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Member Simontour has submitted his Master's thesis at the Uppsala University (Sweden) on the subject of Hospitality Exchange Networks. In particular he highlights the struggle between Commodification and Commons.

If you are interested in the way different networks approach the idea of "sharing", you will probably enjoy reading Simon Schöpf's 124-page analysis. A direct download can be found at http://bit.ly/Sevu5K

The thesis is published under a Creative Commons share-a-like license so feel…

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The BeWelcome community of Toulouse is delighted to invite you for the 3rd edition of SeekTheDuck, a free event organized for locals and travelers. Date: 4 - 7 July 2014.

Just like previous years the programme is simple: sharing, enjoying and spreading good vibes.

Locals will be happy to help you discover regional specialities, visit museums, parcs and bars, or organize workshops and participate in fun & games, like the "Easter-bottles Hunt" and a big…

We haven't been idle in the last few weeks, a newsletter is almost ready to be sent out, we have had some informal meetings to solve mostly technical problems and improve the communication between tech teams, BoD and other volunteers.

Our next public BoD meeting is on Thursday, June 12th at 21:00 CEST on http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=BoDpublic. Please log in with your BW-username. Like with previous times the idea is that you can read, what is being discussed, but not write yourself…

Hi all,

somewhat delayed by the server crash a new version of the code driving the web site has just been released. Most of the changes have been done in the (invisible) backend cleaning up code and hopefully offer the volunteers some better tools.

The dev team plans to cleanup more code with the next release while adding some interesting new features for everyone to enjoy.

The effort wouldn't have been possible without the help of some dedicated people like cumbking, tsjoek and leoalone.

Thanks…

As you probably noticed, BeWelcome has experienced several hours of downtime today. Last night around 2.00 (CEST) the disk of one of our servers failed.   A team of volunteers has been working hard the whole day today, and thanks to them the website is now up and running again. Luckily,it looks like it was possible to restore most of the data. However since part of the data could have been lost, we would recommend you to check if the messages you sent and the comments you wrote after 00:00 a.m.…

If you are interested in what is being discussed during a BoD (Board of Directors) meeting, you are welcome to join our next meeting on May 6th at 21:30 CET. Since we need to ensure some efficiency for BoD meetings you can only read in the chat, what is being discussed, but you can't participate in the discussions, unless you are asked to.

The IRC channel for the chat will be published in this Blog post just before the meeting. Please log in to the chat with your BeWelcome username or at least…

As previously announced, tonight there will be the first BoD formal meeting. It will be a public one, so you are interested, you are welcome to follow the discussion in real time. Keep in mind, however, that in order to ensure an efficient workflow, you will be able to read the discussion in real time, but not actively participate to it (unless you are asked to).

 

Link to the chat: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=BoDpublic

Agenda: http://www.bewelcome.org/wiki/BoD_Meeting_13.04.2014

 

Hi all,

it's been a while but finally a new release for the web site. Main addition are the advanced options for the new text based search which can now be found in the 'Find members' menu.

As the provider of the map tiles changed his policy for serving free tiles we had to switch to a different provider which now is Mapquest. The maps show a bit more terrain due to this switch.

Additionally some bugs were fixed and some suggestions (/suggestions/dev) were implemented. This includes the removal…

Dear BW members,   As you may know, BoD elections have recently taken place.    During the usual post-election informal meeting, we newly elected BoD members discussed how to divide the roles, handled part of the bureaucratic steps that every new board needs to take care of (paperwork with French authorities),  and laid out some general principles for the future work to be done. There is still a bit of paperwork to do, but in general we are pretty much ready and eager to start working.   The…

The wonderful city of Lyon will be the location of the next BeWelcome UnConference on April 4 - 6.

Already 21 BW members confirmed their presence and others have shown an interest in joining this BeActive meeting. If you are in Lyon around that time, or want to take a trip to the centre of Europe, then please sign up for either the Lyon UnConference or the International Pillow Fight (or both).

There are already several UnConference Topics on the provisional agenda and we are expecting local…