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Consider weather, holidays, we need time to organizeMatch up with 5/8/11 (or 8/5/11 as Americans write it, or 2011.08.05 :P ) August 5th 2011? Or choose our own date?July 15-17!
-i was under the impression the EU one was pre-uni for the students. It would be nice to match up, but not necessary. Consider other events around that time -National Rainbow gathering (likely Washington), July 1-7 -Burning Man- End of August/early September -University students go back to school end of August/ early September Assume it starts on a Friday? Any reason not to?-Any reason TO? One reason to start on a Friday is for people with standard-schedule jobs - both prospective hitchers (like Rob from 2010 who got his first hitchhiking experience between Denver and Boulder) and locals who want to check it out. {[[NAHitchGathering2011DateDiscussion|border="1" align="center" style="text-align:center;"|'''Friday''' || '''Pros''' || '''Cons'''|-| June 17 || || |-| June 24 || || |-| July 1 || Monday is a holiday, so this is a 3-day weekend || Start of Rainbow Gathering, Rainbowers will be busy|-| July 8 || Rainbow Gathering just ended, perfect timing? || Rainbow Gathering just ended, too soon?|-| July 15 || Rainbow Gathering ended a week ago, allows people time to show up || |-| July 22 || || |-| July 29 || || |-| August 5 || Same weekend as EU gathering, could be cool || Someone might want to attend both?|-| August 12 || || |-| August 19 || || George is busy. Lily, too! Likely Robin, as well.|-| August 26 || || Burning Man starts on the 29th, burners will be busy getting ready|-| September 2 || || During Burning Man|-| September 9 || || Burning Man just ended on Sept. 5th, burners will be burnt out and needing sleep in a real bed... |}Old date discussion section]]
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