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'''Hitchgathering 2011''' is the temporary title for the fourth edition of the annual '''European hitchhiking festival'''.
 
'''Hitchgathering 2011''' is the temporary title for the fourth edition of the annual '''European hitchhiking festival'''.
  
== Organisation & Discussion ==
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==General==
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=== Organisation & Discussion ===
 
* communication is done via the [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net Hitch mailing list]
 
* communication is done via the [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.net Hitch mailing list]
 
* you can help by signing up for tasks on the [[Hitchgathering/2011/Todo|todo list]]
 
* you can help by signing up for tasks on the [[Hitchgathering/2011/Todo|todo list]]
  
== Latest News ==
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=== Latest News ===
 
* workshops and events are under discussion, for now place your suggestions here: [[Hitchgathering/2011/Workshops]]
 
* workshops and events are under discussion, for now place your suggestions here: [[Hitchgathering/2011/Workshops]]
  
== Timeline ==
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=== Timeline ===
 
#[[Hitchgathering/2011/Magdeburg_Meeting|Organisation meeting]] in [[Magdeburg]]: 1.-3. of April
 
#[[Hitchgathering/2011/Magdeburg_Meeting|Organisation meeting]] in [[Magdeburg]]: 1.-3. of April
 
#The gathering: 5/8/11
 
#The gathering: 5/8/11
  
== Evaluation ==
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=== Evaluation ===
 
* We are working on Evaluation of the 6810. Add your comments here: http://hitchwiki.org/en/Hitchgathering/2011/Evaluation
 
* We are working on Evaluation of the 6810. Add your comments here: http://hitchwiki.org/en/Hitchgathering/2011/Evaluation
* make organisation more vissible on hitchgathering.org: [[User:atopia|atopia]]
 
== preparatory work for the [[Hitchgathering/2011/Magdeburg_Meeting|Magdeburg Meeting]] ==
 
* outreach to invite interested people to participate at the premeeting/workshop
 
* write a newsletter
 
  
== Arty stuff ==
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==TO DO==
* new logo's and stuff
 
  
== website stuff ==
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===Website work===
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* make organisation more visible on hitchgathering.org: [[User:atopia|atopia]]
 
* change small stuff into the new year (header)
 
* change small stuff into the new year (header)
 
* make new profile-info for 2011 (joining 2011)
 
* make new profile-info for 2011 (joining 2011)
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* take away slogan thing under header; change on block-page.
 
* take away slogan thing under header; change on block-page.
  
== at the gathering ==
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===General communication===
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Most of that is going to be on the internet. But offline comm is welcome if anybody can handle that.
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* write a newsletter
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====Social media====
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Most festivals spread through word of mouth. We can put that on steroids with all that social media thing.
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List of micro-bloggers (twitter, identi.ca...) that actually use their account:
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*twitter: sitarane
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The idea is to follow each other, to make communication faster.
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List of travel bloggers that actually have readers:
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The idea is to get them to write articles on hitchgathering.
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List of people to contact:
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*http://www.ludovichubler.com/
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*The two Swedish kids that hitched across Eurasia --Elsy
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*Anick-Marie
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The idea is to get them to communicate the gathering to a wider audience.
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===Arty stuff===
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* new logo's and stuff
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===At the gathering===
 
* organize some nice events and workshops: [[Hitchgathering/2011/Workshops]]
 
* organize some nice events and workshops: [[Hitchgathering/2011/Workshops]]
  
== Location ==
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==The Location ==
 
 
===Bulgaria --[[User:Boayn|Boyan]]===
 
  
 
The gathering will take place in Kara Dere, Bulgaria. Below is the description for the proposal.
 
The gathering will take place in Kara Dere, Bulgaria. Below is the description for the proposal.

Revision as of 13:22, 2 April 2011

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Hitchgathering 2011
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Hitchgathering 2011 is the temporary title for the fourth edition of the annual European hitchhiking festival.

General

Organisation & Discussion

Latest News

Timeline

  1. Organisation meeting in Magdeburg: 1.-3. of April
  2. The gathering: 5/8/11

Evaluation

TO DO

Website work

  • make organisation more visible on hitchgathering.org: atopia
  • change small stuff into the new year (header)
  • make new profile-info for 2011 (joining 2011)
  • and copy the views of 2010 to 2011 and change them on views and block-page (first clone, then change)
  • take away slogan thing under header; change on block-page.

General communication

Most of that is going to be on the internet. But offline comm is welcome if anybody can handle that.

  • write a newsletter

Social media

Most festivals spread through word of mouth. We can put that on steroids with all that social media thing.

List of micro-bloggers (twitter, identi.ca...) that actually use their account:

  • twitter: sitarane

The idea is to follow each other, to make communication faster.

List of travel bloggers that actually have readers: The idea is to get them to write articles on hitchgathering.

List of people to contact:

The idea is to get them to communicate the gathering to a wider audience.


Arty stuff

  • new logo's and stuff

At the gathering

The Location

The gathering will take place in Kara Dere, Bulgaria. Below is the description for the proposal.

Quite big national hitchhiking society. Local support is a snap. Hitching is a blast. Exact location: The Black Sea, Kara Dere (near the city of Biala)

Coords.: 42.892231,27.899687

Have a look at Pictures of Bulgaria

Pros

  • huge remote beach
  • water supply from a spring on the beach (The issue of drinking water: There is a natural spring right on the beach. The only insignificant con is that the nice camping areas in the forest are a bit further on the beach on a 15 mins walk from the spring. But 10 liter tubes do a great job and daily "trips" are just a walk on the beach)
  • perfect shade, as the beach borders with a marvelous forest, where it's cool all day long and in the night it's not windy and sandy
  • people there are generally nice
  • cheap!
  • equally near to (between) the two biggest cities (Varna, Burgas) on the coast line.
  • close to turkey
  • small "bar"(caravan) for beer, fish&chips, etc. on one end of the beach
  • few to none about the mosquito issue
  • the trumpet festival at Guča happens the week after 5/8/11, just 850km to the west

Cons

  • 40 mins walk on a dirt road to the nearest village for food supply (quite easy and pleasant though)
    • There are cars passing by as well on this dirty road, so they can at least bring the bags with food.
  • project for closing the area and building an "Eco Village" (decision and deadline unknown yet)
  • language barrier?
    • I guess there are as many hhikers who don't speak Bulgarian as hhikers who didn't speak Portuguese. And I guess there are a lot more Russian speakers in Bulgaria than English speakers in Spain.
    • language barrier is absolutely no problem, everybody knows what the thumb means, also city's names on road signs are nearly always in Cyrillic and Latin.
  • Many campers in summer
  • Forget about dumpster-diving here