I'm guilty of it. I imagine we're all guilty of it: seeing a meet announcement and seeing our favorite two events back to back, or four events we want to swim on one day and then only 1 then next day. We get irritated and wonder why the meet director couldn't have designed this to better suit our needs? We moan at workout, whine on the forums, ***** on our blogs, etc. I'd like to encourage my fellow forumites to join me in taking a pledge:
I hereby pledge to:
just be grateful that there are volunteers, teams and facilities willing to host Masters meets,
recognize that no matter how hard these dedicated volunteers try, they'll never be able to create the order of events that satisfies all Masters swimmer,
recognize that, even if I can't swim those two favorite events in this meet because they are back to back (or whatever my complaint is), I've got a multi-decade Masters career ahead of me in which to swim them at different meets,
to, therefore, stop whining/moaning about the order of events, and
look at a different order of events as an opportunity to branch out and try new events!
Signed,
Patrick "Indebted to Masters Meet Directors/Officials/Volunteers" Brundage
I'd like to think I don't whine or :bitching: about this, but I don't think it is outlandish to state that perhaps my preferred events are too close together. When I blog about it, I just try to explain my thought process in picking out events. I know that the higher powers won't change the program for me, but others might gain a small piece of insight from my planning. I think we all appreciate the opportunities we have to compete, so the original pledge points seem legit.
I'm also pledging to say thank you to the timers in my lane, the officials, and the people working the scoring table. It's always great to feel appreciated and I'm going to do some serious appreciating.
I'm there with you on this. I have thanked timers and officials at all the meets I've been too, as well as most of the directors. Even the lifeguards or age groupers working as fundraisers like the recognition. :applaud:
I'd like to think I don't whine or :bitching: about this, but I don't think it is outlandish to state that perhaps my preferred events are too close together. When I blog about it, I just try to explain my thought process in picking out events. I know that the higher powers won't change the program for me, but others might gain a small piece of insight from my planning. I think we all appreciate the opportunities we have to compete, so the original pledge points seem legit.
I'm also pledging to say thank you to the timers in my lane, the officials, and the people working the scoring table. It's always great to feel appreciated and I'm going to do some serious appreciating.
I'm there with you on this. I have thanked timers and officials at all the meets I've been too, as well as most of the directors. Even the lifeguards or age groupers working as fundraisers like the recognition. :applaud:
