Step 3 - Generate Program Alternatives.

The purpose of this step was to develop alternatives for stakeholders to consider. CAP created a Stakeholder Working Group and invited all interested parties to participate. The Stakeholder Working Group met several times in 2009, on March 26, April 15, May 20, and June 12 and 15. Eight diverse Stakeholder Teams were created to develop team alternatives. Those Stakeholder Teams met on self established schedules between April and June. Most Teams met for roughly 25 hours. The Stakeholder Teams developed eight alternatives. There were two additional alternatives created by stakeholders outside the Teams for a total of ten alternatives. Upon reviewing the ten alternatives created by the Stakeholder Teams and others, similar ideas appeared multiple times. In addition, there are numerous nuances associated with many of these ideas. The Summary of Stakeholder Team Alternatives organizes the ten alternatives created by eight Stakeholder Teams and two non-stakeholder groups into unique Alternatives and Other Considerations (i.e. nuances) for each clarifying question.