Governmental policies in teams

[Gui Cavalcanti]

After talking to a close friend of mine about the way her new team worked, I was wondering about this topic. I know it might have been discussed before, but I haven't posted or looked closely in awhile. How are your teams actually governed?

Personally, team 422 is a direct democracy. We have 4 committee heads that take responsibility for Communications, Ways and Means, Administrative business, and Project Management. I, personally, am Communications officer. However, when I say we are officers, I don't mean that we make decisions for the team. All our duties consist of raising official issues, giving the floor to various members of the team, and having everyone vote. I realize this may not work for teams much larger than 30 or so, but it works extraordinarily well for us, since the entire team speaks on what we want and we normally get it. Also, we don't have handed-down leadership; elections every year, with everything being run by vote (including nominations). Therefore, the best man for the job gets picked (or the one who showed most conviction the previous year).

Anyone agree? Disagree? Lemme hear it.