[Monochron]

Originally Posted by dougwilliams

I'm curious about the "appointed student officers" selection. I'm surprised that more teams have that, then have elected student officers. For those teams - who are the appointers, and on what grounds do they make the appointment?

We just started having a few appointed student officers for the upcoming year. Team captains are elected by student voting at the end of each year, and then during the fall sub-team leads are appointed by a committee of mentors and student captains.

We made the choice in order to increase effectiveness of our leadership structure. There is almost no way to keep elections from selecting the most charismatic or connected person, and that person may or may not be effective in the position. Appointment by committee (with the students having a say through their elected Captains) seems like a good way to help that effectiveness.