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==The Goal of the 888 Project==
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The 888 Project wishes to create a wide-spread European hitchhiking event. The event aims to create a day full of fun and joy and secondly to raise awareness about hitchhiking. Participate by hitchhiking to Paris on the 8th of the 8th of 2008!
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==Hitchhike to Tokyo in Paris on the 08-08-2008==
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Revision as of 23:52, 31 March 2008

The Goal of the 888 Project

The 888 Project wishes to create a wide-spread European hitchhiking event. The event aims to create a day full of fun and joy and secondly to raise awareness about hitchhiking. Participate by hitchhiking to Paris on the 8th of the 8th of 2008!


Hitchhike to Tokyo in Paris on the 08-08-2008

Hitchhike to Paris on 888...08082008...

  • We need you to take part and organize this official European Hitchhiking Event to the Eiffel Tower from every single country in Europe.
  • We need you to succeed and get hitchhiking recognized as a genuine means of transportation.
  • We need you to convince people to hitchhike and pick up hitchhikers.

Hitchhike to Paris on 888...08082008...

The History of the 888 Project

First, there was the "TOKYO" hitchhiking sign that two hitchhikers drew to go back from Rotterdam to Lille...

Then, there were the free plane tickets to "Tokyo" that Erik Van Loon offered to the two hitchhikers. But they called him back too late...

The checkpoint cities

The goal of the checkpoint cities is to help hitchhikers through their journey through evening meetings and having volunteers on the spot every at dawn. The goal of having several rings is to ensure that we help hitchhikers to progressively get to Paris in all safety.

  • The Morning Volunteers

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.

  • The Evening Meetings

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.

Please write down your name next to your city and mention whether you would like to be a morning volunteer or a meeting organizer:

  • If you are a morning volunteer you can then edit the information regarding the spot hitchhikers have to leave from and how to get there
  • If you are a meeting organizer, you can then edit the meeting details once you click on your city]]


Start on 388...August 3rd, 2008...Ring1 (2500 to 3000Ks away)

Start on 488...040808...Ring2 (2000 to 2500Ks away)

Start on 588...050808...Ring3 (1500 to 2000Ks away)

Start on 688...060808...Ring4 (1000 to 1500Ks away)

Start on 788...070808...Ring5 (500 to 1000Ks away)

Start on 888...080808...Ring6 (less than 500Ks away)

Long-Distance Hitchhiking: Starting from more than 3000ks away

You can of course start your European hitchhiking event from further away than the 6th RING.

You are free to start from wherever you want.

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 Couchsurfing, Hospitality Club or 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.

Art Projects

Art Project 1: "Hitchhiking" exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo on 8 8 8

Inspired by the hitchhiking spirit?

The 8 8 8 project primarily seeks to get hitchhiking recognized as an authentic means of transportation.

In order to reach this goal we also need artists to give way to their inspiration...

You can NOW submit your painting, patchwork, sculpture or photo-- in relation to hitchhiking--to the Palais de Tokyo in Paris!

The exhibition will be launched on the arrival of the hitchhikers...on 8 8 8...

We need a project manager for this project. Contact us now if you would like to handle this project.

Art Project 2: "Hitchhiking" artwork made of photos of our drivers

The Concept

  • Each hitchhiker can feel free to take photos of each of their drivers...
  • Once they arrive to the Palais de Tokyo, we will upload them unto a computer...
  • We will then print them out on a given format...

The Goal

Create an artwork that fits on the first piece of lawn located south of the Eiffel Tower.

Project Manager: Yann Castannier?

Art Project 3:

Project Manager: Erik Van Loon

How to hitchhike out of Paris?

You can find all the spots to leave the city on the following page: See Paris.

Register Now

You can register on the Sign Up Page to take part in the Hitchhiking Event.

You can register on the Long-Distance Hitchhikers Sign Up Page if you will a hitchhiking from further away than 3000ks

Contact Us

Please feel free to contact us if you wish to bring your help to the project:

Pascal Dumont - dumont_376 [at] hotmail.com

Fabrice Renucci- fabrice.renucci [at] hotmail.fr