Open and free bicycle hospitality exchange service

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We are a group of passionate users of WarmShowers.org.
We love the possibilities of that community and the spirit of its members.

WarmShowers used to be open and inviting. Discussions were held in public, feedback and questions were handled in a publicly visible forum, membership was possible for everyone and free.

Unfortunately, a lot of that changed in the past years: Decisions are now made by a board that is hardly reachable and does not give insights to their decision process, critics are not welcome, membership is only available to the ones that can afford it, apps became highly priced and source code was made private, ...

That direction made us, a group of volunteers (former developers of the old WarmShowers app for Android), decide to build an alternative platform for a world-wide community of bicycle travellers and those who want to host them.

We envision a platform from the community for the community. A community that welcomes everyone. A community that does decisions democratically. A community full of possibilities and hospitality.
Let us become open and transparent again. Forever.

A vivid community requires enough active members

One of our biggest concerns is whether we are able to get the people that currently form the big and wonderful community of WarmShowers.org to move to something new.
For us there are two options: We can either build something new or try to join something that already exists.
Please, give us some feedback what you would consider doing.

Also, please ask your WarmShowers friends to fill this form, too. Thank you! :)

What do you look for when using WarmShowers.org?

As a host: I am a traveler by myself, I have been there before and I just want to help

As a guest: Sometimes I just need a shower, and a safe dry place to stay

As a host and guest: To meet and hangout with likeminded people, who share my passion for bicycle touring

As a guest: To get to know people local to where I travel to (cultural exchange)

As a host: To meet people from other cultures (cultural exchange)

As a guest: To avoid spending money on accommodation

Other:

How happy are you with WarmShowers.org? *

Very unhappy

Very happy

Would you consider switching to a new platform? *

I would change to something new, dedicated and exclusive to bicycle tourers and those who want to host them

I'll join a Cyclists circle at Trustroots.org (https://www.trustroots.org?circle=cyclists)

I am happy with WarmShowers.org

I'm unsure

Other:

Required

What do you like about WarmShowers.org?

What do you miss from WarmShowers.org?

Where did you or plan to host/cycle?

As a traveler

As a host

Africa

Asia

Australia

Europe

Latin America

North America

Other

We are looking for a name! Do you have a suggestion? ;-)

Anything else you'd like to share with us?

Updates

If we decide to built something new, we'll post an update to https://warmshowers.bike

You can also join our Facebook group "Open Alternative to WarmShowers.org": https://www.facebook.com/groups/243374777243989

If you add your email address we will keep you up-to-date about what we are doing.

Help needed!

We are a very small team at the moment. We are looking for people that share our vision and would like to contribute to the project.
If you are experienced in setting up a non-profit organization, building community or are a developer that knows how to build a platform like ours, please contact us here: https://gitter.im/we-love-bicycles/community

We appreciate everyone who wants to help.

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