The Thingites have reached a momentous occasion, to find out more then take a look at
The Manifesto for the Campaign to rename Thursday,
"Thing" homepage and all will be revealed.

• Birmingham Meet
  
  The time, 6pm Saturday the 29^th of March, the place the Hogshead in Birmingham. If you live near Birmingham and would like to attend a meet then check out the Birmingham Meet
  homepage.

• The Manchester Curry Crawl
  
  Another of the famous Manchester meets has been proposed, this time taking in Manchester's
  glorious curry mile on Saturday February the 8^th. Plans for the day are well under way and if you would like to join in then you can find more details on this page

• Proposed Paris Meet
  
  Following on from the end of this year's trip to Alton Towers, there has been an idea to do a
  meetup to romantic Paris. This entry is to gather together
  ideas and see what kind of interest there is.

• Central US Researchers Group
  
  If you live around the Chicago area, have some time free around the 17-18 MAY 2003
  the why not head off and meet a like minded group of your fellow h2g2er's. To find out more
  details, check out
  this conversation on the Central US Researchers Group homepage.

• Gilroy Garlic Festival Meet
  
  Where:Gilroy, Calafornia.
  
  When: July 25-27, 2003.
  
  If you are in the neighbourhood and would like to meet up with others from h2g2 and beyond,
  then take a look at the Gilroy Garlic Festival Meet main
  page and find out all about it.

• 2nd annual South West Meet - Spring/Summer 2003
  
  OK, as the 2002 South West meet was such fun some of us thought we'd like to do it all again.
  So what are we going to do next year? When? Where? Post your thoughts over at The discussion page

• AT'03
  
  In the very early stages of planning the Alton Towers Meet 2003 is proposed for sometime in September.
  
  To find out more or to put your name down to go or show interest, then pop along to the meet
  
  homepage, and read all about it.

• Luxembourg Mini-Meet
  
  There's not much information about this Mini-Meet at the moment, but what there is you can
  find out at the Luxembourg Mini-Meet homepage. The date
  is set for sometime in October, so if you live nearby, and you have some spare time in October,
  then this might be worth checking out.

Microorganisms just aren't getting the respect or appreciation they deserve anymore... It is

easy to say, hey, that microbe looks useful, let's use it to make alcohol. It's even easier to say,

look, we've got this really bad bug and we're going to have to get rid of it. But where is the

respect?

If you feel the same, or have something to say on the subject, then pop along over to The Campaign Headquarters where you will find like minded people

to share your passion with or just go there and find out about this fascinating subject.

This club is for anyone under the age of 18, no proof of age required, birth records are not

something you need to produce. But if you would like to join with others of your age then pop

along to the The Young Researchers Club here at h2g2, it's

new and upcoming and needs members.

A group of people are putting together what is intended to be the
ultimate beginner's guide to GuideML. Interested authors, testers and
critics should go to the GuideML Homepage to see what's

been written, what's being written and to volunteer their services in this noble

cause.

The Musicians' Guild is a virtual community for musicians, singers,
composers, and other musical afficionados at h2g2.To join up, visit the Members Page

Guild member SpinksSecret is looking for assistance and feedback with a long-running music
project. Pop along to this thread to offer
your help.

We're in the planning stages for an unofficial volunteer project to promote high quality
entries that don't fit the scope or format of the Edited Guide, such as fiction, poetry,
interviews, personal accounts, opinion pieces, etc. The Italics have hinted that they might give
us exposure if we present an acceptable plan. For more info, join our email group
at http://groups.msn.com/theh2g2underguide or read our Proposals for an Underguide Scheme.

The Sporkites are a dedicated group of thingites who
campain for most thingite goals but with a few extras.

1. We will campain to abolish weekdays ALTOGETHER (except thing, a weekly holiday) and
   leave only weekends, so Thing, Poets, Doobry and Dontbry go round in an endless cycle.
   Despite this, you may still refer to the cursed weekdays, but ONLY to avoid confusion.
2. Our long, long, long term objective is to eventually beat out No!no!no!
3. Two Sporks will be given to each member, and should be posted in conversations.
4. All out sillyness past even the main body of thingites!

The Uruk-Hai are off to war. Soon Helm's Deep will be beseiged, and what better way to
celebrate than an Uruk Fun Run!.

The Rules are easy. Sign yourself up as either a Good Guy or a Bad Guy, then choose your
race:

• Good Guys: Man of Gondor, Man of Rohan, High Elf, Wood Elf, Dwarf or Hobbit.
• Bad Guys: Orc, Goblin (including Warg Riders) or Uruk-Hai.

The Bad Guys run around H2G2, plundering and pillaging as they go, the Good
Guys must try to stop them. For the purposes of fun, please try to target Lord of The Rings
based pages, or anything run by someone with a "Good Guy" name.

Sometimes I have trouble figuring out when some of my h2g2 friends can
be expected to be online, since I keep forgetting which time zones they are in, and how many
hours before or behind my zone that is. I plan to make a table listing the timezones and
researchers in each zone - but I need your help!

Write a message to the community on a brick and see it preserved for posterity on the
h2g2 Wall.
'Messages need to be quite short, and there is NO advertising, but you can choose your
own colour.'

'Are you missing h2g2 On The Move? Do you want to be able to use h2g2
on a wireless mobile device, like your phone or palm pilot? Then try inject2g2. This is a work in progress, which allows basic h2g2 use
with minimal bandwidth.'

Are you an expert on something or have you an ability that could help others? If the
answer is yes, then why not register with The H2G2 Guild of
Wizards. If the answer is no, but you need to find someone who can help you with a
problem, then the Guild of Wizards may be able to help.

The h2g2 Living Earth Society hopes that you will
visit and join in discussions about all sorts of natural earth phenomena.

'This is an area where people with an interest in the forces affecting our home planet can
come to discuss news items of interest, share their experiences, seek advice and read
interesting guide entries related to natural phenomena on our planet.'.

The Post is happy to welcome the h2g2 Living Earth Society to its pages; you can read their
first report here

Why not take a look at the People United in Defence of
Depression, Irritability and Natural Grumpiness. It's a new society on h2g2, who
believe it is alright to feel whatever you want to feel, be it happy or sad, it might even tempt
you into joining.
'PUDDING does NOT celebrate or promote sadness, we simply demand our right to express
natural emotions'.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a virtual racer, well here's your chance,
visit The H2G2 Sprint and take up the challenge.

'It's just a bit of fun to explore the possibilities of virtual racing around a virtual track.
The idea is to complete the H2G2 sprint track in the shortest time.'

• purplejenny has set up the People for Peace page.

• a girl called Ben offers an insight into meditation on
  
  her The Loving Kindness Meditation page.

• The new, improved Post Links Page
  points you towards the best of h2g2. Everything from information and campaigns to
  
  eating and drinking venues, virtual lands or clubs.

• The Post Archives are a repository for all things
  
  Post related... now revamped and divided into easy-to-follow categories, they are ever
  
  expanding and well worth a visit!

All entries for this feature should be mailed to [email protected]

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