Am I to assume, with the last hurrah for this generation of tech suits, that Nationals will be huge, and therefore no 6th event?
Is it even worth it to enter 6?
Indy went from 7:30am until 4:30pm, which is 9 hours. I vote for Fortress to either time for 9 hours or be a stroke and turn judge for 9 hours. And at the end of her 9 hour shift on her feet we tell her, "well, we just need you for another 2 hours so people can do their 6th event and then you can go home..."
It's either that (10-11 hour shift) or you need a full second shift of volunteers (3 timers per lane x however many lanes you have; officials, Hytek people, warm up marshalls, awards desk, etc.). Meaning you either stretch one shift to be barely tolerable (8-9 hours) or you have to have two full crew shifts. Two shifts doubles your cost (many hosts pay the timers). When we increase the meet surcharge by as much as $10 we hear more whining than a Miami restaurant full of JAPs! Can you imagine if we actually charged an extra 50 bucks or so for the meet?! People would scream bloody murder like we took away their tech suits or something! Oh wait, that is already going to happen.:bolt:
Fort, please bring some very comfortable shoes for your timing shift in Atlanta...:bump:
You're right, I was being selfish and not thinking about the hard working non-swimmers at the meet. My bad.
For the record, I would not scream at $50 more for a national meet. I limit my screaming to taking away "rubber" suits and giving us paper suits that rip, stretch or are stolen right away.
Indy went from 7:30am until 4:30pm, which is 9 hours. I vote for Fortress to either time for 9 hours or be a stroke and turn judge for 9 hours. And at the end of her 9 hour shift on her feet we tell her, "well, we just need you for another 2 hours so people can do their 6th event and then you can go home..."
It's either that (10-11 hour shift) or you need a full second shift of volunteers (3 timers per lane x however many lanes you have; officials, Hytek people, warm up marshalls, awards desk, etc.). Meaning you either stretch one shift to be barely tolerable (8-9 hours) or you have to have two full crew shifts. Two shifts doubles your cost (many hosts pay the timers). When we increase the meet surcharge by as much as $10 we hear more whining than a Miami restaurant full of JAPs! Can you imagine if we actually charged an extra 50 bucks or so for the meet?! People would scream bloody murder like we took away their tech suits or something! Oh wait, that is already going to happen.:bolt:
Fort, please bring some very comfortable shoes for your timing shift in Atlanta...:bump:
You're right, I was being selfish and not thinking about the hard working non-swimmers at the meet. My bad.
For the record, I would not scream at $50 more for a national meet. I limit my screaming to taking away "rubber" suits and giving us paper suits that rip, stretch or are stolen right away.
