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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

If you’re against it stop signing up. Or go play the sports where some other suckers will sign up to be coach and assistant coach. But if those teams asked each parent to take a turn coaching for a week, and you just didn’t do your turn, that makes you the jerk.
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Again with the name calling! I guess when you don’t have a substantive response, that’s your best retort along with “then just quit.” And not that it’ll matter, but we actually do volunteer for our kids’ sports teams, at school and for other activities. Some of these roles are pretty time consuming. Our experience in all of these other areas is how I know there’s a better way to handle volunteers here. You clearly don’t want to listen. Have fun wrangling the parents again this summer. [/quote]

What is your point?  This is how summer swim is set up.  Volunteer, or don't.  You know the committment when you sign up.[/quote]

Agree. I don't see why there are 12 pages arguing about this. Yes, you are a loser if you sign your kid up and shirk your volunteer obligations and yes, the whole neighborhood knows who you are. [/quote]

Right!  Just don't put your kid in activities that require volunteer time.  Everybody is busy, it doesn't make you special.[/quote]

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