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  • Does anyone do anything like a “Hold Harmless” form for your volunteers?

    Posted: Aug. 4, 2023

  • Does anyone have an example of an inexpensive finish line video solution to serve as backup to chip timing with manual volunteer backup?

    Posted: May 19, 2023

  • What methods are you guys using for getting more volunteers?

    Posted: April 7, 2023

  • Does anyone have a volunteer assignment document you’d be willing to share?

    Posted: Jan. 20, 2023

  • What do you have your core volunteers do?

    Posted: Dec. 9, 2022

  • What kind of policies do you carry to protect yourself as an organizer, the participants, spectators, volunteers, and venue?

    Posted: Sept. 23, 2022

  • Can you share what your volunteer experiences for your in-person races that have been produced for 2022 have been like?

    Posted: May 20, 2022

  • [Poll] Are you working full-time as a race director, part-time, volunteer, or something else?

    Posted: May 13, 2022

  • Has anyone seen a decline in people wanting to volunteer at your local races?

    Posted: April 22, 2022

  • How do you handle getting course volunteers to their spots?

    Posted: April 1, 2022

  • How do you handle underage volunteers? What's the protocol these days?

    Posted: Feb. 25, 2022

  • How does everyone motivate your race team leaders and volunteers without just using cash?

    Posted: Feb. 10, 2022

  • Can anyone recommend a free platform to do routing on where I can input volunteer stations, hydration, and bathrooms?

    Posted: Feb. 10, 2022

  • I wonder if you could share your 5K volunteer tasks and responsibilities and how many volunteers you usually have for each task.

    Posted: Feb. 10, 2022

  • How do you prevent volunteers from not showing up on race day?

    Posted: Feb. 10, 2022

  • We're having a bit of trouble lining up volunteers. Any recommendations for good sources that have worked for you in the past?

    Posted: Jan. 20, 2022

  • Tell me about your aid stations. How many? What do you offer? What’s the least # of volunteers at each?

    Posted: Aug. 27, 2021

  • Can too many volunteers be a problem and make things more chaotic?

    Posted: Aug. 27, 2021

  • Are there any large FB groups out there specifically for crew/volunteers that any of you use?

    Posted: Aug. 20, 2021

  • Does anyone have a time slot cheat sheet for volunteers at aid stations? ie. When they need to be at their station and for how long?

    Posted: July 22, 2021

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