With five issues thus selected, the steering committee will then closely examine the data with the option of moving a sixth and seventh issue forward to the deep dive, based on three considerations: equity, impact, and timeliness.
If there is an issue that is highly ranked by a particular demographic group, but the group does not make up a sufficient portion of the population for the issue to make it into the community’s top ranks, the issue might be selected for follow-up.
If there is an issue that is highly ranked but not in the top five, and the committee feels that addressing this issue could have significant positive ripple effects on other top ranked issues, or addressing the issue might be particularly timely (e.g., there are federal funds available, or there is another set of efforts underway that could benefit or be benefitted by addressing the issue), then the committee could select the issue for follow-up.