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REGISTRATION POLICY for OVERNIGHT RETREATS:
We
ask you to reserve your space in overnight events by paying
in full when you register. This makes sense because of the financial
commitments PZI must make far in advance of retreats. The PZI
treasurer recommended this policy and the Board approved it
in 2003.
One
month prior to the start of retreat is the last time we are
able to make even a slight adjustment to the minimum number
of people we commit to pay rent for in full, whether they show
up or not. Our minimum attendance guarantee impacts the rooms
and buildings we can hold available. Not knowing how many people
will be there until the last minute can result in pzi paying
for more people than actually attend, or conversely, our not
having enough space to accommodate people.
There
is a practice side to this too. Once you make the commitment
to attend a retreat, it is helpful if you make that commitment
wholeheartedly. Your commitment becomes an integral part of
the retreat's psychic and fiscal containment.
The
deepening effects of a retreat on your practice begin before
you arrive and continue after you leave -- even if sometimes
you never actually get there.
THE
BOTTOM LINE:
Payment Policies:
o There is a $50 non-refundable
late fee for people who sign up after the registration deadline,
which is one month prior to the start of the event.
o People must pay in full
(can be by credit card) at registration.
o For cancellations more
than a month ahead of the event, a full refund will be granted.
o For cancellations made
from one month to one week prior to the event, PZI retains a
25% processing fee and the remainder of the fee will be held
by PZI to be applied to any other PZI event within one year's
time. If it is not used within one year, it will be considered
a donation to PZI.
o For cancellations within
one week of the event, no refunds are granted.
Scholarships:
Scholarships are available to cover up to 50% of the full cost
of retreat. Members receive priority consideration for scholarships.
Applications are available on-line (see retreat
registration forms on this page) and from the registrar.
Part
Timers:
We depend upon people's full participation up to and including
the last day of retreat, including the final clean-up. If you
can't be there for some reason, fair enough; but no discount
is offered for missing either the final day or the first day
of retreat.
Overnight
meditation retreats are one of the fundamental elements of our
mission and we want to make them available to as many people
as we can. We are trying to balance that desire with our responsibility
to keep the group healthy so we can continue to offer these
valuable opportunities for years to come.
Part-time
attendance requires quite a bit of juggling for PZI and it has
an impact on the experience of everyone at retreat. It makes
food planning and work practice allocation more complicated
and demanding, it impacts the energy of the meditation hall,
it puts pressure on the flow of work-in-the-room and it complicates
the sleeping situation and our arrangement with St. Dot's (since
most part-timers tend to be there at the same time, we need
to reserve more rooms than we're asking people to pay for).
While
we want to encourage full-time attendance, we understand that
sometimes that is not an option and we will continue to welcome
part-timers.
Families:
PZI wants to include families in retreat practice. If you are
interested in attending a retreat with members of your family,
children or spouses, please talk with the registrar before submitting
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