More than one-thousand delegates from 47-countries are in Duluth today for the Joint International Summit on Community and Rural Development. Researchers, policy makers and community leaders have gathered to discuss ways to strengthen and build up rural communities. In preparation for the conference, about two hundred people have been logging on to rural-policy-forum-dot-org to share their thoughts about how to change rural public policy. Now their ideas are part of a survey for Summit participants. Marcie McLaughlin, Executive Director of Minnesota Rural Partners helped launch the rural policy forum. She says the on-line discussions help highlight the specific challenges facing rural communities: