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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If there's a chronic volunteer shortage, what's being asked is unreasonable. Overall, it's unreasonable and not sustainable. A complete redo of policy and expectations is the only answer.

There's an expression: you shouldn't lay the sidewalk till you see where people walk[/quote]

This.  Swim team growing up did not have all these unnecessary extras--breakfasts, dinners, snacks, concession stands, you name it.

The life guards and a few parents ran each meet.  This happened home and away, so it was just not our pool.    Families were able to attend, watch, cheer and enjoy the meets.    Everything now is such an overdone ordeal.   Thank goodness my kid was not into swim team.   [/quote]

This really isn’t true. I did summer swim growing up and we most definitely had all that stuff. It was a lot of fun for us as kids. Definitely donuts from concessions. Movie night. Pep rallies. There were still 3 timers on each lane, a ref, a starter, 4 stroke and turn judges. Still an announcer, all the table workers, data. None of that has changed in the last several decades.  It was awesome and still is. As long as everyone who signs their kid up pitches in. [/quote]

DP and I grew up in this area back in the 70s/80s and the poster who said this stuff wasn't happening is correct. We had almost all SAHM in the neighborhood btw

Breakfast - nope. I think once someone brought doughnuts. But that was an exception not the rule. 
Concession stands - occasionally, a pool had one or some parents sold stuff during the meet but it was not the norm at all. Our pool had a concession stand but it was rarely open for meets bc most of the kids who worked at it were swimming in the meet. Parents didn't feel the need to step in and work the concession stand. They sat on the deck in chairs watching. 
Dinner - nope. had to bring your own
Snacks - nope. had to bring your own, Fun Dip was popular to bring and some people just brought powdered jello and used their fingers. [/quote]

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