Editing Grenoble (section)

==<FONT COLOR="#FF6600">'''COUCHSURFING ACTIVITIES'''</FONT>==
===<FONT COLOR="#990000">Next meetings</FONT>===
'''Picnic, or bar meeting, every wednesday night !'''<br />
Grenoble weekly meetings happen on wednesday, 8pm in [http://bit.ly/nUG9fq park Mistral] (summer) or in a bar (winter). Check out the [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=2796 Grenoble group] about next one.<br />

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'''Check out our collaborative [https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=cs38grenoble@gmail.com&gsessionid=OK Grenoble Calendar]''' ! <br />
- To embed it into your own Google Calendar : [http://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=cs38grenoble@gmail.com http://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=cs38grenoble@gmail.com]<br />
- To be able to add/edit events from your very own calendar, log on [https://www.google.com/calendar/ https://www.google.com/calendar/] with "cs38grenoble" / "couchsurfing", and add your email in Settings / Calendars / Shared: Edit settings / Share this calendar.<br />
NB : when you create an event, make sure to include a link to the dedicated CS thread, and the precise location.<br />
''More help on the [http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=72143&topic=1672453&ctx=topic Google Help center].''

===<FONT COLOR="#990000">Previous meetings</FONT>===
'''15 March 2008 - 14:00'''
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A COUCH IN THE CITY, SEVERAL COUCHSURFERS AND A GOOD DOSE OF FUN!
The CS group of Grenoble propose a "sofa promenade " through the city and to take pictures in typical places of Grenoble ... Before concluding with a regional Couchsurfing big fiesta !
During this day, also the realization of a video film , a photo essay and plenty of other surprises !
Subscribe quickly on this meeting by clicking on the link and "Join the meeting"!
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UN CANAPE DANS LA VILLE, DES COUCHSURFERS SURVOLTES ET UNE BONNE DOSE DE FUN !
Le CS group de Grenoble vous propose une "promenade de canapé" à travers la ville et de se prendre en photo dans des lieux pittoresques de Grenoble... avant de terminer avec une grosse fiesta Couchsurfing régionale !
Lors de cette journée, réalisation aussi d'un film video, d'un reportage photo et plein d'autres surprises !
Inscrivez vous vite sur ce meeting en cliquant sur le lien proposé et "Join the meeting" !<br />
LINK: [http://www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=8159 www.couchsurfing.com/meetings.html?mid=8159]<br />

Since 1st of January 2008 :<br />
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''Open House, Open minded''<br />31st of December - 1st January 2008<br />
For all the people who wanted to take part of the new year's eve in a different way, a couchsurfer opened his flat for all Cs during all eve, for 5 min or all night... <br />
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''O'Callaghan night''<br />5th of January 2008<br />
First meeting of the year in the famous bar...<br /><br /><br /><br />

===<FONT COLOR="#990000">Ideas to suggest future meetings</FONT>===
* Photo rally, picnic, BBQ, concert, movie, impro theater, debate on a theme at home, ephemeral photo exhibition in a bar...<br />
* Pimp my CS profile, contribute to this Wiki...<br />
* Hike, via-ferrata, rock-climbing, geocaching walk, accrobranche... <br />
* Wine & cheese dinner, beer tasting, foreign cuisine, cooking lesson, clothe exchanges... <br />
* Give-blood meeting, free hug session, free hugs disguised for Haloween, photo shooting to make a calendar, pillow fight, water fight, giant bubble battle, cardboard boat making, dahu hunting...<br />
* Invade another city<br />
* "Couch crawl" at Grenoble CSers, hitchhiking race<br />
* International book exchanges<br />
* ...

===<FONT COLOR="#990000">How to create a meeting</FONT>===
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A meeting page ([http://www.couchsurfing.org/meetings.html?mid=109629 example]) makes it possible for the interested people to subscribe to the meeting, without spamming the whole group (numerous messages like "I'll be in !"). And it allows everybody to know at a glance who'll participate in that meeting. So :

1. Start on [http://www.couchsurfing.org/meetings.html?new=1 "Community" / "Create event"]<br /> 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Warning''' : for a '''sub-meeting''' of an existing meeting, see the next paragraph.<br />
2. Set a maximum of information, especially the times and location.<br />
4. Validate with the button "Save event"<br />
5. You can send invitations : <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1 On the page of you rnew meeting, click on "Send out meeting invitations"<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.2 Select the appropriate group(s) that you want to inform,<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.3 And/or select a recent couch search that you previously did, in order to invite those resulting people.<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.4 Send invitations by clicking "Save and send Message ASAP"<br />
6. Go to [http://www.couchsurfing.org/meetings.html?show_my_meetings=1 "Community" / "My events"] and copy the link to your meeting <br />
7. Then don't forget to post that meeting link on the appropriate groups !<br />
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'''For a sub-meeting of an existing parent meeting :'''<br />
a. In the web adress of the existing meeting, find the "meeting ID" (e.g: [http://www.couchsurfing.org/meetings.html?mid=94807 ...meetings.html?mid='''94807'''] -> 94807)<br />
b. Start on [http://www.couchsurfing.org/meetings.html?newsubmeeting=94807 meetings.html?newsubmeeting=94807] with the parent meeting ID (94807). The form is then auto-filled with the parent meeting data.<br />
c. The rest is all the same : see step 2 above.<br />

''More information [http://couchwiki.org/en/LES_RENDEZ-VOUS_ET_EVENEMENTS_COUCHSURFING_%28%22Meetings%22%29 here (fr)].''<br />
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'''To find a date/time which fits most people:''' you can use [http://www.doodle.com/ Doodle polling tool], very easy to use.<br />
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'''Weekly meetings : example of description''' for the meeting page, and to post on the group :
 Hi !
 
 Next wednesday, our Grenoble CS meeting will take place at ......
 Here are the '''address and directions''' : .....
 The '''weekly theme''' is : ...''You can choose an original theme''...
 
 '''Meeting link''' : http://www.couchsurfing.org/meetings.html?mid=....
 Please, do subscribe before coming ! It is not mandatory but very handy to keep in touch afterwards.
 Hope to find you there next Wedensday ;-)
 
 '''NEW CSers''': If you just arrived on CS, do not hesitate to join us for questions about CS, to meet the community of Grenoble, and above all, 
 to spend some good time :-) 
 
 '''ORIGIN OF THIS MEETING''': This meeting was originally on tuesdays (based on answers to a survey in September 2010), it then moved to wednesday picnics
 in Park Mistral, to take advantage of the free open-air movies in that park.