I'm not 100% sure about the application thing... it could be seen as a kind of popularity contest. We're all adults here, and can weed out the stupid people Oh wait! You're doing this to make sure students don't get in. Ok... *thinks* the voting method has merit, although past posts on forums such as Ask A Teacher and the written application are probably the only gauges we have to go on. Not entirely fair, but I guess it's the best we can do...

Aside from that, I hereby vote for subforums. One I can think of now is "music" (whether for concerts, class or whatever), maybe also another one for costumes? This forum actually can move pretty fast sometimes...