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==Title: 789 Newsletter: Let's hitch with FrankensteinHitchhikers combine!== When was your last hitch-hiking trip? Looking forward to the next!? Try this spring in Europe! Weather gets better (by periods), days get longer, no need to wake up sooo early, people don't like to leave hitchers standing in the uncertain weather... and why waiting for summertime in the first place?

It also gets you into gear for the next When was your last hitch-hiking week in trip? Looking forward to the next? Why not head out across Europe, taking place on 789this spring? The weather is getting (mostly) better, the '''7th of August 2009'''days are getting longer: no need to wake up so early and if it does rain... The poll on the location was massively in favour of Odessawell, Ukraine.kind drivers won't leave you standing for long! Who needs to wait for summer?

<strong>Website</strong><br />There is a web domain at http://the789project.eu . Right now itNot only that, but your trip will get your thumb in shape and your mind in gear for this year's hosting a draft website which main job is to redirect to our coordination forumEuropean Hitchhiking Festival, taking place on 7th August (789). As soon as possibleAfter much discussion and voting, it should be our main portal. All it takes is a Drupal/CSS artist with some time this year's festival will take place on his hands. We need YOUthe Black Sea in Odessa, Ukraine.

<strong>Getting in touch with the community</strong><br />Of course, we want to be in close touch with the hitch-hiking community in Ukraine and local community in Odessa. Some of us have contacted the <a href="http://elba.org.ua/">Elba Ukrainian hitch-hiker's gathering</a> (site in Russian, <a href="http://translate.google.fr/translate?prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Felba.org.ua%2F&sl=ru&tl=en&history_state0=">English auto-translation here</a>), that takes place three times a year. The next one will be from the 24th to the 26th of April, but unfortunately we ran into a cold war with them (like in the good old times...). So you can maybe throw some flowers of peace <a href="http://translate.google.fr/translate?prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Felba.org.ua%2Fforum%2Fviewtopic.php%3Fp%3D5532&sl=ru&tl=en&history_state0=">over there</a> (in Russian too, <a href="http://translate.google.fr/translate?prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Felba.org.ua%2Fforum%2Fviewtopic.php%3Fp%3D5532&sl=ru&tl=en&history_state0=">English auto-translation here</a>).''Website'''

The hospex (iesite address will be http://the789project. CS) community of Odessa has given eu . For the moment, we have only a warmer welcomedraft site up, redirecting to our coordination forum. We hope to find some support As soon as possible, it should have the main site and hold all the information for those interested in organising the festival hand in hand event. All we need is a Drupal/CSS artist with the local authorities, as much as possible of coursesome time on his hands.We need YOU!

<strong>Slogans: seven, eight, nine!</strong><br />789 needs a good storyline, a sentence that grabs the attention immediately, one that is easy to remember and great to use. Like when we were in Paris for the European Hitch-hiking Day: "8/8/8 - Paris wants you for a nomadic date".Having a good catch-phrase for 789 is not sooo important, but that's the kind of really fun brainstorming that we love to do. Check <a href="http://hitchwiki.org/en/789/Slogan">this</a> out and feel free to participate.''Coordination'''

<strong>Odessa calling</strong><br />789 doesn't need to However controversial it might be over organised. On the other hand, some stuff can be done between now and August, that will save us a lot of troubles when we're there and don't want Google Group has been created to care about troubles. You can help coordinate the festival to be a greater success by telling all your friends and spreading the word, and of course by joining the discussion on the coordination channels. Namely: The <Please take a href="http://hitchwiki.org/en/789">hitchwiki page</a> and the <a href="look [http://groups.google.com/group/789-coordination">coordination group</a>here]. Right now we have around 7 people more or less involved in the organisation. It'd be great if the 150 of 888 would Anyone can join as welland everyone is invited and encouraged to. Wouldn't it?

'''Getting in touch with the community''' Of course, we want to be in close touch with the hitchhiking community in Ukraine and the local community in Odessa. Some of us have contacted the [http://elba.org.ua/ Elba Ukrainian hitchhikers]' gathering<strong/a>(site in Russian, [http://translate.google.fr/translate?prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Felba.org.ua%2F&sl=ru&tl=en&history_state0= English auto-translation]), that takes place three times a year. The next one will be from the 24th to the 26th of April, but unfortunately we ran into a cold war with them (just like in the good old days...). So you could perhaps offer an olive branch [http://translate.google.fr/translate?prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Felba.org.ua%2Fforum%2Fviewtopic.php%3Fp%3D5532&sl=ru&tl=en&history_state0= over there] (in Russian too, [href="http://translate.google.fr/translate?prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Felba.org.ua%2Fforum%2Fviewtopic.php%3Fp%3D5532&sl=ru&tl=en&history_state0= English auto-translation ]). The hospex (ie. CS) community of Odessa has given a warmer welcome. We hope to find support in organising the festival by working with the local authorities as much as possible. '''Slogans: seven, eight, nine!''' 789 needs a great tagline, a sentence that grabs the attention immediately, is easy to remember and great to use. When we were in Paris for last year's European Hitchhiking Day it was: "8/8/8 - Paris wants you for a nomadic date". Having a good catchphrase for 789 is not sooo important, but that's the kind of really fun brainstorming that we love to do. Check [http://hitchwiki.org/en/789/Slogan this] out and feel free to participate. '''Odessa calling''' 789 doesn't need to be overly organised. On the other hand, the more we can sort out between now and August, the more trouble we will save ourselves when we are there and don't want to worry about troubles. You can help the festival to be a greater success by telling all your friends and spreading the word, and of course by joining the discussion on the coordination channels. Namely: The [http://hitchwiki.org/en/789 hitchwiki page] and the [http://groups.google.com/group/789-coordination coordination group]. Right now we have more or less 7 people involved in the organisation. It would be great if the 150 of 888 would join as well... sign up today! Happy hitching!</strong>