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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My favorite volunteers are the A-meet-parent-whose-kids-never-swim-B-meets who sign up first to take timer slots away from B meet parents who then have to take PTO to run the midweek pancake breakfast instead. And then these A meet parents humble-martyr themselves when meeting the other timers "Oh my kid actually isn't even swimming because she is doing the A meet. So, which one of the B meet losers is your kid?"[/quote]
Does this really happen?! Our team reps take great pains to assure people they don’t need to volunteer in a meet their kid isn’t swimming in, even letting you back out if you signed up for an A meet job but your kid didn’t make it that week. Granted we have a very large team so there should never be an issue with having enough volunteers, but I hate thinking people act that absurd (although deep down I know they do).[/quote]

I think you’re seeing the very different experiences in big and small teams in these posts [/quote]
So true! It makes me think though that for our very large team (and other large teams) you can make swim team seem less intimidating/demanding on the parents by being more realistic about the volunteer requirements. Our team requirement is essentially volunteering at 5 meets, but if your kid is strictly a B meet swimmer, we have so many swimmers that really you shouldn’t have to volunteer for more than 2 meets, and because of the lesser requirement it needs to be enforced. If you’re an A meet parent, you are probably a year round family and into swim culture, and you get the benefit of the meets moving much faster and being on the weekend, even if you may have to volunteer more. I would much rather time 2 A meets on Saturday mornings than 1 B meet on a weekday that starts at 5 pm and doesn’t end until 10. [/quote]

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