Anonymous wrote:I understand the need for volunteers and having volunteer requirements, etc, but I really struggle with telling a family/child that they can’t swim. I don’t think a child should be punished for something a parent did or didn’t do. Who knows what the child’s or families circumstances are? Maybe a parent has a medical condition?
Anonymous wrote:I understand the need for volunteers and having volunteer requirements, etc, but I really struggle with telling a family/child that they can’t swim. I don’t think a child should be punished for something a parent did or didn’t do. Who knows what the child’s or families circumstances are? Maybe a parent has a medical condition?
Anonymous wrote:I understand the need for volunteers and having volunteer requirements, etc, but I really struggle with telling a family/child that they can’t swim. I don’t think a child should be punished for something a parent did or didn’t do. Who knows what the child’s or families circumstances are? Maybe a parent has a medical condition?
Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I think the solution needs to be more immediate than a vague threat for next year. The pool needs to decide how many points need to be earned by each Friday and if you haven’t made it, then you don’t swim the next meet.
Our team has events every Friday, so a family that finds out that they are a point short for the A meet can step up right then. Or time the A meet and their kid can swim B.
I will also say that our team does a great job of covering for people who really need to be covered. I am not talking about families where both parents work, but families with a significantly ill child or parent, or families facing real crises definitely get the help they need.
Anonymous wrote:
I’m really curious; what are these “best” jobs? I became our team’s head timer after the previous one’s kid graduated, and I was asked if I would do it. It’s fine, but no one on our team has ever seemed jealous of this, or any other position. It’s more like trying to find enough people to fill such positions.