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On [[File:888_signs.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A small collection of 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 amazing event with fellow hitchhikers. We invite you to join this event and have an amazing adventure and a great weekend in Paris. Please ]] [[Sign Up Page|sign upsigns]] for this event and the [[Project 888/Volunteer|help]] organising itwhere 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!
[[Image:080808poster.jpg|thumb|right|234px|HITCHHIKE TO PARIS WITH US]]
==Meet-Up==
[[Project 888/Newsletter|Project 888/Newsletter]] ==The Program==__TOC__[[ImageFile:logo888.jpg|thumb|left|234px|888 Project logo by Laris(s)a, http://www.laris-s-a.com" (with inspiration from Luis Pacheco)]]We Need Help To Organise The Actual 888 Weekend
If Sign up in the cities you cannot find a host through depart form or arrive. You can use the [http:[Project 888//www.couchsurfingCities]]-page.com Couchsurfing], '''We also [http://www.hospitalityclubcouchsurfing.org Hospitality Club] or [http:/com/wwwgroup.bewelcome.org BeWelcome] then:* Please register on the [[I Need A Place To Stay Sign Up Page]html?gid=9367 discuss] 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 peopledifferent routes.'''
This subgroup was designed to find 2 teams who can work on D-Day- 888- to answer hitchhikers' phonecalls[[File:images.What these two teams will need to do to help the 8 8 8 project:jpg|left|thumb|234px|]]
* 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 Early August 2008. Radek, Pascal, Martin and Lilyembarked on a hitchhiking adventure to Paris. One common goal united them:to arrive under the Eiffel Tower on August 8th to be part of thefirst European [[I Want To Volunteer For The Call Center Team 1 Sign Up Page]] or the Hitchhiking Week.
==Contact Us Now==[[Project 888|Sign Up Page]]
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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!
==Helping outCoordinate! == __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.
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* Participate to make the first European Hitchhiking Week a successuccess!
* Get hitchhiking recognized as a real means of transportation!
* Inspire other people to hitchhike!
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[[File:080808poster.jpg|thumb|right|234px|HITCHHIKE TO PARIS]] '''Help organising! Things to do:'''* Organise a local [[Project 888/Meetings|Project 888 Meeting]] in your country or city to team up with hitchhikers. Use an [[888_PROJECT_Meetingsproject 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 your favourite [[Finding_accommodationFinding accommodation#Hospitality_exchange_networksHospitality exchange networks|hospitality 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.
* 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 for the Saturday where we can meet and exchange workshops
** Think of what you would like to learn and share on Saturday during the [[888_PROJECT_WorkshopsProject 888/Workshops|Open Space]] day
''' ''Check the [[Project 888/Volunteer]] pages for coordination and to see how you can help making 888 a success !'' '''
* Design/ read the [[Project 888/Newsletter|latest newsletters]]
Here's the program so far:
'''FRIDAY EVENING'''
* Meeting under / in front of the Eiffel Tower until late (you know how we will look like), [http://turl.ca/888 here]* We will Meet, exchange stories and play some [[Project 888/Games|Games]]* We will all move Move to a camp-ground/ or your host.
'''SATURDAY'''
* We will be having an [[888_PROJECT_WorkshopsProject 888/Workshops|Open-Space Day]] starting at 11:00. The theme of this day is Theme: "How to live a nomad-life", on . On hitchhiking, sustainable travel and hospitality exchange, with games, workshops, skill-sharing and knowledge exchange. Place yet to be determined, possibly [http://turl.ca/888 here], same place as the Friday meet-up.
'''SUNDAY'''
* 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
Once the European hitchhikers will have arrived, the organizers will address the hitchhikers.
[[ImageFile:ludo.jpg|right|thumb|234px|Ludovic Hubler]]*Hitchhiking
This address will be followed by the speech of [http://ludovichubler.com Ludovic Hubler] (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
A French association called [http://www.nature-propre.org Nature Propre] supports the project
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== Participants are hitching from different locations. To make an overview of who is hitching from where, and to make coordination a bit easier, there is an overview of the [[Project 888/Cities]]. The cities are categorized according to distance from Paris. In some of the cities there are also [[Project 888/Meetings]] that are held in the week towards the 8th of August. You are asked to sign up in the cities you are departing from, or crossing. You can use either the event-pages on Couchsurfing, or the [[Project 888/Cities]]. '''Participants are also using [http://www.couchsurfing.com/group.html?gid=9367 this group] to discuss different routes.''' ==The Documentary Project== [[Image:images.jpg|left|thumb|234px|]] The 888 project community has decided to get together and unite to make a documentary about hitchhiking. Different cameramen will be joining different hitchhikers across their journey: * Pascal Dumont will be filmed by Fabrice Renucci and they will hitch from Yerevan,Armenia to Paris, France.* Martin Boserup will be filmed by Misha Fournial and they will hitch from Saint Peterburg, Russia to Paris, France [[Documentary Project instructions for cameramen]] 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: *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 are contacting hitching from different locations, see here an overview of the Paris community in order to host all the Europeans who are coming [[Project 888/Cities]], categorized according to distance from Paris on 888. We are also considering a location for camping. '''Please read In some of the cities we hold [[http:Project 888//www.couchsurfing.com/group_readMeetings]] in the week towards the 8th of August.html?gid=9367&post=1293515 this thread]'''
===Call Center=Paris 8 8 8- The Film ==
Martin, [the Suit] decided to dress up to increasehis chances from Copenhagen. Radek, [I Want To Volunteer For The Call Center Team 2 Sign Up Pagethe Philosopher]opted forstarting from Spanish country roads to embrace mother nature and escape thesmells of large motorways. Pascal, [the all worked out Quebequois] if you , resolvedto hitch rides all the way from Asia to make it a little bit moreinteresting. Lily, [the first-timer] hoped she would like to volunteer in one not become theprey of our teamssome ill-intentioned male counterparts .
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sufvptk_5lI Trailer]
* [http://no-comment.dk/_Blog/paris More information]
==How to hitchhike out of Paris?==
Check the page about [[Paris]] to find spots to leave the city.
* [http://www.bugeurope.com/paris/gta.html Bug Europe]
* [http://www.routard.com/guide_voyage_page/26/emplacements_strategiques.htm Routard]
* http://membreshitching.lycosfree.fr/bpierret/autostop/wiki/wakka.php?wiki=EnglishVersion
* http://home.wanadoo.nl/agghanebbah/navigator/france/paris/paris000.htm
==Sign Up Now== [[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.renucci [at] hotmailgmail.frcom+(33)612871824678627985
[[User:Robino|Robino]]
Dieuwke
[[User:Terrehappy|MiSha]]
[[fr:Projet 888]]
[[Category:Hitchgathering]]
