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[[Image:080808.jpg|thumb|left|234px|HITCHHIKE TO PARIS WITH US]]
The '''888 Project''' seeks to ask all Europeans == Hitchhike to hitchhike from all corners of the European continent (whether it is from [[Belfast]], [[Istanbul]], [[Helsinki]] or [[Lisbon]]) to arrive at the Eiffel Tower - this world-renowned French lighthouse - in [[Paris]] on 888, August 8th, 2008...08/08/2008...888 == *We need you On the 8th of August over a hundred people (and counting) will join up to take part and organize this official European Hitchhiking Event hitchhike to Paris from every single country in different places around Europeand further.*We need you to succeed Join this event with fellow hitchhikers, for an amazing adventure and get hitchhiking recognized as a genuine means of transportationgreat weekend in Paris.*We need you to convince people to hitchhike Show up, and pick [[project 888|sign up hitchhikers]] for this event and [[Project 888/Volunteer|help]] organising it.
Hitchhike to Paris on 888, August 8th, 2008...08/08/2008...888
==The Program==We will gather in front of the Eiffel Tower, at this [http://turl.ca/888 exact location]: from anytime during the day until around 23:00 (or later even maybe). We are still calling for adventurous hosts from Paris to show up and spontaneously host all of us - but you might want to bring your tent!
*__TOC__The Organizers'''888 Project''' seeks to ask you to hitchhike from all corners of Europe and beyond (whether from [[Belfast]], [[Istanbul]], [[Helsinki]] or [[Lisbon]]) to arrive at the Eiffel Tower - this world-renowned French lighthouse - in [[Paris]] on 888, August 8th, 2008. Participate in the first European Hitchhiking Week and Day and take part in the open space day on Saturday: "How to live a nomad-life", on hitchhiking, sustainable travel and hospitality exchange, with games, workshops, skill-sharing and knowledge exchange.
Once the European hitchhikers will have arrived, the three organizers -- Pascal Dumont, Fabrice Renucci and Guillaume Mouton -- will address the hitchhikers.
*Hitchhiking
[[Image<div style="border:ludo.jpg|1px dotted blue; padding:5px; margin-left|thumb|234px|Ludovic Hubler]]: 20px; margin-right:auto; width: 500px;">* Participate to make the first European Hitchhiking Week a success!* Get hitchhiking recognized as a real means of transportation!* Inspire other people to hitchhike!* Have drivers pick up hitchhikers! * Share your skills with others and inspire!</div>
This address will be followed by the speech of [http[File://ludovichubler080808poster.com Ludovic Hublerjpg|thumb|right|234px|HITCHHIKE TO PARIS]] (a Frenchman who has just come back from a five-year hitchhiking journey around the world. During his trip, Ludovic organized conferences in more than 200 schools, met a large number of NGOs and organized some international events to create a network between them.
*The Sustainable Side of the Project
The three organizers are also part of a French association called [http://www.nature-propre.org Nature Propre].
The association aims at promoting sustainable development through a certain number of programs and the 888 project is one of the key projects of Nature Propre.
Guillaume Mouton and Thomas Chretiennot will deliver a speech about the substainable side attached to the project.
==The checkpoint cities==
The goal of the checkpoint cities is '''Things to do:'''* Organise a local [[Project 888/Meetings|Project 888 Meeting]] in your country or city to help team up with hitchhikers . Use an [[project 888/Meetings|invitation]], and adapt it to your local context, organise a location (your home, your host's home, a local bar, etc), invite other people through their journey through evening meetings your favourite [[Finding accommodation#Hospitality exchange networks|hospitality exchange]] community, etc, and having volunteers on ''[http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Meetings&action=edit add] your meeting''. * Translate the [[project 888/Press|press-release]] and ''spread'' it.* Help organising events in Paris:** read [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=199&post=1285236 this e-mail]** Find a nice open spot every at dawn.for the Saturday where we can meet and exchange workshopsThe goal ** Think of having several rings is what you would like to ensure that we learn and share on Saturday during the [[Project 888/Workshops|Open Space]] day''' ''Check the [[Project 888/Volunteer]] pages for coordination and to see how you can help hitchhikers to progressively get to Paris in all safety.making 888 a success !'' '''* Design/ read the [[Project 888/Newsletter|latest newsletters]]
*== The Morning VolunteersProgram ==[[File:logo888.jpg|thumb|left|234px|888 Project logo by Laris(s)a, http://www.laris-s-a.com" (with inspiration from Luis Pacheco)]]Here's the program so far:
There will be volunteers helping hitchhikers leave any given city on any given ring on the actual hitchhiking spot at dawn. The volunteers will provide hitchhikers with tips and advice.'''FRIDAY EVENING'''
Every evening, in any given city, there will be an evening meeting.People who do not have any accomodation and find a place to stay.Hitchhikers can exchange good stories and share tips and advice.'''SATURDAY'''
Please write down your name next * [[Project 888/Workshops|Open-Space Day]] starting at 11:00. Theme: "How to your city live a nomad-life". On hitchhiking, sustainable travel and hospitality exchange, with games, workshops, skill-sharing and mention whether you would like knowledge exchange. Place yet to be a morning volunteer or a meeting organizerdetermined, possibly [http://turl.ca/888 here], same place as the Friday meet-up.
*If you are a morning volunteer you can then edit the meeting information regarding the actual spot hitchhikers will have to leave from and how to get there.*If you are a evening organizer, you can then edit the meeting details once you click on your city]]'''SUNDAY'''
* These 'speeches'/ workshops will form an integral part of the [[Project 888 PROJECT St. Petersburg/Workshops|open space day]] on Saturday (3000km)* [[888 PROJECT Athens]] (2955km)* [[888 PROJECT Moscow]] (2847km)* [[888 PROJECT Odessa]] (2763km)* [[888 PROJECT Istanbul]] (2700km)* [[888 PROJECT Tirana]] (2585kmin progress).
===Start on 488...August 4th* The OrganizersOnce the European hitchhikers will have arrived, 2008..the organizers will address the hitchhikers.Ring 2 (2000 to 2500Ks away)===
* [[888 PROJECT Tallinn]] (2565km)* [[888 PROJECT Chisinau ]] (2512km)* [[888 PROJECT Kalamaria]] (2497km)* [[888 PROJECT Kiev]] (2438km)* [[888 PROJECT Helsinki]] (2341km)* [[888 PROJECT Tampere]] (2334km)* [[888 PROJECT BucharestFile:ludo.jpg|right|thumb|234px|Ludovic Hubler]] (2304km)* [[888 PROJECT Skopje]] (2286km)* [[888 PROJECT Riga]] (2256km)Hitchhiking* [This address will be followed by the speech of [888 PROJECT Sofiahttp://ludovichubler.com Ludovic Hubler]] (2242km)a Frenchman who has just come back from a five-year hitchhiking journey around the world. * [[888 PROJECT Sarajevo]] (2241km)* [[888 PROJECT Pristina]] (2205km)* [[888 PROJECT Minsk]] (2205km)* [[888 PROJECT Belgrade]] (2163km)During his trip, Ludovic organized conferences in more than 200 schools, met a large number of NGOs and organized some international events to create a network between them.
===Start on 588* The Sustainable Side of the ProjectA French association called [http://www.nature-propre.org Nature Propre] supports the projectThe association aims at promoting sustainable development through a certain number of programs and the 888 project is one of the key projects of Nature Propre.August 5th, 2008..Guillaume Mouton and Thomas Chretiennot will deliver a speech about the substainable side attached to the project.Ring 3 (1500 to 2000Ks away)===
* [[888 PROJECT Vilnius]] (2062km)* [[888 PROJECT Lviv]] (1891km)* [[888 PROJECT Stockholm]] (1860km)* [[888 PROJECT Timisoara]] (1814km)* [[888 PROJECT Oslo]] (1809km)* [[888 PROJECT Lisbon]] (1739km)* [[888 PROJECT Sevilla]] (1729km)* [[888 PROJECT Napoli]] (1635km)* [[888 PROJECT Warsaw]] (1600km)* [[888 PROJECT Dublin]] (872km + 2 BOATS)* [[888 PROJECT Belfast]] (1111km + 2 BOATS)* [[888 PROJECT Edinburg]] (1051km + 1 BOAT)* [[888 PROJECT Glasgow]] (1054km + 1BOAT)== The checkpoint cities ==
===Start on 688..We are hitching from different locations, see here an overview of the [[Project 888/Cities]], categorized according to distance from Paris.In some of the cities we hold [[Project 888/Meetings]] in the week towards the 8th of August 6th, 2008...Ring 4 (1000 to 1500Ks away)===
* Sign up in the cities you depart form or arrive. You can use the [[Project 888 PROJECTPorto/Cities]] (1577km)* -page. '''We also [[888 PROJECT Krakow]] (1536km)* [[888 PROJECT Gdansk]] (1525km)* [[888 PROJECT Göteborg]] (1515km)* [[888 PROJECT Budapest]] (1484km)* [[888 PROJECT Rome]] (1437km)* [[888 PROJECT Zagreb]] (1396km)* [[888 PROJECT Bratislava]] (1311km)* [[888 PROJECT Madrid]] (1262km)* [[888 PROJECT Ljubljana]] (1253km)* [[888 PROJECT Wien]] (1237km)* [[888 PROJECT Copenhagen]] (1212km)* [[888 PROJECT Liverpool]http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367 discuss] (791km +1 boat)different routes.'''
* [[888 PROJECT BerlinFile:images.jpg|left|thumb|234px|]] (1053km)* [[888 PROJECT Prague]] (1046km)* [[888 PROJECT Barcelona]] (1038km)* [[888 PROJECT Dresden]] (1025km)* [[888 PROJECT Salzburg]] (987km)* [[888 PROJECT Hamburg]] (890km)* [[888 PROJECT Milano]] (851km)* [[888 PROJECT Munich]] (841km)* [[888 PROJECT Toulouse]] (763km)* [[888 PROJECT Marseille]] (776km)* [[888 PROJECT Stuttgart]] (624km)* [[888 PROJECT London]] (421km + 1 boat)
===Start on 888...August 8th, 2008...Ring 6 (less than 500Ks away)===
* [[888 PROJECT Zürich]] (590km)Early August 2008. Radek, Pascal, Martin and Lily* [[888 PROJECT Bordeaux]] (585km)embarked on a hitchhiking adventure to Paris. One common goal united them:* [[888 PROJECT Geneve]] (540km)to arrive under the Eiffel Tower on August 8th to be part of the first European* [[888 PROJECT Amsterdam]] (503km)* [[888 PROJECT Köln]] (490km)* [[888 PROJECT Utrecht]] (471km)* [[888 PROJECT Lyon]] (465km)* [[888 PROJECT Rotterdam]] (449km)* [[888 PROJECT Liege]] (374km)* [[888 PROJECT Luxemburg]] (366km)* [[888 PROJECT Rennes]] (366km)* [[888 PROJECT Brussels]] (312km)* [[888 PROJECT Lille]] (226km)Hitchhiking Week.
=== Long-Distance Hitchhiking: Starting Martin, [the Suit] decided to dress up to increasehis chances from Copenhagen. Radek, [the Philosopher] opted forstarting from Spanish country roads to embrace mother nature and escape thesmells of large motorways. Pascal, [the all worked out Quebequois], resolvedto hitch rides all the way from Asia to make it a little bit more than 3000ks away===interesting. Lily, [the first-timer] hoped she would not become theprey of some ill-intentioned male counterparts .
You can of course start your European hitchhiking event from further away than the 6th RING* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sufvptk_5lI Trailer]
You are free to start from wherever you want* [http://no-comment.dk/_Blog/paris More information]
The 888 project community has decided to get together and unite to make a documentary about hitchhiking* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=ger&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=169 Hitchbase]* [http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/HHGTE.html Bernd Wechner]* [http://www.bugeurope.com/paris/gta.html Bug Europe]The organizing team is currently looking for 4 different cameramen who would be interested in joining 4 different hitchhikers across their journey* [http://www.routard.com/guide_voyage_page/26/emplacements_strategiques.htm Routard]Sebastian Cort, an experienced boat hitchhiker and also cameraman has recently agreed on following Pascal Dumont from Teheran, Iran to Paris, France* http://hitching.free.fr/autostop/wakka.php?wiki=EnglishVersionWe now need three other cameramen* http://home.wanadoo.nl/agghanebbah/navigator/france/paris/paris000.htm
We are also inviting all the people wishing to meet up with hitchhikers from all over the world on August 8th, to participate in this documentary project through any way they would feel like:You can either:== Sign Up Now ==
*Keep a journal*Take photos*Record with an audio recorder*Draw*Film The film project will be a sort of patchwork using all the material that the hitchhikers will bring with them on August 8th. ==Help from Paris on 888== ===Hosting=== We need to contact the Paris community in order to host all the Europeans who are coming to Paris on 888 If you cannot find a host through [http://www.couchsurfing.com Couchsurfing], [http://www.hospitalityclub.org Hospitality Club] or [http://www.bewelcome.org BeWelcome] then: Please register on the [[I Need A Place To Stay Sign Up Page]] if you are looking for a place to stay Please register on the [[I Can Host Hitchhikers Sign Up Page]] if you live in Paris and you are willing to host people. ===Call Center=== This subgroup was designed to find 2 teams who can work on D-Day- Project 888- to answer hitchhikers' phonecalls.What these two teams will need to do to help the 8 8 8 project: * Have a landline phone number -Be at home on the 8.8.8 throughout the whole day and evening * Know the hitchhiking spots on a circumference of 200 ks around Paris * Know the Paris transportation system so that the hitchhikers who are lost can easily reach the Palais de Tokyo * Have a list of people who can host (they do not necessarily need to be on C.S. on H.C.* we will establish this list and send it to the two teams) Please register on the [[I Want To Volunteer For The Call Center Team 1 Sign Up Page]] or the [[I Want To Volunteer For The Call Center Team 2 |Sign Up Page]] if you would like to volunteer in one of our teams.
==How to hitchhike out of Paris?== Check the page about [[Paris]] to find spots to leave the city. ==Register Now== You can register on the [[Sign Up PageUser:Robino|Robino]] to take part in the Hitchhiking Event. ==Contact Us Now== Please feel free to contact us if you wish to bring your help to the project:
Pascal Dumont - dumont_376 [at] hotmail.com:+(33)623628247Dieuwke
Fabrice Renucci- fabrice.renucci [at[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]] hotmail.fr:+(33)950102285:+(33)612871824
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{{888}}<!--<kaltura-widget size='M' align='R' kwid='ZDZsdTAyOWpoY3w2ODF8NjgxMDB8UGFyaXMgTWF0Y2ggUmVwb3J0fHhyNW5yazRuMDh8NTlhYTFiMWRmZQ==' />--><div style="border: 1px dotted blue; padding:5px; margin-left: 75px; margin-right:auto; width: 500px;">* The gathering was a great success, and next year will see a sequel to it: [[Image:8888789]].jpg* Check out the post-888 [[Project 888/Newsletter|thumbnewsletter]] * Fill in your [[888/Evaluation|right888-Evaluation]]* Read the [[888/Reports|234px|THE 888 PROJECTreports]]from participants / Write your own* 8/8/8 over 150 hitchhikers arrived; and more are still on their way* 7/8/8 It's happening! 20 hitchers arrived 1 day ahead of time. Just imagine 8/8/8</div>
[[File:888_signs.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A small collection of the [[Paris]] [[signs]] for the [[Project 888]] where over 150 hitchhikers gathered and camped in front of the Eiffel Tower.]]
== Meet-Up ==
We welcome the Paris community to host us hitchhikers, coming to Paris on 888. Please come to Champs de Mars [http://turl.ca/888 here] and join in to welcome us!
===The Speeches=Coordinate! ==
*The Evening MeetingsMeeting under/ in front of the Eiffel Tower until late (you know how we will look like), [http://turl.ca/888 here]* Meet, exchange stories and play [[Project 888/Games|Games]]* Move to a camp-ground or host.
* Brunch starting at 1pm at Parc des Buttes de Chaumond (?), or same place as the Friday meet-up?
===Start on 388...August 3rd, 2008...Ring 1 (2500 to 3000Ks away)=Speeches ==
===Start on 788...August 7th, 2008...Ring 5 (500 to 1000Ks away)=Paris 8 8 8- The Film ==
==The Documentary ProjectHow to hitchhike out of Paris? ==
Check the page about [[Image:images.jpg|left|thumb|234px|Paris]]to find spots to leave the city.
Alternative resources:
== Contact Us Now ==
[[File:8888.jpg|thumb|right|300px|early logo sketch]]
Please feel free to contact us if you wish to bring your help to the project:
Fabrice Renucci- renucci.fabrice [at] gmail.com
+(33)678627985
[[fr:Projet 888]][[Category:888 ProjectHitchgathering]]
