How should leaders be selected?

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Team 20 does a nomination process, followed by an application process which is reviewed by mentors, then a democratic vote from the students decides which of the eligible candidates will be named team co-captains. The nomination and application parts of the process ensure that students that want to be leaders and who have earned the respect and recognition of their peers and mentors will be vying for the leadership position. The democratic voting allows the students to be the ones who ultimately choose who will be the leaders on the team.

This was our first year with this system, and so far it seems like it works well. This year we did the voting for the student leaders in the fall, but we will try doing to voting in the spring this year so we will have the established leadership transition over the summer months.

The role of the co-captains is to represent the students in the organization, help run meetings, and to be role models for other students on the team. The great thing about this model is that it still allows students to take on leadership roles throughout other parts of the team regardless of whether or not they are a co-captain.