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=June NewsletterGeneral Invitation =One final newsletter to be send to everyone who participated last year with [[888]]. This will be a really short newsletter pointing people to the new website and making them aware of latest developments. After this maybe one final e-mail to everyone who has registered to come.

==things Hitchhikers Combine for a European Hitchhikers Festival! ==You're an experiences hitchhiker and you would like to do meet up with many like minded people? Or you never gave hitching a try before sendingbut you have always wanted to? Join us in the second edition of the European Hitchhikers Festival, taking place on the 7th of August 2009 in Odessa, Ukraine. Last year we gathered 150 hitchhikers in Paris, from experienced globetrotters to first-timers, to celebrate hitchhiking. We swapped stories, made lots of new friends and exchanged skills, tips and tricks. The event left us with such a great impression and happy memories, so we decided to meet up again this summer. == Sign up & see who is coming =={{toDo|targetAre you coming to the second European hitchhikers festival in Odessa or are you thinking about it? Sign up at http://www.the789project.com/user/register so we can keep you informed about the latest news. On our website you can also find a list of everyone who signed up already and see if they are looking for a buddy to travel with, and from where they are traveling. == Pre-meetings ==TalkIf you want to have even more fun, you can also organise a pre-meeting for 789 in the places through which we will travel or leave from. Organise one yourself, or join an existing one. Check the forum at http://www.the789project.com/forum to see what has been planned so far and for questions if you want to organise a pre-meeting but need some help. == Why Odessa? ==In Paris there was so much enthusiasm for another festival that we decided to do it again. However, this time we ('we' being mostly hitchhikers based in Western and Central Europe) wanted to also meet and connect with fellow hitchhikers from Eastern Europe, Russia and even further, so to make new friends and to exchange hitchhiking tips and stories. Therefore the event had to be organised outside of the Schengen zone. Currently we have no fixed location in Odessa, but people are working on this. If you want to help, get in touch with us through http://groups.google.com/group/789-coordination or leave a message on the forum of our homepage http:/News}}/the789project.com/ Hopefully see you in Odessa!789, hitchhikers combine! = June Newsletter =One final newsletter to be send to everyone who participated last year with [[project 888|888]]. This will be a really short newsletter pointing people to the new website and making them aware of latest developments. After this maybe one final e-mail to everyone who has registered to come. == things to do before sending ==

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Last year we gathered 150 hitchhikers, from experienced experts globetrotters to first-timers, in Paris to celebrate hitchhiking. We swapped stories, made lots of new friends and exchanged skills, tips and tricks. The event left us all with a great impression and happy memories and so we decided to meet again this year in Odessa, Ukraine on the 7th of August.

==Sign up & see who is coming==Are you joining definitely coming to the second European hitchhikers festival in Odessa or are you still thinking about it? Either orway, you can sign up through at http://www.the789project.com/user/register.

You If you want to have even more fun, you can also organise a pre-meeting for 789 in the places where through which we will travel through or depart leave from. Organise one yourself, or join an existing one. Check the forum at http://www.the789project.com/forum. The first pre-meeting is already organized and will be on June 24th in Enschede, the Netherlands. Check - all the relevant info is already on the forum as well for all relevant information.

===Why Odessa?===In Paris the enthusiasm there was so big much enthusiasm for another festival, that we decided to go do it again. But However, this time we ('we' being mostly hitchhikers based in Western and Central Europe) wanted to be in contact also with meet people from Eastern Europe, Russia, and maybe even further, to make new connections friends and to exchange hitchhiking recipes tips and stories. So it , the event had to be organised outside of the Schengen spacezone.

Currently we have no fixed location in Odessa yet. People , but people are working on this. If you want to help, get in touch with us through http://groups.google.com/group/789-coordination.

==Hopefully see you in Odessa!==

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