All meets will be held on Tuesday’s beginning at 6pm. Home meets will be held at Winding Vista. For the away meets we will supply a map.

The Winding Vista Swim Team has brought two fantastic activities together and is offering them to you at once, Internet shopping and supporting our young swimming stars.  Working with the Internet company iGive.com, the Winding Vista Swim Team will receive a percentage (up to 26%) of the sale of items purchased through the iGive.com site by members.  All you have to do is register, indicate you are supporting the Vipers and begin shopping at over 700 popular online stores (including eBay, Best Buy, Home Depot, Barnes & Noble and Lands' End).  In addition to raising money for the Swim Team, as a member of iGive.com you will be offered exclusive coupons and other money saving deals at stores around the Internet.

Registering is free, so please join now to help support the Vipers.  Either click the iGive.com logo above or click here to get started.

During swim meets, the Vipers will be offering the following items at the Winding Vista concession stand.

• Assorted candies
• Slush Puppies
• Popcorn
• Nachos
• Freshly made pasta, green, and fruit salads
• Grilled hot dogs
• Grilled and fried chicken sandwiches
• Barbecue sandwiches
• Hamburgers (possibly)
• Assorted chips and pretzels
• Assorted drinks

• We have a few non-meet volunteer spots to fill before the season begins: doughnut picker-upper, treasurer, and spirit leader.
• DeKalb County swim meet (for which EVERYONE is eligible) is July 1-2. Mark your calendars now! We'll help you work out transportation/logistics if you need since these are work days.

To keep our costs down and still maintain our high quality coaches, we are expanding our fundraising efforts. We are seeking community support through sponsorship opportunities with the swim team. We hope to do this by including logos on shirts in exchange for a donation, having local restaurants host spirit nights, and acquiring donations of food or cash for concessions for home meets, movie nights, the swim-a-thon, and our new "overnight camp at the pool" on July 6th. If you have a local business, a favorite vendor, or other contacts we should consider, please let us know. For questions or more information contact Connie Mathis at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 770-270-5598 or Cindy Brieske at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 770-723-9777.

Let us know if you have questions or need more information before either our *new* coaches' Q&A or our parent meeting (see flyer below for dates)!

Attachments:

Winding Vista Vipers Flyer - 2010

Winding Vista Vipers Registration - 2010

During each meet, home and away, there are numerous jobs that must be coordinated.  All parents will be asked to volunteer for a position each meet.  Most positions last half the meet. Once sign ups have been completed, a spreadsheet will be sent prior to that weeks meet with everyone’s responsibility listed. An open sign up sheet will be posted on registration day.

Swim Meet Volunteer Positions

Each position runs for half the meet.  A sign up sheet will be available during registration.  Please fill in the position you would like to work for each of the DSL meets.  A list of volunteers with assigned duties for each meet will be sent out prior to the start of the season.

Mini Meet Coordinator (1 parent for the four scheduled mini meets)
Exciting position requiring 1–1½ hours of your time a week.

Bullpen Coordinator (2 parents per meet)
Checks the swimmers who have already reported to the lineup area against the official heat sheet, lines up the swimmers by heat & lane

Bullpen Age Group Parent (2 parents for each age group per meet: 6 & U, 8 & U, 10 & U, 12 & U, 13 & Older)
Responsible for getting swimmers to the lineup area before their event and keep them together after the event
*We like to have the same people do this for each meet.  Younger swimmers work better with familiar faces.

Clerk of Course (2 parents per home meet)
Home Meets Only – Final checks of the swimmers behind the blocks using heat sheets

Finish Judge (2 parents per meet)
Responsible for determining the finishing order of each heat (will work with other teams finish judge)

Finish Judge Recorder (2 parents per home meet)
Home Meets Only - Records reported finish order agreed upon by finish judges

Computer Operator / Data Caller (2 parents per meet)
Responsible for entering times and judges finish order for each heat using the Hy-Tek system

Timers (6 parents per meet)
Records time of swimmer in lane they are assigned.

Timing Recorder (2 parents per meet)
Responsible for picking up the finish judge form and records times for each lane then hands form to computer operator

Ribbon Clerk (4 parents per meet)
Responsible for pulling ribbons for each heat / lane then placing printed label on ribbon

Announcer (2 parents per meet)
Home Meets Only – Calls events, scores, concession information, and news

Event Pole Coordinator (2 parents per home meet)
Flip the event number cards and event name cards on the event pole

Set-Up (3 parents per home meet)
Will help prepare the pool area for home meet, you will need to be at the pool by 4:30 pm

Clean-Up (4 parents per home meet)
Specific duties that need to be performed at the close of each home meet in order to have the pool ready for the next day.

Concession Worker (8 parents per home meet)
Helps serve food in the concession area.

Salad Prep (8 parents per home meet)
Prepares a salad to be served in the concession area during a home meet, Salads will need to be at the pool by 5:45 pm

Parking Lot Security (1 parent per home meet)
Responsible for closing the parking area after lot is full Position runs from 5:30 – 6:30 pm BEST JOB ON THE LIST!!!