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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you who are saying it should change, are you prepared to do the work, and spend the costs to make those changes?

Because it feels like you're asking group of "volunteers"* to do more work to change things up so that you don't have to do any work.

* As someone who volunteers a fair amount for things unrelated to my kid, I feel like mandatory parent participation that directly benefits your own kid isn't exactly volunteering.  This isn't something I'm doing for the greater benefit of society, it's the cost of entry into an activity that benefits my own kids.  I pay that cost because they like the activity and it's what I can afford.  Calling it "volunteering", to me, is like calling the fees I pay for summer camp "donations".  They aren't donations.  They're the cost of the activity.[/quote]
I’m not necessarily saying it needs to change, I time at every meet and I don’t mind doing it because it makes the time go faster. However, I understand the argument that the number of volunteer positions at swim meets seems excessive. Sure, there are some things that are necessities, but maybe 18 timers isn’t really necessary. [/quote]

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