Park Tech, a club focused on repairing computers and laptops, recently announced its new student leaders who earned their positions based on experience and leadership capabilities, according to Park Tech adviser Jacob Utities.

According to Utities, the club transitioned to a student-run program, where an elected group of experienced members work together to organize the program and its different projects.

“We decided to do more all cooperating together,” Utities said. “Last year I would delegate who got what project, and now they do that.”

Senior Jack Wheeler said he feels excited about his new ability to oversee the club and help lead different projects.

“We had a small election between the project leads,” Wheeler said. “It was eight chosen people who have been in there the longest and done the most work.”

Wheeler said he looks forward to his new responsibilities as a tech coordinator.

“I am basically in charge of coordinating who is doing what project at what time,” Wheeler said. “If we have a customer I am going to be the one assigning a member to that certain project and who is leading and taking an apprentice role.”

According to Utities, delegating authority to the elected members provides students with many benefits.

“They get the experience, they get to go through it on their own and lead their own club,” Utities said.

Senior Garrett Briggs, another new leader in the club, said the new student positions create a more effective system for Park Tech.

“I think it will be different because it will be more organized because there are more leaders than previous years and more leaders that really care about what we are doing,” Briggs said.

Briggs said his main goal is to expand as many people’s knowledge on computers as he can.

“(My goal) is just trying to get as many people to know how to use computers and fix them and help others with computers,” Briggs said.

Senior Amanda Erdman said she hopes to digitalize all of Park Tech’s documents this year.

“When you get your computer fixed here you have fill out a sheet of paper and give us a detailed list of what is wrong with the computer. I want to get that on an iPad so we can just hand someone an iPad and they can fill it out on there,” Erdmann said.

Utities said the club faces challenges with having enough projects during the year and marketing the club.

“We would like to increase our membership and would definitely like to attract females into it. We would also like to get our name out to the community a lot more because we were kind of running out of things to do last year,” Utities said.

Wheeler said Park Tech brings a community to the high school for students who are drawn to technology.

“It’s a great opportunity for anyone interested in a technology career after high school. It is a great way to get started on that without having to go through an internship or anything like that,” Wheeler said. “It gets great hands on experience for everyone and there are a bunch of people here you can maybe make friends with.”

Erdmann said Park Tech serves as a place to hangout, play video games and get to know other members.

“This is one whole big happy family of nerds. We have so many different obsessions that everyone fits into, and it’s just fun,” Erdmann said.

According to Utities, Park Tech meets immediately after school Tuesday through Thursday in room B117. The club is open from 3:10-4 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and from 3:10-5 p.m. on Wednesdays.