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<!--<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: [[789]]. * Check out the post-888 [[Project 888/Newsletter|newsletter]] * Fill in your [[888/Evaluation|888-Evaluation]]* Read the [[888/Reports|reports]] 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>   == Hitchhike to Paris on 888, August 8th, 2008...08/08/2008...888==On the 8th of August over a hundred people (and counting) will join up to hitchhike to Paris from different places around Europe and further. Join this event with fellow hitchhikers, for an amazing adventure and a great weekend in Paris. Show up, and [[project 888|sign up]] for this event and [[Project 888/Volunteer|help]] organising it.    [[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! 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! == Coordinate! == __TOC__The '''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.

* Participate to make the first European Hitchhiking Week a successuccess!

[[File:080808poster.jpg|thumb|right|234px|HITCHHIKE TO PARIS]]    '''Help organising! Things to do:'''* Organise a local meeting [[Project 888/Meetings|Project 888 Meeting]] in your country or city to team up with hitchhikers. Find Use an [[project 888/Meetings|invitation you can use ]], and adapt it to your local context, organise a location (your home, your host's home, a local bar, etc), invite other people through your favourite [[888_PROJECT_MeetingsFinding accommodation#Hospitality exchange networks|herehospitality exchange]] community, etc, and ''[http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Project_888/Meetings&action=edit add ] your meeting ''. * Translate the [[888_PROJECT_Pressproject 888/Press|press-release]] and ''spread '' it.

** Finding a bar or restaurant or room large enough so that it can have the potential to welcome close to 100 people (speeches, welcome..read [http://www.)couchsurfing. The barcom/restaurant or room should not be too far from the Eiffel Tower, which means working out a special deal with the owners to get us cheap drinksgroup_read.html?gid=199&post=1285236 this e-mail]

** Think of what you would like to learn and share on Saturday during the [[888_PROJECT_WorkshopsProject 888/Workshops|Open Space]] day ==The Program==__TOC__''' ''Check the [[Image:logo888.jpg|thumb|left|234px|Project 888/Volunteer]] pages for coordination and to see how you can help making 888 Project logo by Laris(s)a, http:success !'' '''* Design/read the [[Project 888/www.laris-s-a.com" (with inspiration from Luis Pacheco)Newsletter|latest newsletters]]We Need Help To Organise The Actual888 Weekend

* Meeting at under/ in front of the Eiffel Tower* Finding a bar or restaurant or room large enough so that it can have the potential to welcome close to 100 people until late (speechesyou know how we will look like), welcome[http://turl...)ca/888 here]** The barMeet, exchange stories and play [[Project 888/restaurant or room should not be too far from the Eiffel TowerGames|Games]]** It means working out Move to a special deal with the owners to get us cheap drinkscamp-ground or host.

* Open morning for everybody* Find a nice place for [[888_PROJECT_WorkshopsProject 888/Workshops|WORKSHOPSOpen-Space Day]] in the afternoon (the workshops will be closely related starting at 11:00. Theme: "How to live a nomad-life". On hitchhiking of course)* Need , sustainable travel and hospitality exchange, with games, workshops, skill-sharing and knowledge exchange. Place yet to find a bar where we could spend be determined, possibly [http://turl.ca/888 here], same place as the eveningFriday meet-up.

* Brunch starting at 1pm at Parc des Buttes de Chaumond(?), or same place as the Friday meet-up?

==Speeches==

These 'speeches'/ workshops will form an integral part of the [[Project 888/Workshops|open space day]] on Saturday (in progress). *The Organizers

[[ImageFile:ludo.jpg|right|thumb|234px|Ludovic Hubler]]*Hitchhiking

*The Sustainable Side of the Project

==The checkpoint cities==

Participants We are hitchhing hitching from different locations. To make an overview of who is hitchhing from where, and to make coordination a bit easier, there is see here an overview of the [[Project 888/Cities]]. The cities are categorised , categorized according to distance from Paris. In some of the cities there are also we hold [[Project 888/Meetings]] that are held in the week towards the 8th of August.

You are asked to sign Sign up in the cities you are departing from, depart form or crossingarrive. You can use either the event-pages on Couchsurfing, or the [[Project 888/Cities]]-page. '''We also [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367 discuss] different routes.'''

==Paris 8 8 8- The Documentary ProjectFilm ==

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The 888 project community has decided to get together Early August 2008. Radek, Pascal, Martin and unite to make Lilyembarked on a documentary about hitchhikingadventure to Paris. Different cameramen will be joining different hitchhikers across their journeyOne common goal united them: * Pascal Dumont will to arrive under the Eiffel Tower on August 8th to be filmed by Fabrice Renucci and they will hitch from Yerevan,Armenia to Paris, Francepart of the first EuropeanHitchhiking Week.* Martin Boserup will be filmed by Misha Fournial and they will hitch from Saint Peterburg, Russia to Paris, France

Martin, [the Suit] decided to dress up to increasehis chances from Copenhagen. Radek, [Documentary Project instructions the Philosopher] opted for cameramenstarting 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 moreinteresting. Lily, [the first-timer]hoped she would not become theprey of some ill-intentioned male counterparts .

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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sufvptk_5lI Trailer]

*Keep a journal*Take photos*Record with an audio recorder*Draw*Film[http://no-comment.dk/_Blog/paris More information]

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- 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?==

* http://membreshitching.lycosfree.fr/bpierret/autostop/wiki/wakka.php?wiki=EnglishVersion

==Sign Up Now==

[[Project 888|Sign Up Page]]

==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 [[User:Robino|Robino]]

Fabrice Renucci- fabrice.renucci [at[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]] hotmail.fr+(33)612871824

Pascal Dumont- dumont_376 [at[fr:Projet 888]][[Category:Hitchgathering]] hotmail.com