[gracie.]

Our team has traditionally had a fairly loose government. In the past we've just had subteam leaders, who are the seniors in their subteams (electrical, mechanical, programming), who share the leadership- and one would pretty much always emerge as the captain-captain. However, based on my experience, and what I've heard from my sisters' experiences, this almost always results in some combination of captains hating each other's guts. This year we certainly had a couple issues.... even with captains who were good friends. But it's important to remember we're a fairly small team, I think around 16 or 17 kids this year, so this might be different with you.

For next year mentors/seniors decided to change the structure and solidify it, actually to what you're thinking of leaving- a captain with subteam leaders. We'll see if it works any better! We're a pretty student-driven team, so I hope it does.