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[quote=Anonymous]Way out of line. That person was not implying that at all. I was at the meet and volunteered every session and I am annoyed that people sign up and then don’t show up. It’s admirable that your spouse stepped up but it sounds like you are bitter about it so maybe he shouldn’t have.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re being a real ahole to a person for no reason. If it was a major inconvenience for your family then he should not have volunteered. The would have found an additional timer regardless. Participation in the meet is optional so not sure why you’re so woe is me.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s yours other than being miserable?

Again I have don’t get the complaining when people bailed on volunteering and they filed the roles relatively quickly.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They got a timer for the girls pool quickly but then called for 2 timers from a specific club on the boys pool. I have no idea if those timers were from the club they were looking for or not but people did step up.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When they needed 2 timers for the boys pool yesterday morning, they did make an announcement requesting  two from a specific team.

I’m a Marlins parent who works multiple shifts at this meet and I agree that requiring a certain number per club might help but ultimately if people sign up and no show AND don’t remove their names from the sign up in advance, I don’t know what the solution is.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People love to complain about Winter Classic in particular.   I find it really strange.  
1. It is not the custom in PVS that host clubs provide all the timers.  Its literally in the meet announcement- "Participating clubs are requested to provide timers in proportion to their entries.  One timer is 
requested for each 25 entries. 
● Volunteer Sign-Up Form will be distributed to participating teams. "   This is pretty typical language for PVS meets.  If you don't like it- don't participate.
2. GMU uses the gen 7 timing system, it is built into the pool.  In some ways it works better, but it is also glitchy.  The built into the pool part means that facilities staff has to get involved whenever it doesn't work.  
3. The scoreboard is run by the GMU computer- it's not run from the tables.  The table literally takes a thumb drive to the GMU office and has them load the scoreboard.  
4. GMU has a lot to offer as a venue, and also some limitations.  It's not like there is competition to host meets like this, pools are hard to come by.
5. I have no idea whether or not the Marlins 'make money' on the meet.  But, as is true for virtually all meets, there is a lot of stuff they have no control over.  I know they have really strong officials running the dry side this year (I personally am not one of them.)[/quote]

I worked the meet yesterday and it was less of a disaster than years past. The scoreboard was glitchy at the beginning, but then it started working. And Meet Mobile was working.

The volunteer issue seems to persist, however. Not sure if there are any Marlins parents on here, but one thing that could make the meet run smoother is to allocate an exact number of volunteer spots for each team. And then hold the teams accountable for filling them versus walking the stands yelling “we need volunteers”[/quote]

The sign up genius had been completely full for over a week. The problem is people who signed up and then no-show...[/quote]

Not requiring a timer from the club of the no-show is garbage move.  [/quote][/quote]

This did not happen at the girls pool.  My spouse, signed up to time other sessions, timed yesterday because of no shows not associated with our club. [/quote][/quote]

What’s your point?  [/quote][/quote]

Well, dipstick, they filled the role quickly because my spouse said “f- it, I’ll do it”.  Even though already committed to volunteer for future sessions.

So what’s the problem?  No problem for you, significant inconvenience for us.  But do go on with your pea-brained perspective.

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I’m being a real ahole to a person that deserves someone to be a real ahole to them.  We’re talking about a person that think that bailing on commitments is no big deal because someone else will do it.   If you don’t understand how that’s simply wrong in every way, there’s no hope for you. [/quote][/quote]

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