[Jacob Bendicksen]

I don't think I've ever posted a full summary either, so here goes.

Our leadership is updated yearly. Each May, once the competition season is over, we first elect new presidents. Prospective candidates (they have to be incoming juniors or seniors) make speeches about why they should be president. We show their hour counts on a projector (that's how we measure how much effort you're putting in), and team members fill out online forms about how likely they'd be to respect and follow a given candidate. The previous year's presidents then meet with our mentors and decide on 1-3 presidents for the year, using the survey results, observations, and what they've seen from the candidates.

Selecting managers is a little more flexible. Around the time that we're selecting presidents, interested members contact our head mentor and set up a time to meet. Once all the applicants have met with him, the mentors and presidents meet and hammer things out. Managerial positions normally only open if the previous manager stepped down or graduated, so some years we see very little turnover.

The actual 'chain of command' is very different from department to department. For example, both of our presidents this year are Fabrication managers, so they pretty much lead that department. However, I'm the Chairman's and Outreach manager, and neither of them is as experienced as me in that field. Because of this, I'm leading the Chairman's team, and while they check in with me often, I'm the one making the final calls on what to include.

As for responsibilities, it's pretty simple: presidents keep an overall view of what's happening on the team and serve as the public face of the team, while managers coordinate how stuff gets done in their departments. This can include delegation of important tasks to other (non-managerial but veteran) members or leading the charge themselves.

Chart-wise, first of all we don't have one, so that would be difficult. Also, with the varying degrees of autonomy between departments, it would be one confusing chart.

Hope I helped!