Hello,
I have not posted here before, but I need help. Hopefully some in this group will have ideas to share.
I'm a member of my local YMCA, which has a Masters Team. It's a really great group of people, and I would hate to see it go away. But our YMCA has decided to start treating us like an organized sport, rather than like a class (like aerobics or spinning). They're planning on charging us each $400 per year to be a memeber of the masters team, in addition to being a full program member ($55/month). Maybe it's just me, but this seems WAY out of line, especially since nearly every class is offered to full members for FREE (including spinning and aerobics). This expense could be justified if someone actually coached us, but our "coach" just writes the workouts on the board, and sits there watching to make sure nobody drowns. By the way, our pool is a 3-lane, 25-yard pool, that's generally kept at 88 degrees.
A fair number of people in the group have mentioned that they'll drop out before paying. And the YMCA will terminate the program if we don't have good membership.
Has anyone else dealt with a similar situation? Could someone from USMS or YMCA on the national level be of help? Am I going off for no reason?
Help!!!
Lou Savastani
Parents
Former Member
Anyway, there is a good article in the Los Angeles times on a Y age group team that was disband because of conflict with the parents and conflict of schedules between the age group team in East Los Angeles(an inner city area) and the learn to swim and recreation program. Its seems that across the country there are problems with Y's trying to balance the needs of masters and age group teams with learn to swim and water aerobics and recreation programs. Anyway, the team is going to be restarted again later.
Anyway, there is a good article in the Los Angeles times on a Y age group team that was disband because of conflict with the parents and conflict of schedules between the age group team in East Los Angeles(an inner city area) and the learn to swim and recreation program. Its seems that across the country there are problems with Y's trying to balance the needs of masters and age group teams with learn to swim and water aerobics and recreation programs. Anyway, the team is going to be restarted again later.
