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[[User:Guaka|Guaka]] is seriously thinking of setting up a '''hitchhiking course in [[New Zealand]]'''This never happened, sometime in Summer 2007. Letbut it's gather people and ideas on this wiki who want to help organizehere. It might inspire someone someday. You don't even have Feel free to be in New Zealand or going there. You can help with ideas, writing, planning, contacting people, copy and by improving the wiki pages on the Hitchwikipaste.''
==Communication==We You can communicate through this wiki, but we probably also want to set up an open mailing listjoin it on http://groups.google.com/group/hitchcourse/about?hl=en<!-- (Using CouchSurfing Groups would be nice, but it would exclude everyone who is not on CouchSurfing.)-->
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----[[File:Elsa amylin kiwi experience.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Experience Kiwi hitchhiking!]][[User:Guaka|Guaka]] is seriously thinking of setting up a '''hitchhiking course in [[New Zealand]]''', sometime in Summer 2007. Let's gather people and ideas on this wiki who want to help organize. You don't even have to be in [[New Zealand]] or going there. You can help with ideas, writing, planning, contacting people, and by improving the wiki pages on the Hitchwiki. ==Goals==
# Get more people to stick out their thumbs
# Create positive media attention for both hitchhiking and hospitality exchange
# Create a useful [[Hitchhiking Zine]] and useful information for others who want to organize Hitch courses.
==You want to help?==* [[User:Guaka|Guaka]]: ideas, wiki, writing, hitching* [[User:Amylin|amylin]]: graphics, ideas, hitching* [[:couchsurfing:JOEPIE84|Joep]]: graphics, ideas, writing and doing one in [[Netherlands|Holland]]* [[:couchsurfing:ANU*|Anu]]: hitching-virgin and soon-to-be NZ resident, so perfect test-dummy for the project. Also capable of some writing and techie things. * [[User:Luna1|Luna1]]: ideas, writing, remember the Golden Days of hitching in NZ* [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]]: ideas, writing, anything else, can't do any hitching in NZ :(* [[User:Salman|Salman]]: promotion via digihitch, ideas, coding help :''Add yourself if you want to help out, give a short overview of what you want to do. And, you don't have to be in [[New Zealand]] to help!'' == Communication ==[[New Zealand hitch course - call for participation]]
We can communicate through this wiki, but Guaka also set up an open mailing list:''Add yourself if you want to help out, give a short overview of what you want to do[mailto:[email protected] hitchcourse@googlegroups. And, you don't have to be in New Zealand to help!''com]
==Where==
You can't really hitchhike easily on the ferries in New Zealand, so there are two main options:
# South Island
[[User:Guaka|Guaka]] is currently located in [[Nelson]], and there will be some more people at the [[:cswiki:New Zealand Collective|CouchSurfing Collective]] who are interested in working on this.
===Nelson - Nelson===
Around South Island, starting in Nelson.
==When==
A weekend in Southern Hemisphere Summer. Probably in March.
==The name==
Hitchhiking ''competitions'' are fairly common in [[Eastern Europe]], especially in [[Russia]]. But the ''course'' is going to be less competitive, with more focus on people communicating and improving intercultural understanding. That's why Guaka decided to use the word '''course''':
# The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.
::''from [http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Form=Dict2&Database=gcide&Query=course The Collaborative International Dictionary of English]''
==Hospitality exchange==
We can use existing hospitality exchange networks, CouchSurfing, Hospitality Club, WWOOFing farms, to find people who can offer hitchhikers some food and/or a place to stay if they didn't make it for the night.
==Media==
We want to get articles in newspapers and items on TV.
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