About the URPE Summer Conference
In addition to the plenaries and workshops, the URPE Summer Conference includes informal socializing, outdoor recreation and evening entertainment at a beautiful camp that is near some of the best hiking in the northeast.
Registration (DUE 7/15)
Registrations received by July 15 will enjoy a discounted fee. Later registration will be charged our regular fee (see rates at www.urpe.org/conferences/sumfees). Refunds minus processing fee are available if you must change your plans. Arrival time begins at 4 p.m. on Friday, July 30. The conference ends after lunch on Monday, August 2.
Location
Epworth Camp is located in High Falls, NY, about 10 minutes away from the Adirondack Trailways bus station in Rosendale, NY (next stop after New Paltz), between the Catskill and Shawangunk Mountains.
Facilities
Epworth Camp’s layout is ideal for accessibility: everything is on the ground floor and the grounds are flat. A large dining hall will serve as plenary space.
We will be accommodated in bunkhouses that have several sleeping rooms and a common room; there is also a tenting area with a bathhouse. All rooms have access to bathrooms and showers. Please note: linens are NOT provided. You will need to bring pillows, towels, and sleeping bags or sheets and blankets. Please contact the URPE office if your mode of travel makes this a hardship for you.
Allocation of rooms will be made on the basis of need for those whose registration is received by July 15, and otherwise on a first-come, first-served basis. Rooms will be categorized in many ways to accommodate all the people who attend. The needs of most people with physical disabilities can be accommodated. Those who have special needs are asked to contact the URPE National Office. All meals will include a vegetarian option.
Child care
URPE is proud to provide free child care; please register and notify the National Office of your specific needs (number of children, age) by July 15th. We welcome families, and the camp and surrounding area have many child-oriented activities. However, we need time to plan, so we can’t promise free childcare unless we are notified of childcare needs by July 15th.
Rates
The fees include the conference, rooms, and meals (from Friday dinner to Monday lunch). Conference fees are determined on a sliding scale.
Special rate for students: $90 — contact Al Campbell at <al@economics.utah.edu>.
Travel subsidy: This subsidy will be paid at the conference to those registering for the entire conference who submit plane ticket receipts showing travel within two weeks of either the starting or ending date of the conference. Subsidy will be based on air fares only. The form of the subsidy will be: 30% of air fare over $150, with a maximum subsidy of $150. Thus subsidy = (air fare - $150) x .3.
For more information
please contact the National Office at urpe@labornet.org or call 413-577-0806.
