[Yan Wang]

So how do teams select new members each year? The team size thread made me want to ask this.

Our team is limited to 25 participants. Veteran members pretty much get back on free. New members attend a couple of meetings which introduce them to the team. Applications are handed out, filled, and returned. This year, two people entered all the applications into an anonymous database - no names or handwriting. The applications were shown to the veteran members on projector and we voted based on qualifications such as seniority and ability to commit to the team (obviously very important). The votes were tallied based on approval. Each veteran member made a list of 8 people they would approve of being on the team based on the applications and then everyone's lists were tallied. The 7 most approved people were the initial ones to be on the team. The officers then went back and reviewed them carefully to see if perhaps someone else was close to being in that top 7 (yeah, we have a lot of returning members) and was still very qualified. A couple minor changes were made and presented back to all the veteran members. The teacher then approved/finalized the list.