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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think any of the “fun” social volunteer slots should be filled until the slots required to host a meet are filled. Great there is a Friday morning pancake breakfast but timers are more important when running a swim meet.[/quote]

Personally I think the volunteer tasks should be stripped to a bare minimum. Only necessary ones like timing meets should count towards volunteer requirements. Kids dont need snacks, gift bags, pancake breakfasts, banquets. If someone wants to do that on their own time, fine. But dont pressure me into it.[/quote]

Frankly, that's part of the community of summer swim teams around here.  If it's not your thing, great sign up to time or be clerk of course or run concessions and don't volunteer for the things you find distasteful.

We don't have a points requirement, but our reps spend a lot of time pushing people to fill those last slots.  Swimtopia let's you see volunteer shifts from the backend so team reps can see who isn't contributing.  As a former team rep I'd occasionally reach to families who had done very little and say that I've noticed they haven't done anything yet and they have kids swimming so I've assigned them to be a second half timer, or something similar.

We all have particular meets that for one reason or another we can't volunteer but as a general rule you should be trying to participate.  This is what you signed up for.  We say it from the start so there isn't a surprise of the expectations.    [/quote]

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