Please implement
AboutTheideaPage
::column_col2()

or create a file
"/home/www/alpha.bewelcome.org-1db3233/htdocs/../build/about/templates/theidea.column_col2.php"

The idea

The concept

Imagine arriving in a city like Paris or Mumbai and, instead of trying to find a taxi, there is somebody already waiting for you. Imagine that instead of going to eat at the place recommended by the guidebook, someone shows you their favourite restaurant. Imagine the experience staying as a personal guest of your new friend rather than sleeping in an impersonal hotel room. BeWelcome makes it possible.

You like the idea? Get active!

Join one of our teams: share the work, the commitment and the fun! We are currently looking for:

People who help building the website

  • software developer (PHP+MySQL)
  • web designer ((X)HTML/CSS)

Get in contact with Philipp or Peter

People with writing skills

  • translators (Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, etc)

Get in contact with Julien or Ieva

People to promote BeWelcome

Members to start build local communities

Needs content

Your opinion, please!

We are constantly working on the improvement of BeWelcome. If you have a suggestion, please let us know.

How is it organised?

Dreaming alone is not enough. That's why we have founded BeVolunteer, a non-profit organisation registered in Rennes, France. Through BeVolunteer's official statutes, we provide a basis for democratic decision making, financial transparency and information security so that we can protect our members and manage the project BeWelcome effectively.

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Fixes released

written by planetcruiser - 2012/03/07 20:03

Hello everyone,

February has been a pretty quiet month for the BeWelcome "devs". No major spamming, no major technical development. ;) So also this release is a pretty small one with four issues solved:

  • Fixed display of country and region for members in some exotic places
  • Fixed blog comment counters to only count active members (not spammers)
  • Changed donation page to display donations for the whole year instead of the current quarter only
  • Changed member banning behaviour to log out currently logged in banned members (sto...

WE WANT YOU!

written by matthias - 2012/02/21 20:40

If you've been secretly wondering where you'd fit as a volunteer, we have a few suggestions:
 
The support team is calling for new volunteers. They are on the receiving end of the "contact us" form. A friendly and prompt reply to messages sent to the website team is an essential task, because it makes people feel confortable in the community. You can be part of it....

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