To participate in the Scheidt Seminar, you must acknowledge that:

• You are the president or president-elect of your Union for Reform Judaism congregation
• You are the only participant from your congregation
• This is your first time attending a Scheidt Seminar

As a participant in the Scheidt Seminar, you agree to:

• Schedule your flight to arrive in Atlanta no later than 3:00 p.m., two hours prior to the opening session
• Participate fully in every session
• Submit a program/idea from your congregation for the Idea Exchange/Poster Session
• Schedule your return flight to depart Atlanta no earlier than 2:00 p.m. on Sunday

Fees are $725 for a single room and $390 for a double (shared room).
The fees include room, meals, materials and airport transfers to and from the Atlanta airport.
Your only other cost is airfare.

Fees are partially underwritten by a generous grant from Rudi and Honey Scheidt.

• The Small Congregations Resource Fund (SCRF) provides limited grant subsidies to support the participation of adult members of congregations with 250 or fewer members at URJ sponsored events, which are for the purpose of providing learning opportunities and enhancing leadership skills. Download the grant application.
  
  
• Attendees are considered representatives of their synagogues and are therefore expected to share their event experience with their congregation to help create well-run and spiritually fulfilling congregational communities.
  
  
• Both the applicant and congregation president’s signatures are required. (If the president is the applicant, another trustee’s signature is requested.)
  
  
• Congregations are strongly encouraged to subsidize, to the best of their ability, applicant’s participation at this event.
  
  

The following additional information pertains to grant requests for participation at the Seminar

• Grant applications must be received no later than April 5, 2012. (Grants awarded on a first come-first served basis)
  
  
• The maximum grant amount awarded will be $ 200.00 (Applies to double occupancy only)
  
  
• Applicants will be notified of their grant award after registering and prior to attending the program. A check will be mailed to the applicant approximately 4-6 weeks after attending the Scheidt Seminar.