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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I sign up to volunteer for another type of organization.  I did so because I thought I’d build a community while supporting my kid.  The only jobs available jobs clearly no one else wanted and required me to work alone.  So didn’t meet anyone.  Like it was so clicky there only friends did “team work” items - like planning events.

I volunteer a lot for another organization and am one of the few. It is so much better because as a volunteer you get to know people by working together and get to influence decisions about the organization and learn how things work.

For the first I’m going to do the bare minimum next year to not get fined.  Sucks for them as they are now begging for volunteers.

When my daughter does swim for the first time this year and will only do the bare minimum.  First organization ruined it for me.

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Your bad experience at another organization has nothing to do with swim. Even if you have a bad team rep (and we've had several) still not an excuse. [/quote]

I didn’t say I wouldn’t volunteer.  I will do is required and nothing more.  Maybe swim will surprise me.
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Perhaps clubs/teams/NVSL might reconsider why so many volunteers are required in the first place.  Requiring 3 adults per lane (18 adults) for B meet timing and providing 5th place ribbons etc. would seem to be two areas ripe for process re-engineering.
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We've run B meets with two timers before, but it requires averaging times which was a pain in the butt.  Although with Swimtopia now, I think it would be easier?  I'm not sure as our team hasn't used it yet.  And if you are doing ribbons at all, it's no harder to do them for everyone.  It's all automated and just requires printing and sticking the labels on.  [/quote]

I'd be fine with 1 timer per lane for B meets.

At the end of the day, there are non-volunteering families who free load off of those who do. A meets, B meets, activities, etc. Everyone knows who these people are.

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