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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Girl Scouts have several camps this summer which are a lottery system... How does that make any sense? Why are they not "first come first served" like any other normal camp?

But if you volunteer at the camp then your kid will automatically get in. Except it's a day camp and you're a working parent and they have no volunteer opportunities for working parents....

Sorry rant over.

But seriously GS's, try getting into this century.[/quote]

I'm not sure what the best solution to this is when camps are super popular.  There have been camps that my kid wanted that were available to the first people in line, and the line lasted overnight.  I know wealthy parents who paid someone to stand in line, and middle class parents where one parent stood in line, and one stayed with the kid, but for my moderate income single parent there was no way.  At a for profit like Girl Scouts that tries to serve a diverse group, that's not the right way.

I've also seen camps that require people to sign up online, and people get closed out in minutes.  Works great if you have an office job, and can figure out a way to schedule 30 minutes to try the online system.  Not so well in other jobs.

And then, I know super popular camps that give spots to families who pay extra to join the attached community center, or who donate to the church or . . .

To me the lottery is more equitable than any of those.[/quote]

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