Sample of Program Meeting Dates and Places

YEAR 1

2011
November: Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon
Orientation/Registration/Getting Acquainted
Community Based Decision-Making Processes
(Similar time frame for all weekend sessions.)

2012
January: Rural Pennsylvania Study Institute
February: Rural Pennsylvania Study Institute
March: Philadelphia (Rural/Urban Interface)
April: Harrisburg Legislative Seminar
(Weekday sessions vary according to legislative calendar.)

YEAR 2

2012
October: Rural Retreat Study Institute

2013
January: Rural Pennsylvania Study Institute
March: Washington, D.C. National/International Study Seminar
April: Rural Pennsylvania Study Institute
May: Commencement

All rooms and scheduled meals will be covered by RULE. Each Participant will have to self pay some meals and activities. The RULE Program Staff reserves the right to assign roommates for each weekend to a double room (scholarship recipients will automatically be assigned to a double room). For those individuals requiring a single room, the entire room cost will be assessed and payable after each session. Exceptions are made for medical reasons.

Any bills, telephone charges, damages, and all incidentals will be the responsibility of the individual and must be settled upon check-out each weekend.