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Citycita the Easiest Way for Local Groups to Get Together Online and...

We believe in the power of local groups formed around common interests to enrich people'ss lives and revitalize the democratic process. We also believe that the creative potential of the net can only be truly harnessed by self-organizing autonomous groups of like minded, committed radical individuals.



Just as importantly, citycita was founded on the belief that no one should be discouraged from forming such groups by fees. With a vision of user-powered development, the site was developed to fill the demand for free and low-cost online organizing services for local interest-based groups in the wake of Meetup.com'ss decision to charge for their similar service.



Founded by two open source and DIY advocates, Jamin Rubio, and Philippe Guillard, citycita will provide free online organizing tools for local interest-based groups.



Citycita « The easiest way for local groups to get together online and meet face to face &



citycita is proud to announce its launch today onto the online group-organizing market. Offering a fully user-friendly, low-cost service, citycita has filled the gap in the market for organizing local interest groups left by Meetup (expensive), Yahoo groups and Google Groups (technologically out of date), Myspace (no geo-localized groups) and other sites. With a vision of user-powered development, the site was developed to fill the demand for free and low-cost online organizing services for local interest groups in the wake of Meetup.com'ss decision to charge for their similar service.



Meetup.com'ss initial popular success indicates an excellent market for online organizing tools for local common interest groups. citycita plans to tap into this market with a competitive list of web 2.0 features, including automatic map creation for event , members's8217; directory with profiles and flickr/yahoo photos API. Group members can communicate via an email list, archived on their group page, and receive updates with the group's8217;s own RSS feed. Organizers can customize their group's8217;s name, subject, website address and about page and easily upgrade their group's8217;s account for more space and features.



The new site, due to open to the public this week, will be based on open source technologies and Web 2.0 technologies (Ajax, Google maps, del.icio.us, flickr). This cooperative, non-proprietary method of site construction will accelerate citycita 'ss time to market, keep overhead costs low and make it easier for people to develop their own organizing tools.



's8220;We believe that open source standards are the future of the Internet. We are building citycita on these standards so that it can be easily customized to fulfill everyone's needs, managed by a small team, guided by community decision making, and organized non-hierarchically,'s8221; says Jamin Rubio, citycita Inc. Founder. 's8220;These are the values that we want to promote.



citycita strives to maintain a balance between advertising and the quality of users's8217; experience. They will tentatively offer a tiered pricing structure. Their free basic service will include access to essential features, and their basic micropatron account will include extra features, file space and customization options for 9$/month.



They will also offer customized, dedicated services for medium-to-large organizations and businesses at a price dependent on the features offered.



How does citycita 'ss offer differ from that of our competitors

We offer value for money:

We only charge our organizers fees if they create more than one group. Otherwise it is free, unlike Meetup.



citycita strives to maintain a balance between advertising and the quality of users's experience and so will offer a tiered pricing structure. Its free basic service will include access to essential features, and its basic micropatron account will include extra features such as ad removal, file space and customization options for $49/year or 9$/month.



You can customize your group'ss space:

Organizers can customize their group'ss name, subject, website address and about page and easily upgrade their group'ss account for extra space and features

You can arrange and fix a meeting place and time for your groups:

Thanks to Google maps, Yahoo Local and Mashup, citycita enables you to go from the virtual to the physical by facilitating the organization of specific meeting places and times for groups.



Very simple and user-friendly functionality:

We'sve managed to reduce the time and hassle of creating groups by 20% - i.e. 1/5 of the pages required by our competitors for the same functionality.



Flexible communication between members:

Group members can communicate via an email list, archived on their group page, and receive updates with the group'ss own RSS feed.

Built using open source:

In accordance with the philosophy of its founder, Jamin Rubio, citycita is based on open source technologies and Web 2.0 technologies (Ajax, Google maps, Del.icio.us, Flickr). citycita is determined to allow people to develop their own organizing tools.



If you require any further information or are interested in setting up a group, please send an email to contact us.



Interested people and groups can go to citycita.org

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