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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Hitchgathering 2017}}[[Image:Hitchgathering-2017-poster.jpg|560px]]<p class="lead">'''Hitchgathering''' is the name of a series of international hitchhiking gatherings held in Europe and Northern America [[Hitchgathering#Past_events|since 2008]].</p>

<p class="lead">For the 10th anniversary the idea of '''[http://hitchgathering.org Transeuropean Hitchgathering.org]'''was created. The three main locations (Portugal, Germany, Ukraine) are to be incorporated in a series of Hitchgatherings spanning from Western to Eastern Europe, all summer long!</p>

=== Organizing the event =Gathering locations & dates ==* <span style====Communication====* All communications about the gathering happen on the email list (hitch@lists"opacity:0.freeactive.net) and in the 3">'''1-6 August''' - [[https:Hitchgathering/2017/www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/ Facebook groupHitchfest|Gathering]] * If you are not on at the list, register in [http://hitchgatheringwww.org hitchgatheringhitchfest.org/ HitchFest] or directly through the , Marco de Canaveses, Portugal <small>([httphttps://listswww.freeactivefacebook.netcom/listinfo.cgievents/1862297317342987/hitch-freeactive.net listserverFB event]* Feel free to edit the wiki page for [http://hitchwiki.org/en/Hitchgathering)</2017 Hitchgathering 2017] in Europe.===Proposing a place===Remember to tackle the following questions when you scout for a location:* Is there space for 100-200 persons?* Can we acquire drinking water somewhere nearby?* Are there possibilities to dumpster dive or is food cheap?* How easysmall></difficult is it to reach the place?* How secluded is the place?* Can we just stay at the place or does it belong to somebody, do we need a permission?* Can we dig shit pits there?* Can YOU be there to help organizing in the beginning?* What else is important?span>

* <span style=== Proposals === ==== "opacity:0.3">'''10-26 August''' - '''[[Hitchgathering/2017/Traumschule|Hitchgathering at Traumschule in Riebau]]''', Germany ==== A message by Kardan to the mailing list<small>([https: //www.facebook.com/events/1812914572358009/ FB event])</small></span>

* '''30 August onwards''' - '''[[Hitchgathering/2017/Shypit|Gathering in Shypit]]''', Ukraine <blockquotesmall>We are happy to host a gathering with freecontributions again - food, knowledge, money, sleeping bags, whatpeople need([https://www.facebook.com/events/126119214640818/ FB event])</small>

What held me back is that we don====Other Pre- & Post-Gatherings====* <span style="opacity:0.4">'''6-8 July''' - [https://talk.hitchwiki.org/t have /nog20-pregathering-5th-to-8th-of-july-in-hamburg NOG20 Pre-gathering] in [[Hamburg]]</span>* <span style="opacity:0.4">'''4-6 August''' - Pre-Gathering at Traumschule in Riebau hosted by [[DTSG]]</span>* <span style="opacity:0.4">'''8-11 August''', between Hitchfest and German gathering a current english pagemeetup at [http://nomadwiki.org/en/Free_hot_springs#Fontpedrouse Hot springs at Fontpédrouse], Pyrenees, France. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/permalink/1817437861603105/ FB post]</span>http* <span style="opacity:0.4">'''24-29 August''' - [https://tswww.blogsportende-gelaende.deorg/en/ Open Pit Mine Occupation in Western Germany]</span>

Our public hospitality profiles ====Outside of Europe====If you're on the other side of the Atlantic, watch out for news regarding a hitchgathering in July or August in english:the province of Minas Gerais, Brazil that is [https://www.bewelcomefacebook.orgcom/members/Traumschulehttps:groups/caroneirosdebeiradeestrada/wwwbeing organized].couchsurfing.com/people/traum-schule

Decide, when and if you want to meet here== Organizing the event ==* Hitchgatherings are self-organized: everybody makes them happen * '''All communications about organising the gathering happen mainly [https://talk.hitchwiki. I am org/c/hitchgathering on this list but youthe hitchwiki forum].''' Plenty of the community talk happens in the [https://www.facebook.com/groups/hitchgathering/ Facebook group]can also reach our group at traumschule@riseup* a lot of relevant discussion happens on [http://lists.freeactive.net/listinfo.cgi/hitch-freeactive.netthe mailing list]* Feel free to [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit}} edit this page].

[=== Spread the word ===* 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

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