To All Lee’s Hill Lightning Families,
First I want to thank everyone for signing up for all the volunteer meet positions during the Ice Cream Social!
If you signed up for jobs at the Ice Cream Social – I HAVE ALREADY ENTERED YOUR INFORMATION INTO SIGNUP GENIUS!!
I have uploaded the first two meets, the Mock Meet @ HOME on Thursday June 11th and Exhibition Meet @ HOME on Wednesday June 17th, and they are NOW live!! I will be adding all the rest of the meets over the next few days.
If you have not registered your swimmers yet for this summer please let us know how we can help! The registration forms and waivers are all on the team website – www.golightning.org
Volunteers are critical to the running of our swim meets. Each season requires over 2500 volunteer hours. Competitive swimming requires parents to be actively involved in all aspects of our swim meets. Timers, judges, concessions attendants,
announcers, starters, and scorekeepers are a few of the positions which are filled by parent volunteers. Volunteering is a requirement for our team.
As in the past, after the Ice Cream Social all the rest of our job sign ups will be made online. Again this year we are using the website: http://signupgenius.com. It makes changes and notifications much easier! Please follow the directions below to sign up.
I know this is a huge time commitment, but that is what it takes to run a swim team. If a family is not working their required times, their swimmer(s) will not be allowed to swim. In order to make our swimmers’ season fun and successful all parents of registered
swimmers are required to volunteer in order for their child to participate, even if the child does not swim in meets.
Remember that parents are required to work at least six half or 3 whole meets – we need volunteers at home, as well as at away meets.
Parents do not need certification to time, write ribbons, to be a runner, or many other positions. However, I would like to encourage everyone to obtain at least one required RSL Training Certification for positions of stroke and turn, head score keeper, head clerk
of the course, starter, head timer and referee. I will keep sending out information about upcoming RSL training dates.
As a reminder working the mock meet and finals is not included in the required 6 half meets per family. The mock meet is a very important “rehearsal” for both the swimmers and volunteers. The mock meet helps to ensure that all our meets will run
smoothly and our swimmers know where they need to be. The sign up for RSL Finals on August 1st will come out towards the end of the season, and every family with a swimmer swimming in finals is required to work if needed.
Online sign-ups
For our meet sign ups this year, we are again using http://www.signupgenius.com
It is a free program that allows me to manage our volunteers.
You will need to click on the links to each meet to sign up.
You will be required to put your name and your email address. SignUpGenius will be sending reminder
emails throughout the summer of your jobs, but please make note of your jobs on your own calendar as well.
How to Sign Up:
- Go to: http://www.signupgenius.com OR Just click on the SignUpGenius icon on the team website
- On the top tool bar choose: Find a Sign Up
- Enter: LeeHillSwims@gmail.com
- Choose the meet you want to work
- Enter the access code: lightning
- Select the job you want
- Select Submit & Sign Up at the bottom center of the screen
- Enter your Name and E-mail address – I would encourage you to create an account – that way if you wish to change or swap with someone you can.
- Select Sign Up Now
If you have any questions about jobs, working meets, or need help signing up please contact me at LeeHillSwims@gmail.com
Parents, thank you in advance for helping make meets possible for your swimmer! Without you meets simply could not happen!
Go Lightning!
Bob Denecke
Meet Director
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