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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I volunteer to be a timer when I can get a babysitter (probably every third meet) but when I don’t I have a 4 year old that cannot be unsupervised near a pool.  When my other kid is older, I will volunteer more.  I assume that many of the U8 families also have other little kids.  Their time will come when their kids are older.  [/quote]

This is not an excuse.  You need to find something your family can do for the team other than being an on deck official during the meet.  [/quote]

Our team doesn’t seem to have a lack of volunteers for those roles.  Probably because the long time parents on the team have those roles locked up.  As a new parent, the jobs available are on deck during the meet.  Mostly, they seem to need timers. I volunteer when I can.   In two years, all my kids will be swimming and I will time every meet, which I actually like doing.   Ours is a public pool and not very big.   Maybe this is a bigger problem at the big, private pools? [/quote]

Our large swim team required 5 volunteer jobs per season. No option to pay. I would not be happy if people could just buy their way out of their volunteer obligation. Everyone should have to chip in. If you can't volunteer at all, your kid can't participate in swim team. If people don't do their 5 jobs, their children aren't allowed to swim the next season. [/quote]

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