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{{hitchgathering2012}}[[Image:Hitchgathering_2012_badge.png|right||link=http://www.hitchgathering.org]]==Ambraziškiai== http://www.hitchgathering.org The 2012 European Hitch Gathering will be in Ambraziškiai, near Molėtai, Lithuania. The date is still Saturday 4 August 2012. Map: http://goo.gl/maps/FnBJg

The 2012 European Hitch Gathering will be in Ambraziškiai, near Molėtai, Lithuania== Photos from the gathering ==[https://www.dropbox. The location is set amongst an abandoned vodka factory which sits beside a lake, small village and some nature like fieldscom/sh/forestes1ik05n8t5ct3b/hills etc. The date rNG5ydpkpp Collection at Dropbox]:People! Dropbox is still Saturday 4 August 2012.nonfree! [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]]

Map: [http://gooubuntuone.gl/mapscom/ryDX7D9eK4ie7OgekSY5U0sz0S Julien and Ruta's photos]

In the village there==Visa info==Lithuania is part of European Union and most people don's t need a shop (we'll inform them so they can prepare a bit)visa. Next to factory we have a good clean lake for swimming. Factory area itself is a bit industrial - but there If you are patches of grass. And even picnic tables. But from outside EU, it gets perfect around the area: plenty of nature! fields, grass, forests, hills - all for us. There's an old horse stable, or more like ruins of it, just walls; I think inside it we can make very cozy circle around the firedifferent from country to country. Share what you know about each below.

===Organizers===

*Name | contact details | special contribution/interests* [[User:Mikael|Mikael]] (Vilnius)* Tuchkus (Kaunas HH club) * See [http://hitchwiki.org/ Tuchkuscommunity/hitchgathering/contact/ contact] for more.

====Volunteer-forum====

==After-Other meetings, events==Almost everywhere, [https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=201032197447491944329.0004c137ff46438e384a6 see map]. ==To Do==

===CityBe the change you want to see in the world --Einstein * Tell your friends* Tell hitchhikers you meet on the road* Write cardboards with hitchgathering.org, the place and date (and maybe more) and place them at popular hitchhiking spots ... be creative and use your colorful markers!* Draw your own flyers :)* Spread the word around hitchhiking clubs and websites in your country===/your language* Post on your hitchhiking / travel / nomad blog or website about the gathering* Tell your favorite hitchhiking / travel / nomad blog author to write about it* Organize a pre-meeting (can be early like May/June/July to raise attention and connect people) * Translate a ready-made article in your local language and offer it to newspapers

==Other meetings, events=Flyers===Almost everywhere, [https<gallery>Image://mapsEruopeanhitchgatheringapWWW.googlejpgImage:Flyer_draft_4.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=201032197447491944329jpgImage:Flyer_draft_8.0004c137ff46438e384a6 see map]jpgImage:Flyer draft 9.jpg</gallery>

*Tell the village shop we're coming in force. They need to put their garbage outside :Dsomeone that speaks LT put their name here, merci.** Youp, we'll call, no problem! - [[User:Mikael|Mikael]] 15:14, 17 July 2012 (CEST)

Possible We can create content simply under /lt/ etc pages, or create multiple websites under WP. I recommend that we don't translate everything, but rather create "about" page in multiple languages - would be useful in buddypress? If not delete the pointfuture years, too.- [[User:Mikael|Mikael]] 01:40, 17 July 2012 (CEST):How do we do that? [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] 13:55, 17 July 2012 (CEST)::You can go to [http://hitchwiki.org/community/hitchgathering/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type====Other====page edit pages here] and see the stuff under "language"? Just add new pages in languages and add whatever content you feel like should be translated. ;-) At least short what/when/where. You can translate [http://hitchwiki.org/community/hitchgathering/press/ press] and/or [http://hitchwiki.org/community/hitchgathering/about/ about] pages. Currently Tomi/Astikain, Julien/Sitarane, Mikael, Jona/N0id, Ralf/Platschi, Kasper/Guaka can edit pages. [http://hitchwiki.org/community/hitchgathering/contact/ Send me] your hitchwiki account if you wish to be able to edit stuff, or just edit to the wiki and I'll add it later to the site. -[[User:Mikael|Mikael]] 15:19, 17 July 2012 (CEST)

====Social mediaReady made articles====*Need a hashtageFind in the link below some material to help you talk to the media entities and stuff like that.

====[[Hitchgathering/2012/News|Media presence====talk]]

===Art=== ==Last year's articles=Practicalities=======Special *[http://hitchwiki.org/en/Hitchgathering/2011/news#News_Story_.28long.29_-_April_2011 Good stuff and gear we'll need====promoting Hitchgathering 2011]

By Being done by Bea and [[User:Mikael|Mikael]] ===General communication=======Social media====*Need a #hashtag suggest below<nowiki>#hitchgathering too long</nowiki> <nowiki>#thumbing</nowiki> <nowiki>#4812</nowiki> <nowiki>#hitch4812</nowiki>* I like the one above. --[[User:N0id|N0id]] 14:15, 16 July 2012 (CEST) <nowiki>#hh4812</nowiki> <nowiki>#4812hh</nowiki>?????

Being organized [http://hitchwiki.org/community/hitchgathering/forums/forum/workshops-2012/ in the forum]. ====Art=========Flyers=====Write details here.

==Contact=Web-presence===*Main website: [http://www.hitchgathering.org HitchGathering.org]

==Web-presence== ===Main website and forum===*[http://www.hitchgathering.org HitchGathering.org] ===Facelift event===*[https://www.facebook.com/events/389721054421301/ Hitchgathering 2012 in Facebook] ===Threads in Couchsurfing.org groups===(I know, it's an evil corporation led by Satan and his minions but here goes anyways):**[http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=19&post=12603296 Backpackers]**[http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=9367&post=12603215 European Hitchhiking Gathering]**[http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=12238196 Hitchhikers - earlier post]**[http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=12&post=12603246 Hitchhikers - later post]**[http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=24&post=12603230 Alternative Ways of Living and Consuming]**[http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=232&post=12603313 Lithuania]

===CS Event===*Couchsurfing activity/event thing: [http://www.couchsurfing.org/activity/view/9LTUGU/hitchgathering-2012 Hitchgathering 2012]

===Thread in *On BeWelcome===*forum[http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s2546-The_hitchhiking_family_is_proud_to_annouce____Hitchgathering_2012 Announcement](shamelessly bump it every now and then) --[[User:nottelling|Youllneverfindme]]

* Tell your friends<nowiki>#4812</nowiki>* Tell hitchhikers you meet on the road* Write cardboards :I like that, can be combine with hitchgathering.org, the place and date (and maybe more) and place them at popular other tags #hitchhiking spots ... be creative and use your colorful markers!* Draw your own flyers [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] 13:55, 17 July 2012 (CEST)* Spread the word around hitchhiking clubs and websites in your country/your language* Post on your hitchhiking / travel / nomad blog or website about the gathering* Tell your favorite hitchhiking / travel / nomad blog author to write about ::Wait, it* Organize returns a pre-meeting lot of junk, very bad [[User:Sitarane|Sitarane]] 13:55, 17 July 2012 (can be early like May/June/July to raise attention and connect peopleCEST) * Translate a ready-made article in your local language and offer it to newspapers

===Ready-made articles===<nowiki>#hitch4812</nowiki>A couple of contributions from Tomi (:I like the one above. --[[User:AstikainN0id|AstikainN0id]] 0114:1715, 17 16 July 2012 (CEST)). Feel free to edit and/or translate as you see fit (you can leave out the author info, keep it or replace it with your own credentials). Send to your local newspapers, magazines and e-zines!

'''''”I just go a short distance”'''''Many of us behind the wheel are not aware of the fact that a five-kilometer distance equals to one hour of walking. Usually a hitchhiker is happy to go even a short distance. Maybe there is a better spot where the hitchiker gets the next long ride, thanks to you. '''''”I don't really have time/space”'''''Outside the White Nights of the Northern hemisphere summer, daylight is the most precious asset to a hitchhiker. Mind you, a human being approaching you on a dark gas station is no different from a day-time traveler. A hitchhiker doesn't mind going fast and a travel buddy doesn't slow you down. A hitchhiker doesn't require luxury neither. Just a small space to sit will suffice because most are traveling light. And on a long journey you can ask your fellow traveler to take the wheel as long as they have had enough rest and are in a possession of a valid driver's license. '''''”Someone else will give a ride”'''''Many think that truckers always help hitchhikers. Contemporary truck companies, however, often have insurance policies that prohibit extra passengers, even if the driver was willing to help. ”He can always take the bus” is not a good excuse either because going from place A to place B with no money involved is just one of the motives to hitch. Getting to know new people, a sense of adventure and developing your character are hardly reasons to travel by bus. '''''”I don't give rides to strangers”'''''A hitchhiker is always grateful for the ride and sits next to you with a smile. Due to the challenging nature of the hobby, hitchhikers are typically very sociable creatures with thousands of stories to tell. Many enjoy having a hitchhiker so much that, after the ride, they invite him for a bite or even to lay down his head. For some a Facebook friendship will suffice. Others confide to a hitchhiker so openly that they prefer to end the therapy session at the end of the ride. In any case, you are no longer strangers once the car comes to a halt. The driver decides the limits: whether we should go in deep conversations and get to know each other profoundly, or whether it is better to talk about the weather and to listen to the radio. '''''”I'm too afraid”'''''If riding a heavy fast-moving metal object alone doesn't make you scared then it shouldn't happen in good company either. Fear is the silliest reason not to stop for a hitchhiker because it's usually unfounded. Statistically speaking, most people die in their homes and the most dangerous people are those closest to you. Getting to know a hitchhiker is a free means to rid yourself of unfounded fears. Hitchhikers are rather healers than killers. Of course you can continue the list of excuses ad infinitum and make yourself believe that picking up a hitchhiker is not worth the risk. ”You hardly see them anymore” or ”I can't make that quick decisions” are poor excuses if you make the decision right now: Will you pick up a hitchhiker when the next chance arises? Time around the European Hitchhikers' Meeting (4-8-12) is a great chance to see a hitchhiker! Get ready! It can be one of the coolest experiences of your life! '''THE AUTHOR: Tomi Astikainen'''*Education: Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration)*Hitch-experience: over 100,000 km, ca 30 countries, more than 1,500 drivers*Motto: Love the universe and it will love you back*Monthly budget: 0 Euros*More info: www.tomiastikainen.com & www.hitchgathering.org ====The hitchhiker-perspective====  ====Last year's articles====*[http://hitchwiki.org/en/Hitchgathering/2011/news#News_Story_.28long.29_-_April_2011 Good stuff promoting Hitchgathering 2011] ==Done=====Social Media===* [https://www.facebook.com/events/389721054421301/ Facebook event]* [http://www.couchsurfing.org/activity/view/9LTUGU/hitchgatheringAfter-2012 CS event] ===Flyers=meetings==<gallery>Image:Flyerhitchgathering20120.pngImage:Flyer_draft_4.jpgImage:Flyer_draft_8.jpgImage:Flyer draft 9.jpg</gallery>