BeWelcome News

Monday there was a meeting between the Servas-to-BeWelcome project members. It involved two members of the BW board of directors (including me), one BW coder and three Servas coordinators (including the president of Servas International).

The topic was the general roadmap for the project. A draft had been submitted a few days earlier by one Servas coordinator and we were going to discuss it and take it to a complete state. Most of the items of the roadmap were pretty trivial and were quickly…

It's been stated a couple of times on the forum and possibly written about in some forum posts: BeWelcome is relocating it's test server to one of it's members (Tobixen - many thanks!). In connection with this, you might experience some problems if you try to reach the old BV wiki or the trac pages (if you're trying to put in a bug report). Things should be up and running within a day or two again, though - so please, don't worry too much if you see some pages broken, they should be fixed again…

Share your travel experiences through your personal blog at BeWelcome! Link your blog posts to trips. How? Have a look!

Has the BeWelcome community rewarded you with unique travel experiences, open doors and hearts last year? Then please consider a small donation to the project so that even more people can share inspiring moments in 2010!

Verification increases the security on BeWelcome, by making sure that members use their real name and real street address on BeWelcome.

It is done by members for members and it is completely free of charge. Basically, you can verify you next host/guest. Just go on their profile and click on  "Verify member" and follow the steps.

If you're interested in how it works, follow this link.

The registration for Budapest Winter Camp is finally open! Don't miss out on a great opportunity to spend New Year's Eve visiting the beautiful city of Budapest with scores of other travellers from all over the world!

Read more and ask you questions here.

There will be an informal BeWelcome (un)conference in Antwerp from the 23rd to the 24th of January. It is the second time we do this (in Antwerp at least) and open to anyone happy to help with the project ...

October newsletter was sent out this weekend. You can find an archive version here. If you did not receive this newsletter try adding newsletter@bewelcome.org to your address book and get in touch with demorganna.

What does Californian governor Arnold Schwarzenegger have in common with over 125 curious people from all around the world? He follows us on twitter! Why not follow us, too!

Minutes from recent BoD meeting are now available here. Have a look at what was discussed and feel free to provide your input by posting in this forum thread.