1. DEFINE
• Ask Workshop
10:00
Tuesday
In order to set priorities for the year, a 60 minute brainstorming Introduction 5 minutes
workshop will take place for delegates to share and get support
Idea scroll 60 minutes
on their proposals. All proposals will be in the form of an ‘initial
ask’: the specific action, policy initiative, legislative or regulatory Support time 85 minutes
change. Initial asks are meant to be ambitious: they are raw de- • Partners present
sires, which will be modified after research and strategic delibera- • Staff support present
tions.
The submittor of a priority will be given an opportunity to pres-
ent their reasons for submitting during the PRIORITIZE session.
Upon the completion of the session, staff will add one pager of
background and context to the submitted priority, to assist del-
egates in their subsequent deliberations.
Asks from the year prior will be automatically reintroduced, and
returning delegates will have been assigned to defend them.

2. PRIORITIZE
• Public Speech
19:00
Tuesday
• Debate Lounge
• Priority Balloting
Two parallel sessions will be taking place. In the public speech Introduction 5 minutes
room, a schedule will have been posted for each priority. Delegates
Debate and discussion 145 minutes
will have the chance to speak to their priorities for five minutes
in an auditorium-like setting. Immediately outside of the public Balloting 30 minutes
speech room, a lounge will be set up for delegates to persuade one • Public speech will be video taped
another on their priority lists. • Delegates encouraged to use both rooms
• Balloting overseen by returning officer
At 9:30 pm, balloting opens. Each member association will be
entitled to one approval ballot. They are to check those propos-
als which they believe should be priorities, and they are to leave
blank those which they think should not. The top twenty-four
proposals will be declaredas the CASA priorities for the year.

3. STRATEGIZE
• Opportunity Assessment
13:15
Wednesday
• Policy Assessment
Delegates will decide to attend one, and only one, of two assess- Introduction 5 minutes
ment sessions. The policy assesssment session will determine
Assessments 115 minutes
which of the twenty-four priorities requires more work at the
policy committee level. The opportunity assessment session will • No changing while sessions in progress
rank each of the priorities in accordance with how achievable it • Policy committee to attend policy assess-
will be in course of the year. ment.
The results from each session will be brought together to form
the policy development framework diamond, which dictates the
organization’s strategic work plan for the year.