May I rant about something that has nothing to do with you? I need to get it out.
Seriously our biggest events of the year and almost everyone is pooping out on me. It's like you hosting the PAC12 meet and no one one staff scheduling time to do anything but show up when the freaking thing starts. The stuff doesn't magically get on the field people! And everyone was asked a month ago to clear their calendars.
The hardest part is having to have communicate that they need to get their a$$ here to help out in a professional, kind, but firm manner.
Screw this - a month prior for the next big event, I am sending around a sheet with the time I scheduled them for and if they have a time conflict, we will adjust it. None of this sign up crap. Hells no. It leaves 5 people carrying most of the load and even when they get around to signing up, it's like they only give 30 minutes.