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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look - I’ve got to work and we have a baby at home. Sorry![/quote]

Look -- then your kid can't be on the team. It's that simple! So sick of people like you![/quote]

40+ page thread we've been through this repeatedly.  On our large team there are multiple jobs that can be done outside of the meet times.  Volunteer to do ribbons, basically you stick all the result labels on the backs of all the ribbons.  You can do that sitting at home.

Volunteer to do the weekly run to Costco to buy water, gatorade, snacks and drop them off the day before the meet.

Organize the end of year banquet, serve as team treasurer, run the spirit wear sales, or any one of the multitude of other jobs that need to be done to keep a team running.  Yes, some are technically unnecessary (I mean, who needs a fun party or ribbons) but those are the things that make summer swim fun and memorable.[/quote]

NP, I offered several times for things like this and other than bringing a contribution for breakfast a few times no one took me up on my offers. The only actual requests for volunteers were for timers and judges which, frankly, were completely intimidating requests. I wanted to help with cleaning up, setting up, bringing stuff, or to have significant hand holding/support[b] before I’d volunteer as a timer (because I REALLY don’t want to do it wrong)[/b]. So I ended up doing very little despite being very willing to help![/quote]

I do not think you are alone NP.  I am the volunteer coordinator and we hold a parents' meeting to discuss these things and then the first few weeks on deck I try to meet and speak with everyone about roles and expectations one on one.  We then have time trials which give a huge comfort level to the families to see how it all works.  We also have a shadowing program to learn how to officiate.[/quote]

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