Founding Principles
The Association set down a number of founding principles:
- First, CASA would be member-driven in that the members of the Association would set the organization's policy agenda and define its goals.
- Second, CASA would focus on issues specific to post-secondary education, establishing a strong orientation toward policy development.
- Third, CASA would ensure that membership within the alliance would not unfairly burden member associations. Joining CASA would be made easy through clear and flexible by-laws. Membership fees would be capped and kept to the lowest possible level.
- Lastly, CASA would focus its attention on those challenges facing post- secondary education students within federal jurisdiction only. Provincial advocacy would be best left to member associations. In effect, CASA established principles and practices that would promote a strong, grassroots, pragmatic alliance focusing exclusively on the problems facing post- secondary education students in Canada.
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