[FAST News] Upcoming FAST A/BB Meet

[Fort Worth Area Swim Team Mailing List]

Parents, the good news is that our upcoming FAST A/BB meet is proving very 
popular with the teams of North Texas. We have received many more entries 
than we have at our previous year's meets this time of year. FAST takes a 
great amount of pride in serving the swimmers with a good environment to 
swim well and have a good experience overall.

Part of that good overall experience is in having a smoothly-run meet for 
not only the swimmers but their families as well. The meet should start 
promptly at the designated time; there should be no delays while we call for 
stopwatch timers to volunteer; the timers should do a diligent job so we can 
quickly determine the official times and get awards prepared during the 
meet. We will need to do everything we can to run the meet "tightly" to 
prevent marathon sessions.

There is a direct correlation between running a good meet and having it 
superbly staffed with volunteers.

We ask that ALL of our parents sign up to help whether your child is 
swimming in our meet or not. Masters, we can also use your help as you are 
uniquely qualified to help with many volunteer assignments. There are two 
sessions on each day and as our volunteers work towards the end of a 
session, they can tire and mistakes can be made. After each session we will 
also need some help cleaning the facility, particularly on Sunday evening. 
Throughout most of the meet, we will need 16 timers without interrupt as it 
is FAST's ultimate responsibility to provide them.

There are some signup sheets on the bulletin board at the pool. While 
walk-in help is appreciated, we can make much better use of your time if we 
know when each position will be staffed so we can plan ahead or "draft" 
others.

For those of you have already signed up, your generous donation of your time 
is greatly appreciated. We could not run this meet without you!