The specialty Ski Weeks keep evolving. Even with the Regular Ski Weeks, there was some experimentation when a new Ski School Director was hired. There was an attempt to eliminated the ski-off. But most people are pretty bad at describing their capabilities, so I gather that didn't work out so well. The ski-off process isn't perfect but has clearly worked better than any other system. Jean Mayer used to be helping to sort people out every week. He invented the Taos Ski Week decades ago and probably made it possible for TSV to survive as a business.
The reason I started a dated thread for Ski Weeks was to describe the current situation. For 2022-23 apparently there will be a ski-off for Women's Week. That has not always been the case, just as the dates for Women's Week have moved all over the place in the last 5-6 years.
The free demos for Women's Week happened when I and
@santacruz skier opted to do it in 2018. We didn't even know when we picked the week that Women's Week was an option at TSV. When we were registering for a Ski Week, we were asked "regular or Women?" When we heard about the perks that season, it was a no-brainer to go with the Women's Week. Pretty sure free demos from the resort ski shop is not a perk this season.
As for Diva West, look under Divas Only. There is a subsection with the threads related to Diva West planning.