunteer with timing constantly. The meet host was also way in over his head I’m in how to run a successful champs meet and it showed. Parents pay an exorbitant amount to these teams, volunteer around the clock, and work their tails off to get their kids to practices at all hours of the day. To rob them from watching their kids swim a finals champs race is downright wrong and PVS needs to find a better way.

My kid is done- but the way PVS officials treat volunteer timers is just awful. They are son condescending and obnoxious- I once walked off the deck speechless due to the ways I was treated. There is a reason why parents don’t want to time at championship meets- and I am a parent that always volunteers.

[Anonymous]

Same spectator area staff tonight and same entry delays, but the mood was somewhat more relaxed. There were repeated calls for more timers, they got them, they opened the doors. Still definitely feel unwelcome there, like we are considered to be invading the space and breaking the rules somehow. I'd like to see this meet run differently next time, maybe in a different place altogether.

[Anonymous]

I understand people’s issues with the security staff, but if they weren’t locking the viewing area, etc., there would never be enough timers. There should be a system that allows people that have already volunteered to get into finals on time, but I have zero sympathy for people who didn’t volunteer all weekend complaining about the security staff.

There really have been some good suggestions in this thread that I hope gain some traction with PVS.