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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think both positions can be true — this isn’t an either/or situation.

Meet organizers and volunteers work extremely hard and deserve respect. They give a lot of their time, are juggling so many responsibilities, and should be afforded a great deal of understanding and sympathy for doing their best under difficult conditions.

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Regionals is an incredibly important meet for hundreds of swimmers who train all season for that moment. A big part of the Regionals experience for swimmers and teams is learning their EXACT time or place, which determines whether they advance to states. Yes, that information may be available 30 minutes later on printouts, but it’s not the same. So, some of the complaints and advocacy for connecting the scoring system to the brand-new scoreboard — which was showing Rec Center ads instead of live swim times on the first day — shouldn’t be dismissed or brushed off as yet another example of entitled parents.[/quote]

The issues I have with saying how these people working the meet are volunteers are:
- No one is expecting the volunteers to fix the problem themselves.
- It takes a moment to advise the facility that the board is not working as intended.
- Countless volunteers stood around waiting on Friday night before the meet began and it could have been handled then.

On Friday, had someone from the host team told OakMont this isn't working and we need it working, I'm confident it would have been an easy fix. I'm also confident that the work involved on the host team's behalf would have been almost zero. (Just like I'm guessing the host team did very little, if anything, to get it up and running for Saturday night).

So, while I can appreciate the host team stepping up and hosting the event, I think part of that job is to make sure the equipment is working as intended - esp when there was plenty of time to do this and the time involved for the host team to relay this request is about 60 seconds ("We've reserved the facility for the meet tonight. The scoreboard isn't working for us. Please fix it or contact whomever can fix it. Thanks")

If a facility had working touch pads, we'd expect them to be used even though good old fashioned 3 timers per lane has worked in the good old days. It's absurd to argue it would be entitled to expect that they be used and if you want them used, YOU volunteer to host the meet. This is the same thing with the board - except far less work for the host team to get it up and running.[/quote]

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