Global Marijuana March 2009

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163 cities have signed up so far for May 2, 2009. See details below. For many more photo, video, media, and report links go to Global Marijuana March links.

See this 2009 GMM city list also: www.GlobalMarijuanaMarch.org/2009.php - Their email is gmm(at)globalmarijuanamarch.org

Overview
Back to top. The Global Marijuana March (GMM) is also known as the Million Marijuana March (MMM). GMM events worldwide are held the first Saturday in May, or thereabouts.

You can add info to the individual pages for each city. But please do not add info to the detailed city list below. Instead, please send info/updates/reports/photos to: gmm(at)globalmarijuanamarch.org and Dana Beal: cnw(at)worldwidemarijuanamarch.org and dana(at)phantom.com - Messages disappear for many reasons; so keep trying both Dana Beal addresses until you get a reply.

You can also call in info/updates to Dana Beal. His phone number is 212-677-7180 in New York City. Also, please report cities that did not have an event in 2007 and should be removed from the main 2007 city list and its mirrors: 1. 2. 3. Also, please report incorrect or non-working links and email addresses.

Basic 2008 city list
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Cities are in alphabetical order. For links and detailed contact info see the combined 2007-2008 city list in the next section. Wilmington and Portland are duplicated in this city list. 2 cities named Wilmington signed up for the 2008 GMM from 2 different U.S. states. The same is true for Portland. There is also Moscow in Russia, and Moscow, Idaho, USA. See Global Marijuana March for a complete list of cities since 1999. See also the next section for more detailed city and contact info. Please do not edit the detailed city list. Send updates, info, corrections, etc. to Dana Beal (contact info is higher up in this article). This city list is copied from Dana Beal's periodic emails as they are sent out.

You can go to the overall city list at Global Marijuana March, click any city link, and add images, photos, info, and links. All the city pages could use more reports, and links to photos, videos, media, press, banners, posters, etc.. Red-linked articles need to be started. Just click any city (of any color), and put in some info or links.

Introduction
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The city list below is copied from Dana Beal's periodic emails. His city list is a combination of the contact info for the above 2008 basic city list, and the detailed 2007 city list from www.WorldwideMarijuanaMarch.org. There may be a few other cities mixed in from other years too. Some of the info and links for the 2007 (and older) cities may be out of date.

The private [bracketed] info in the detailed 2007-2008 city list in Dana Beal's periodic emails to organizers has been removed by using the freeware NoteTab Light. To learn how see this section farther down:.

Any private info that remains is there because it was not enclosed by standard [brackets] on both ends. {Curly brackets} do not work.

Please contact Dana Beal to correct or update any info below. Every effort is made to keep private info private. Please let Dana Beal know what needs to be kept off public city lists. The city list here is copied from his emails, and so all problems must be corrected on his master list.

Dana Beal: cnw(at)worldwidemarijuanamarch.org and dana(at)phantom.com - Use both email addresses. Messages disappear for many reasons; so keep trying both Dana Beal addresses until you get a reply. You can also call in info/updates to Dana Beal. His phone number is 212-677-7180 in New York City.

City list
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Counting the cities
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The basic city list for May 3, 2008 is copied from Dana Beal's regular emails. One can use the freeware NoteTab Light from www.notetab.com to remove any blank lines, and to set up the city list for counting by the wiki software. NoteTab is a quick download and install.

Here is how to use it: To remove the blank lines replace all pairs of the hidden line-break code, ^p^p with ^p

It can be done all at once with the replace command from the search menu. You can not make the line break code visible with the freeware version of NoteTab, but this find-and-replace method works anyway. It only takes a second to replace them all.

Then, to get the lines numbered by the wiki software add the pound symbol, #, in front of each city. It only takes a second. To do so for all the cities at once replace ^p with ^p#

The city list can then be pasted in wiki pages, and the wiki software will replace the pound (#) symbol with a number for each city.

Removing bracketed info
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The private [bracketed] info in the detailed 2007-8 city list in Dana Beal's periodic emails to organizers has been removed by using the freeware NoteTab Light. Here is how:

First; paste the city list into a new page in NoteTab Light (click "New" from the File menu). Then make sure each city is in one paragraph, with one blank line between each city. Add blank lines if necessary by clicking the enter key. Remove extra blank lines, too. A fast way to remove extra lines is to replace ^p^p^p with ^p^p by using the "replace" tool in the search menu.

Next, eliminate line breaks within the paragraphs. This must be done before removing the bracketed info in a later paragraph. That step only works well within unbroken paragraphs that don't have line breaks within the paragraphs. Click "Select All" from the Edit menu. Then click "Join Lines" from the Modify/Lines menu.

The wiki software makes all URLs starting with http clickable. So, use NoteTab Light to add http:// to the front of all URLs that start with www.

Within email addresses use NoteTab Light to replace @ by (at) in all email addresses in order to stop spambots.

To remove the bracketed info correctly you must use the latest version of the freeware Notetab Light. Older versions can remove incorrect info.

Click the Replace command in the Search menu. A "find and replace" dialog box will show up. Choose "All" from the dropdown menu for search (in the dialog box). For this find-and-replace task only: Put a checkmark in the spot for "Regular Exp." It stands for "Regular Expression." In the top form line type or paste in this regular expression: \[.*?]

In the "Replace with" form just put in a period. Then click "Replace All". It only takes a second to remove all the private info.

For more info on regular expressions see the help menu in Notetab, and click on "Help on Regular Expressions." See these wikipedia pages: See also:
 * Regular expression
 * NoteTab
 * "NoteTab Pro (or regex text editor) to find code sections to replace". A forum thread.

Any private info that remains is there because it was not enclosed by standard [brackets] on both ends. {Curly brackets} do not work. Contact Dana Beal (see contact info higher up) to point out problems with bracket placement.