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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's punitive to the kids, who aren't responsible for their parents' actions.

What you SHOULD do is make it clear before enrollment that the team cannot function without parental contribution, either as a time donation, or [b]an additional monetary donation.[/b] They need to sign something to that effect before enrolling their kids.

And then if they check the volunteer box and don't volunteer, you remind them, and let them know they can always write another check. if nothing is forthcoming, they are banned from subsequent swim team seasons. [/quote]

If you do that, every one writes the check and it gets even harder to find volunteers [/quote]
Exactly. I’m a team rep and I’ve also found that the families having trouble making it work because of having to wrangle little kids or being a single parent, etc. have been the ones to affirmatively approach us and say ok what can I volunteer for if I have these limitations. I will work with those people every time as opposed to the ones who have only 12 and over swimmers but hide at the start of meets and hope we don’t notice them (we notice you and the other parents notice you). I would love to tell those parents that their kid will be yanked from the meet if they don’t meet their volunteer requirements.[/quote]

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