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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m assuming the event is staff is contracted. Can the meet directors just ask for her to be replaced with another contractor employee?[/quote]

It’s some company called CSC. I think they are contracted by UMD, not the meet directors[/quote]

The point is that her job is security and not being the meet director or volunteer coordinator.  Why is she managing volunteers? Calling for more timers? Deciding when volunteers should be there and when they can go in? She acts like she’s running the show instead of the support role that she’s supposed to fulfill. As others has said, many other meets at many other facilities run just fine with the meet director and their staff managing these things and facility staff and security taking care of their small piece of the puzzle without interfering with meet operations. I seriously watched her radio to someone (announcer?) about how many more timers were needed and whether her staff could open the spectator seating upstairs (due to having said timers).  Why the heck is that her job??[/quote]
The meet directors of the meets at UMD have made that her job. Sure they could recruit for yet another volunteer to fill the volunteer coordinator role, but it is easier for them to continue to let her do it. The meet directors have all decided on this policy of keeping the viewing area closed until they have enough volunteers, and they need a way to enforce that. Someone needs to communicate from the volunteer check in area to the people managing entry upstairs. There are plenty of things you can fault this lady for (yes, making a 10 year old cry for being too early is insane) but this isn’t one of them. [/quote]

Are the meet directors really the ones deciding to keep the viewing area closed?  I’ve never seen that at any other venue, and the same meet directors run many of those meets.  The common thread seems to be UMD security [/quote]
The meet announcements now say seating is first come first served provided all necessary volunteer positions are filled. This is their way of saying the seating area won’t necessarily be available if there aren’t enough volunteers. The meet directors are more than happy to have this role taken off their plate and given to her to handle. [/quote]

DP. And that’s fine, but then she needs to work with the meet director to clearly communicate her expectations to the swimmers, volunteers, and parents [i]before[/i] the meet. Otherwise it will just reflect poorly on both the meet director and UMD. If I’m running a meet and I find out that one of the swimmers is crying because the person I am paying to check that swimmer in is yelling at them for something that was not clearly communicated, I’m going to be pissed. [/quote]

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