The job is being done at present by Queenstown Lakes district deputy mayor Lyal Cocks, with some minor involvement by Cr Callum MacLeod.
Asked by the Otago Daily Times for his opinion on fundraising methods, Mr McRobie said he did not consider fundraising big sums to be a job for those who were well intentioned, but inexperienced.
''If we have to pay for a professional fundraiser to raise three, four or five million dollars then from my perspective, so be it.''
Mr McRobie suggested the fundraiser be paid a commission based on results, but not on money from trusts such as the Otago Community Trust, of which Mr McRobie is chairman.
''Some people don't like the idea of having to pay somebody to raise money.
''That doesn't worry me at all.''
Mr McRobie believed having ''part time'' fundraisers was ''never going to be successful''.
He also believed the job should be ''taken away'' from elected members of the council.
Cr Cocks said council staff were making applications for grants for the pool and developing land sale proposals, with other fundraising to be co ordinated by a ''voluntary fundraising group''.
''Fundraising can be difficult but voluntary groups have done it successfully in the past, for example fundraising for the current pool.''
Mr Cocks said the advantage was not having to use community money to pay for a fundraiser.
Cr MacLeod said the ''sum total'' of his involvement so far had been a meeting with a service club which offered to help.
His focus, he said, was on other council activities in Wanaka, such as the new floating pontoon jetty for Roys Bay and the lakefront management plan.
Cr MacLeod said he would need to be convinced about using a professional fundraiser.
He said it was only six weeks since the council decided to go ahead with the pool, so it was ''early days'' for fundraising.
An indicative council budget for the new pool has included a figure of $2.77 million to be achieved through land sales and fundraising, the remainder funded by an average rates increase of $184.05 and a user charge of $8 per head.
