Action Plan

From our ThriveNY email chain. I put out the idea of two currencies - one for the local Evolver community, based on exchanging time, and one for the outward facing business and corporate world that is indexed to the dollar in some way. See below for more:

i think the 2 mutually supporting exchange systems is the smartest idea and most practical in terms of execution. The time exchange system I think would go over really well in NYC and the rating index has already been tried and true. I think we should begin to orchestrate, delegate and implement. Whatever we decide to peg the system to (if we even decide to) can be decided upon later. I think we should just begin to plan and set up the exchange system now, at least the time exchange.. thriveNY@yahoogroups.com, daniel@... wrote:
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> Yes go for it.
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> What came up at our last meeting is the possibility of developing 2 mutually supporting exchange systems: one that functions within the local evolver community and then one that allows the community to broker itself, like a corporation, to businesses and corporations. An inward facing and outward facing medium.
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> The community exchange would be a trust-based time exchange system where people can rate their own skills and services, and will get immediate feedback thru comments and a reliability index.
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> The outward facing one would somehow quantify or broker the capacities of the group so we can set up exchange relations with all sorts of businesses. This second form would perhaps be indexed to the dollar (or perhaps the yen or euro!). You might have to pay something - at least wholesale price - for a commercial good or service, with the profit part being covered by exchange credits.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Steve Austin"
>
> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:32:33
> To:
> Subject: RE: [thriveNY] Re: thrive currency monday
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>
> Hi,
> I'd like to weigh in on this if I might. I just joined your group
> yesterday. I'm somewhat familiar with Ithaca Hours and other local
> currencies on a surface level. I'm also intrigued with "Time Banking".
> When I compare the two I keep coming back to Time Banking as the preferred
> choice, especially for a large city like NY. In a nut shell, Time Banking
> offers so much more for much less in put. Time Banking is alternative
> currency AND economy. What I'd like to do in the next couple of days is
> create a brain storm list of those benefits and present them at the meeting
> this Monday. May I get some feed back on this proposal?
>
> steve (646-571-4117)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thriveNY@yahoogroups.com [mailto:thriveNY@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf
> Of henrietta clark
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 7:10 AM
> To: thriveNY@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [thriveNY] Re: thrive currency monday
>
>
>
> hi alex
>
> that sounds great. just what i was thinking really: your approach to it is
> perfect.
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> i have someone else in mind who would like to do this with us.
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> great about a presentation at the screening, and the town hall.
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> are you able to meet over the weekend at all? or friday?
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> i'm having a chat with paul glover, who runs the ithaca hour system (and
> really persisted through the years, and made it a "success"..). we should
> hook up with the brooklyn greenbacks too.
>
> let me know about availability. i am going to be gone for 3 weeks april,
> an "artist" retreat/permaculture learn trip. but i can still work from there
> to help us.
>
> thanks, henrietta. 917 750 9057 what is your number?
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> --- On Wed, 4/1/09, Alex Gordon-Brander wrote:
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> > From: Alex Gordon-Brander
> > Subject: Re: [thriveNY] Re: thrive currency monday
> > To: thriveNY@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 10:27 PM
> > that's great henrietta
> >
> > i think our first tasks are:
> > - create a job req for someone to lead the project, and
> > get that out in the
> > evolver network
> > - formalize the project plan and break it into manageable
> > tasks for the
> > project lead, and for us until we find that person
> > - fix the date for the lietaer screening and prep
> > something to say there to
> > raise awareness and bring in a possible project lead and/or
> > volunteers to
> > work with him/her
> > - put together some initial thoughts and research around
> > the two-tier
> > approach (community-hours-based and broader
> > business-friendly approach) to
> > discuss in the alt ccy group, which will turn into...
> > - ... a presentation at the town hall meeting (i would
> > like to volunteer to
> > make a presentation at the town hall, either on my own or
> > with the group)
> >
> > i am holding the belief that we can find someone really
> > talented and
> > dedicated to run with this on a semi-full or full-time
> > basis, who has a
> > passion to learn and some level of appropriate background
> > and skills. i also
> > believe that we can provide really adequate compensation to
> > that person in
> > the form of whatever currency we create; whether we support
> > this with a
> > small demurrage fee on the currency (nice for a lot of
> > reasons but may be
> > overengineered) or some other method, whoever does this
> > will have access to
> > a whole range of services through the community and in time
> > goods through
> > the broader business network.
> >
> > as far as understanding economics is concerned, frankly its
> > probably good to
> > have someone on the steering committee who is not an
> > economic expert - we
> > need to make whatever we design really accessible to a lay
> > audience, and i
> > don't trust myself to do that on my own :)
> >
> > alex
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:03 AM, henrietta clark <
> > henrietta@...> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > i have thought past 24 hrs, and would like to really
> > commit to being part
> > > of "steering committee" for local currency.
> > we need at least 3 people right
> > > now who are going to "hold fast", and keep
> > pushing.... and make this a
> > > focus.
> > >
> > > i still don't understand a whole deal about
> > economics, but i think
> > > commitment is the key here.
> > >
> > > alex sounded like he could be another person. and
> > aidan lanigan, perhaps.
> > > we should meet up soon again - separate to any THRIVE
> > meetings.
> > >
> > > am going to stay in good contact with paul glover - i
> > think that he is a
> > > good "lifeline" for us here, although we
> > will be doing things differently.
> > >
> > > thanks. henrietta.
> > >
> > > --- On Wed, 4/1/09, Amber Kusmenko
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Amber Kusmenko
> >
> > > >
> > > > Subject: Re: [thriveNY] Re: thrive currency
> > monday
> > > > To: thriveNY@yahoogroups.com
> >
> > > > Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 9:47 AM
> > >
> > > > Yes, there was.
> > > > A few people committed to some concrete steps
> > that need to
> > > > get taken, which is awesome.
> > > > The major take-away is that we don't have
> > enough people
> > > > with the drive and TIME to really take on the
> > responsibility
> > > > right now. So outreach is going to be a big
> > thing.
> > > > Bringing new people in from the currency talk and
> > from the
> > > > upcoming town hall is going to be key.
> > > >

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