Conference Committee, also from applications submitted. Regional Cabinets are filled by the Co-Premiers, also through the application process. History The NSSSA began as an idea in 1986 among two students at Halifax West High School in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The idea was based on an already established organization in Ontario known as the OSSSA (which has since been retired). The NSSSA was officially registered with the joint stock companies of Halifax in 1992, and the first Provincial Conference was held that same year. Known as L.I.N.K. (Leadership In Nova Scotia Kicks), it was sparsely attended, lasted for one day, and barely resembled the current structure of the NSSSA, but the enthusiasm generated by the conference was carried over to the next year, and conferences have been held every year. As attendance grew, further restructuring of the organization was needed, and the regions were formed shortly thereafter, with regional conferences becoming a reality in the mid-1990s. Conferences Provincial Conference Every year, the NSSSA holds one four-day province-wide conference for all secondary school students. The conference is usually held at a university in Nova Scotia. Originally, the conference was held at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, but in 2005 the Provincial Conference was moved to Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia and has been held there until 2015 when the conference returned to St. Francis Xavier University. Conference is always held on the third weekend of May, the weekend coinciding with the national Victoria Day holiday, from Thursday to Sunday. There are six main groups of attendees at conference. The largest group by far are the delegates. Delegates are students who usually have not attended a Provincial Conference before (although they may have attended one or more Regional Conference(s)). These are the students who are usually not very familiar with the NSSSA, who are attending for the first time, or do not have a position of higher responsibility. The delegates are divided into groups of about 8 to 10, known as skillbuilding groups. In charge of the skillbuilding groups are the second group of attendees, the skillbuilders. Skillbuilders are students who have been to at least one Provincial Conference in a previous year, are familiar with the organization, and wish to take on a position of responsibility. The skillbuilders are the leaders in skillbuilding sessions, where the entire skillbuilding group meets by themselves and does activities with the intent