Howdy Rattlesnakes Family, 

Are you ready? We will be hosting our first home meet tomorrow, and it will be an early one! 

In this email I will provide UPDATES and REMINDERS. Please read as changes have been made to parking and tents. 

UPDATES: We need more volunteers, please! All families need to complete 6 shifts of a volunteer position. (If you are on a committee, you do not need volunteer shifts.) Home meets are an opportunity to pick up additional shifts and our meets end at noon. Once you have your 6 shifts for the season, you can chill! Please keep in mind, if we do not have appropriate coverage for our 2nd shift for volunteers, we will make timers a "first come first serve" sign up at Circle in tomorrow morning. 

VOLUNTEER SHIFTS NEEDED: 

>Concessions Shift 1 & 2 (1 each) 

>Ready Bench Shift 2 (1) 

REMINDERS: 5/20 VS Imperial Oaks Meet details: 

*Circle in (Swimmers and Volunteers): 5:45am at the Rattlesnakes Tent

*Rattlesnakes Warm Up: 6:15-6:45am 

*Meet start: 7:30am 

*Meet should finish 12-12:20pm (lots of details below - pls read!) 

*To help you feed/ caffeinate your brood, we will have our own concessions table (Rudy's Breakfast burritos, drinks and snacks) and Open Range Coffee truck available! (check her out of FB. She will also have nibbles like muffins, and other sweet treats.) Please support both as we will benefit financially with the sales from both. (our vendor is giving back a portion of her sales to our team!) Credit cards accepted 

*Know your volunteer roles and if you are available to help any extra, please email Sara Arnold, our VP & Volunteer coordinator at [email protected]. 

*Our team set up area is located in the parking lot by the circle drive. Please set up as close to swimming pool park entrance and allow the area that is along Candy Cane Lane for Imperial Oaks set up. 

*Do not set up within the gates of the pool area, please. 

*Be respectful of landscaping, please. 

*We will have a spectator viewing area. The deck will be closed to spectators. Only swimmers, coaches and volunteers are allowed on deck. Please enter the spectator viewing area to watch your swimmer and return to the set up after their race. 

*Parking: CHANGES---pls read.... There will be 3 lots available for parking: Water park, playground and tennis courts. *You may not park in the VFW or the recreation center parking lot .* We are asking all Rattlesnakes Families to park in the WATER PARK lot. 

We will have traffic coordinators to assist in the morning. We do not have a loading/ unloading zone so please be considerate of ample pedestrian movement the morning of the meet. WE ARE ASKING FOR CONSOLIDATION OF CARS- Pls do not bring two cars if you can as our parking is limited. WE ARE ASKING for you to partner with other RS families for tent set up due to space restrictions. We only have the circle drive parking lot to set up . Please work with RS team members to share tents as we will be squeezed in tight with Imperial Oaks also setting up their tents here. 

Lastly, please prepare for a fun meet! Imperial Oaks is a very large team so lets pack our patience and be extra friendly, welcoming, and show great sportsmanship!  In order to finish the meet on time, we need everyone to be ready and on time for their shifts; especially with hosting such a large team! Set your alarm clocks now....pack the bags tonight...it will be an early morning! This will be a competitive team and we need all of our swimmers and volunteers well rested and ready to.... 

SWIM FAST & FURIOUS!!! 

See you at the pool!

Courtney Johnston