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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not signing my kids up for swim team - so saying I don't respect an activity that somehow needs 36 parent volunteers to run a swim meet -- that's just information in case you'd like to know  -- you all sound crazy needing so many volunteers.

If the system doesn't work -- change it.[/quote]

That’s the thing- this isn’t unique to swim. Every year our rec sports league is begging for parents to volunteer to coach. And that’s only 2 parents needed for a dozen kids or so.[/quote]

DP. Yes it is. You really can’t see the difference between needing 2 volunteers to coach a rec team or be team managers in other sports and the roughly 20-25 (or more) volunteers needed at EACH swim meet??  Another difference is that your kid won’t get kicked off the rec team if you don’t volunteer to coach, yet you are fine kicking kids off the swim team if their parents don’t volunteer. Should we presume that you are volunteering for every single sport and activity your kids do since you feel so strongly about it?

PP is right that all of you sound crazy advocating for a system that clearly isn’t working any longer. There have been suggestions on this thread about how to address this and every single one got shot down essentially because “that’s just not how it is.” [/quote]
DP, the difference with swim is the number of essential volunteer positions to run a meet. You cannot run a meet without timers, officials, a clerk of course and automation. It is what it is. There definitely are ways to lessen the load for each family like splitting shifts on large teams, letting teens volunteer to fill slots for pay, etc., but there are far more than 2 volunteers needed to run a meet. The other thing is you are presumably at this meet to watch your kid, so why can’t you pick up a stopwatch for half the meet? [/quote]

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