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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every year, little Larla joins swim team and mom or dad is outraged that they “aren’t run efficiently” and “three timers is ridiculous”. Please don’t join swim team then. It is a league rule almost everywhere. (Everywhere we have swam in the summer, chime in if you are in a league that doesn’t require it so these people can go there). Do not blame your reps, your pool, etc. it is not their choice. Unfortunately you can’t just decide it’s ridiculous and you’re not volunteering because you don’t think it’s necessary. Your pool has to follow the league rules or they will have no one to swim against.  [/quote]
We moved out to the exurbs and our league will accept times when there are only 2 timers per lane, the horror! 🙄 Meets aren’t always run efficiently, and volunteer slots aren’t apportioned appropriately. For example the large MCSL team we used to swim for wouldn’t split the meet in half for jobs like timing and clerk of course, even though we were large enough that people should only have had to volunteer for half the meet instead of the full 4-5 hours on Wednesdays, but there were always people like you with mentality of “it’s always been done this way damnit!” and an unwillingness to let others’ express ideas. You will say feel free to step up and be a team rep, but the reality is your summer persona is based on your role with the swim team and you’ll never drop the rope. I enjoy club swim so much better than the ridiculous people that run summer swim. It’s populated by the parents of the kids that are 2nd tier club swimmers and they think this is their kid’s time to shine. Ok, rant over. [/quote]
Go ahead and share your league so people can join it and be happier with the rules. You completely missed the point. Your pool/team (these people you claim their persona is swim team) can’t change it. Your team rep can’t freaking change how many timers there are!!! Feel free to “express your new ideas” but please do it as feedback to the league, not your reps/volunteers at your pool.  They can’t change league rules and you’re just whining then. [/quote]

For B meets you can absolutely split the jobs by half, our MCSL team does that for pretty much every job. B meets are often twice as long as A meets. Heck, if someone didn't renew their S&T and we need someone, it's fine for a B meet. Not much flexibility on A meets, though, you have to follow league rules or not participate. [/quote]
I said they can’t change the number of timers. Please read.  They can split shifts, but I’m addressing the prior post complaining they don’t need three timers. [/quote]

Please read? The following was stated above:

"For example the large MCSL team we used to swim for [b]wouldn’t split the meet in half for jobs like timing and clerk of course, even though we were large enough that people should only have had to volunteer for half the meet instead of the full 4-5 hours on Wednesdays[/b], but there were always people like you with mentality of “it’s always been done this way damnit!” and an unwillingness to let others’ express ideas."

Take your own advice. [/quote]
Again, step up as a rep and you can do it since you are so efficient. 
Some people just aren’t team players and shouldn’t join swim team. While you see it as people not wanting to change the way things are done, they probably know from experience if they split shifts they will have trouble getting enough timers. Super obnoxious to criticize everything they do because it’s not the way you think it should go, despite the fact you’ve never done the job. [/quote]
You are literally proving the point that many of the people who run summer swim team cannot drop the rope, they enjoy playing martyr and the control they have over summer swim. Let’s be real, you don’t want to give up your rep spot, you just want everyone to say how awesome you are at it, and how summer swim couldn’t run without you. To the shift issue, at a minimum you need to give more credit to the people volunteering for positions that cover the entire meet. Our old team awarded 3 credit hours for timing a meet, which if you were timing a B meet was laughable since you had to stand there with a stopwatch for 4-5 hours. They also required each family to volunteer for 12 credit hours, which was essentially volunteering for the entirety of all but 1 A or B meet. Again, ludicrous when there was in excess of 150 swimmers on the team. It was punishing the parents who took the volunteer requirement at its word and stepped up. This is the type of crap that makes parents hate summer swim. [/quote]

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