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Southeast Women's Herbal Conference
October 3-5, 2008

Meal Options
1. Conference Meal Tickets: $55 per person for a weekend of delicious & nutritious meals. You'll be amazed by the taste and quality of these meals! Includes Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast, lunch, dinner, Sunday breakfast, and Sunday lunch. About half the meals include local and/or organic meat, and all meals have vegetarian options. You may want to bring extra snacks or special foods. See last year's menu (pdf format) for a taste of what's to come. We will have a limited number of meal tickets and sell out every year.

2. Food Vendors: Participants may buy food from our on-site food vendor. Sweet Monkey will be serving vegetarian, vegan, and omnivorous options for breakfast, lunch, and dinner burritos and wraps as well as coffee and tea.

3. Black Mountain/Asheville: Feel free to venture off-site to enjoy a meal in town. There are many restaraunts and grocery stores 10-20 minutes away.

4. Bring your own: Whether you are on a budget or just want to cook for yourself, feel free to bring your own food to the camp. We will not have refrigeration or ice available, so please prepare accordingly. You are welcome to use a camp stove outdoors.

Minors
All minors must be registered in order to attend, regardless of childcare needs!

1. Infants/Toddlers (0-24 months): No charge but must be added to your registration and be in your care at all times.

2. Children (2-10 years): $85, includes meals, camping, and childcare available during workshop hours.

3. Young Women's Circle (girls 11-17): $165, includes meals, camping, and Young Women's Program. More information on Program page.

Only infants under 24 months of age will be allowed with their mothers into the workshops. Please be considerate of other participants by planning to sit near the door and removing yourself and infant from classroom if your infant is causing a distraction. Children will not be allowed into workshops but will be welcome at the nighttime entertainment and opening and closing circles.

Accommodation Options
1. Camping: The conference cost includes camping at no additional charge

2. Shared Indoor Lodging: Reserve a bed in a shared cabin/room. All prices are for 2 nights.

Cabins ($25): Rustic, bathhouses nearby, access can be steep

Bunkhouse ($35) : Top floor of Lodge, bathhouse attached, close to center

Lodge room ($50): Toilets in hallway, bathhouse attached, easiest access

3. Private Indoor Lodging: Could be used for a group or individual seeking privacy. Only one person from a group reserves and pays for private lodging. You will be asked to choose a party name to identify yourselves upon check in.

Cabin ($150): Rustic, bathouses nearby, can sleep 6-9

Lodge room ($250): Toilets in hall, bathhouse attached, can sleep 5

4, Off-site: Local participants are welcome to go home to sleep. If you are coming from out of town and do not want to stay on-site, you can check into a local hotel or inn.To find lodging close by, visit www.blackmountain.org

Ride Sharing
We encourage participants to carpool to the conference to save costs, share the driving, and connect with more wonderful women! Not only do we want to do our part to minimize pollution and gas use, but we also have limited parking space at the conference.

For ride sharing, please check out our new and improved secure Electronic Rideboard. Add your posting to get in touch with women in your area. The rideboard is divided by region of the country, and also includes the four closest airports, Asheville, Charlotte, Greenville, and Atlanta.

Rideboard Instructions

How to post:

1. Follow this link to view the Rideboard: Electronic Rideboard
2. Type in username: ride
   password: 2008
3. To post a message you will need to create an account.
   1. Click Register on the upper right side of the rideboard web page.
   2. Enter an user name and password.
4. When you post a message, include the city and state you are travelling from in the message title.

How to respond:
To respond to someone who did not include her email address in her posting, use the PM Private Message button to the right of the posting to send a message through the ride board.

Work Exchange
Reduce your fees and be part of the inner circle!

We still have a few work exchange positions available..... we are extending the work exchange deadline from August 1st to September 1st. If you are interested in work exchange and have not yet signed up, do so now!

We offer two work exchange programs:
Partial: ½ off registration cost of $220 for 8 hours of work
Full: Free registration for 16 hours of work

We prioritize those with financial need who are women of color, Native American women, women with physical limitations who are unable to do work exchange, young women under 17, and elders over 65.

1. Donate to Scholarships: We are expanding our scholarship program in 2008. For “Circle of Women” Donations of $500 to $5,000 (enabling 2 to 20 women to attend), we are now offering public recognition on our website and program, for you, your organization, or in memory of a loved one. To make your "Circle of Women" Donation, print or request a Donor Form (pdf format).

In the registration check out process (as well as on the Donor Form, above ) there are also “One Woman” Donation opportunities, such as $48 to cover a discounted meal ticket for one woman, $120 for a Young Women’s Circle registrant, or $268 to cover one woman’s registration and meals.

2. Apply for a Scholarship : For more information and application, see Scholarship Application (pdf format).

Group Discounts
We offer a 15% discount off the registration fee to groups of 4 or more. Meal tickets, cabins, and intensives are still at full price. Group discounts can be applied to any registration level: Early Bird, Pre-Registration, and Full Registration.

To qualify for the group discount:
1. Registration must be on printed registration forms. Sorry, we are unable to process group discounts online.
2. The registrations must be mailed all together in one envelope, with the 15% discount noted on each form.

Men
In an effort to hold "sacred women's space" throughout the weekend, if you're having a man pick you up or drop you off at the conference, please have them limit their presence to the parking lot area.

Directions to Camp Rockmont
Coming later....

Refunds
If you are unable to attend, you may transfer your fees at any time to a woman of your choice. Otherwise, all fees are 50% refundable until September 15, 2008. After September 15, 2008, fees are non-refundable. If the conference were cancelled due to an act of God/dess, all fees would be non-refundable. .

For More Information:

Registration and Inquiries: Fin Ferrell - send a message with the email contact form
or call toll free (877) 739-6636 or (828) 669-5235.

Conference Coordinator: Ema Carmona - send a message with the email contact form
or call toll free (877) 739-6636 or (828) 669-0012.

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