How do I submit my proposed Congregational Study/Action Issue (CSAI)?

• It must be attached to a completed official Certification Form for CSAI Proposal (PDF) (Word). This form is made available online to each congregation, district, and specified Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) sponsored organization early in each CSAI proposal year.
   
• The form requires the signature of the certifying officer or minister. Pursuant to the UUA bylaws, a congregation or district may submit a proposed CSAI only with the support of its membership or its board shown by a vote taken at a duly called meeting at which a quorum is present.
   
• The form also requires you to identify:
   
  1. An individual as a person for the Commission on Social Witness (CSW) to contact if questions arise.
      
  2. A person who will be available to speak as advocate for the proposed CSAI at the following General Assembly. The same person may serve as contact and speaker/advocate.
      
  3. The name of the congregation’s or district’s president.
      
• Send the Certification Form with your one-page narrative proposed CSAI and any attachments to: CSW, c/o Office Congregational Advocacy, UUA, 25 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02108; or you may fax it to (617) 742-0321, or email it to socialwitness @ uua.org.
   
• Submit your proposal by October 1 of the year for which proposals are invited (2009, 2011, 2013, etc.).

What happens between submission and General Assembly?