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[quote=Anonymous]I think teams need to have more visibility with volunteering both in terms of all the types of jobs and how many volunteer hours it takes to run swim team and the social events, as well as, visibility on who is volunteering. Track hours and make it visible.

I think it is easy to look at who it openly volunteering in visible positions and wonder why so and so never volunteers, when in reality some folks might be doing  lot behind the scenes that you don't see (social chair, website management, awards night). Not saying there aren't free loaders, there certainly are but there are also a lot of jobs.

I know on our volunteer sign up you only see spots for marshals, timers and clerk of course. You don't see the spots that require special training (Starter, Ref, RTO, stroke and turn) or the spots that the same people automatically do every week (data entry, awards, head timer, announcer, runner).

I also think work/jobs are a huge excuse. Lots of parents work and still volunteer. We have many duel income families on our team where both parents volunteer a ton. My husband works stroke and turn at every meet and I often volunteer to time. And just because another parent may not work a full-time job doesn't mean it is their duty to give your kid a great summer swim experience. [/quote]

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