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Historically we have followed a numerology that dictates the next gathering should be on the 1st of August. This is the last year we can follow that tradition, but that doesnIt't mean we have to follow its got Piwik and SEO plugin.Anyone feels like optimizing?
==Main gathering location proposition==Any chance we can have it in French too? -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]]) 23:35, 26 May 2015 (CEST)
Already last year the idea was around to have two main gathering, connected by a kind of rally. Leipzig and fontpedrouse are about 1600km apart, with most of it being highways. Its a perfect route to do a lot of mileage in little time, two days maybe. We could for example start the hitchgathering in leipzig on the first of august, then from the forth to the seventh (so not everyone has to leave at the same time) continue it on the gasstation in between leipzig and fontpedrouse and then open end at the hot pools. The rules of the rally would be this: everyone hitches in a team of two. whenever you meet another team, if possible you have to stop and exchange one team member. -- [[User:Clem|Clem]] ([[User talk:Clem|talk]])====BeWelcome====
===Leipzig, Germany===[http://www.bewelcome.org/activities/1393 Activity]
I nominate Leipzig because that's where I live and I can do shit in advance. -- [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] ([[User talk:Sitarane|talk]])====Blogs====
Leipzig is a 500List here your favourite travel blogger,000 people town in East-Germany that main attractivity is that it's insanely cheapMaybe if we tell them, there's always good shit going on and it's probably the only city in the world that has ''forests'they' inside ll write about it. Good place to camp for us.
====Pros====* You can camp in the city, away from notice, thanks to the insane amount of forest between the neighborhood[http://www.* Cheap everything.* Full of punks. Free shops, free kitchen (Vokü), squats, you name itdaquiali.com/ Daqui ali]
====Cons====* Bad weather (Even in august, there can be cold and rain, though unlikely)[http://www.globestoppeuse.com/ Globestoppeuse]
* It's in SchengenGood for Schengeners, bad for everyone else.====Stickers====
===FontpedrouseTo put up at HH spots, France===See [[:nomad:Free_Hot_Springs#Fontpedrouse|nomadwiki]]on your abandoned signs. Suggested by Clemens. I Just copied some pieces from the mailinglist and nomadwiki. wherever. Print-at-[[User:N0id|N0id]] ([[User talk:N0id|talk]]) 18:26, 1 September 2014 (UTC)home type. We just need a design.
* there's plenty of space to free camp (200 people should be fine), fresh drinking water, firewood, and a lot of people go there (its a bit like kara dere in this respect, not that many people actually, but also not as big a location). the hot springs should be big enough for about 30 people at a time, but can be extended.====Flyers====
* Free camping and fire are no problemPrint at home, but keep the place clean and take leave in relevant spot in your trashes down to the village with youcity.
* there's a local farmers market about 10km away, but not much local dumpster diving. its 75km from andorra (mountain roads, a doable one day return hitch if you start early), so people who pass by there can go dumpster some junk food (at least thats what i mainly found there) and buy cheap booze. ====Press release====
* when clemens was there Something we can spam the french media with a year ago there was some guy camping there since 10months already together with fluctuating community of rainbow folksfew weeks before. they said that they were Needs to be in contact with French. Will be hosted on the owner of the land, who lets them stay there for free as long as they make sure that no one litters or trashes the placewebsite.
===ArdècheYou'll find here the content that used to be on this page, South-east France (+ Grenoble ?)===but lost its relevancy.
Suggested by lapouceuse[[Hitchgathering/2015/Location suggestions]]
The spot would be perfect to spend some good time among us, organize workshops, prepare ourselves for some public actions that we could organize in grenoble, a medium-size town where we could move just afterwards. Read below for more details.
The place is a collective farm in south-east france, 20K from valence(south of lyon). About 15 people live there together, growing fruits ====Pre andveggies, baking bread, making goat cheese for themselves and forsupporting local struggles.Post Gatherings====
I know them relatively well, I spent 3 weeks down there and since thenwe met quite regularly for some political actions and activities.The place where they live is quite lost Post Gathering in the hills Mols (not a good spotfor a gatheringDenmark), but they own some fields in the valley closeby wheretheir main economic activities take place ; there are more or less 210/08 -3hacultivated with apple trees, cereals and veggies, and a bigger "wild"area (that's where we could camp).16/08
I would say that 2-300 tents could easily fit, possibly more. They useto host events pretty often down there, and most of the logisticalissues could be easily worked out Location :* Water http: there'a 1ton tank that we can fill before the gathering withdrinkable water (and refill if needed)* Electricity : small connection available, for charging cell phones but not much more* Toilets : 2 dry toilets are already built and available* Collective spaces : they could lend us 2 big tents (12x5m), that incase of rain could become our collectif spaces.* As far as food is concerned, some scouting is needed for finding gooddumpsterdiving spots ; there should also be a way to get some organicfruit&veggies from them in exchange for work (needs to be discussed)//udinaturen.* The location is pretty nice, it's close to a small river with abeautiful stony beach where I already took many nice baths : )* The closest neighbours are quite faraway, we shouldn't have anyproblems about noise.* About the date, 1dk/8facilitet/15 would be perfect, because at the beginning ofseptember the whole place (except the cultivated areas) gets regularelyinondated.* To get there by hitchhiking is quite simple, it's some 20k away fromthe A7, one of the biggest french highways (lyonHelgen%C3%A6s--marseille), and peopleare cool, it's one of the most alternative regions in france.Dragsmur/1514
Since logistics should go quite fastPlenty of dumpsters around, organizing the gathering inthis place would allow useasy hitchhiking, if we want tosea, to have more energy left forpreparing actions/workshops - or just having a more relaxed everydaylife wind and hopefully sun : )D
One more point, if - as suggested - we want to organize some actions intown, Grenoble is 100K far, it's a pretty alternative medium-sizestudent town, surrounded by beautiful mountains, with one of the biggestsquat scenes in france. I lived there 3 months and I would say that itcould be pretty easy to find local partners for actions, and thatfinding places for the night wouldn't be a problem.[[Category:Hitchgathering]]
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This page is a central dump for the organization of the 2015 hitchgathering.
Discussion happens at '''[http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list]'''.
Location for 2015 is going to be near '''[https://www.google.de/maps/place/44%C2%B049%2717.2%22N+4%C2%B045%2720.0%22E/@44.821441,4.755558,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en Saint Laurent du Pape, Ardèche, South-east France]'''. GPS coordinates: '''44.821441, 4.755558'''
We are 15 kilometers from the nearest motorway exit, A7 exit 17 (Loriol) between Valence Sud and Montélimar Nord. We are also 15 km from the service station “Aire de Portes les Valence” on the A7, between Valence Sud and Loriol.
More hints how to get to the gathering on the main page http://hitchgathering.org/ !!
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==DateOn site logistics=====To Do===* Dig shit pits (Really? I remember someone saying that there are dry toilets on site)* Set up a fireplace.* Talk to local businesses about sharing their trash.* Find big cooking pots and gear, bring onsite.* Put up direction signs from the motorway exit.* Check with our hosts whether we can buy some of the food they produce. Otherwise check with surrounding producers (just go to the local market and ask around the stalls). ===To have=== * Shovels (borrow from farm?)* At least 2 big cooking pot(s) at least (borrow from farm?)* Rope* A couple of rolls big plastic bags (not the massive ones, 30-50L is easier to carry out).* Bunch of soap-bars for toilets* Empty plastic bottles (esp. the big ones)* First aid kit* Paper, pens, markers, tape, (black)boards* Food in all sorts. Basic stuff like salt, oil, spices, ==Communication== ===Online=== ====The website==== [http://hitchgathering.org hitchgathering.org] It's a presentation site that is meant to explain the concept to the newcomer and an online window to the outer world. It's secondary purpose is to store the stuff from previous gatherings. Needs graphics. Join [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net the mailing list] to help.
====The facebook====There is likely to be many pregatherings scatered around Europe, leading towards the main gathering's an [https://www. We need to find out where that is first before building a network of smaller parties around itfacebook.com/events/1568866916668980/ event] already. What else?
===IRL=Other====* It's a city.The early gatherings were all in cities, and seen as a media event: One hundred hitchikers converge on one place in Europe to show that hitchhiking is safe and good. Starting with Portugal, it has evolved into just meeting up and having a good time, away from civilization. We could go back to the old paradigm, if only for the sake of doing things different.
==Archives==Pros====* Camping and fire is not a problem* Hot springs (would be a first :) ) ====Cons====* Shop / Supplies far away * No dumpster diving
