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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no idea why people find the responses sad and aeem to think it’s a selfish-parents issue only. Officials who volunteer know upfront they are staying a whole session and have planned for it. Have all distance swimmers need timers at prelims and finals. This makes far more sense and cuts off 45 min from the timing requirement for non distancing swimming families AND ensures distance swimmers start on time with timers.

Other teams who host ensure they have timers. This is a repeat issue at Epply Ctr meets. Knowing you have had an issue in the past getting timers and knowing you already have insufficient timers for this meet beforehand - fix it.

How can anyone think it’s okay that John timed at prelims and was unable to get into finals. Or Mary and Louise each had kids in finals but Louise saw her kids swim bc it was the third event of the night and Mary didn’t bc her kid was in the first event…and neither volunteered. Or that they are announcing an issue getting timers as the meet is starting so parents could have planned ahead of time (so their kids aren’t waiting around).

95% of PVS meets do not have this repeated issue - this needs to be solved. [/quote]

A majority of the 800 parents showed up
To time their own kids and the get the meet started. We were told we had to time our kids by front desk/UMD staff, while also telling us it was strongly preferred we work/time the entire session.  That messaging alone indicated the session was going to go south real fast and many of the 800 parents started to push back, feeling set-up and forced to time when several of us had already timed multiple session on Thursday and Friday. Many said they were only timing their own kids and leaving. All this was communicated during timers briefing yet they moved forward with starting the meet and then started telling 800 parents halfway through their child’s race parents  couldn’t leave the deck and had to stay in place for the full duration. Total breakdown of communication at every angle and a lot of angry people on all sides. [/quote]

What’s the meet host, TOLL, take on all of this? Communications on volunteering expectations should’ve come from the meet host to the participating teams and so forth…

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