SJTCC Membership Development and Time Bank Committee

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@Parul Sharan would it help if we were able to meet even earlier, perhaps 11 am over here which would make it something like 9-10 in the evening for you?

That's so nice of you to come up with this suggestion. Actually I have a toddler so I can manage to meet only after I am done with his duties. So, 10pm - 11 pm (Indian time) works best for me

@Parul Sharan sorry I didn't include more options! In the future, we will aim to have meetings in the 12-1pm EST time slot.

Hey dear, it's ok. We will try and meet next time. As Yi Fan is available in this meeting, you would be able to get good info of our work towards membership development.

Are we meeting today at 7pm EST? many folks choose that time.....

If so will we be receiving a zoom link (or other platform) later today- curious so I can save the time 🐥

yes, today at 7pm! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81484557102?pwd=a2J0T3Vhc1FwZEpXSCtVYVpPbkljdz09 (email link sent as well!)

Thanks guys! I'd be interested to talk more about the events and social media ideas that folks have. @David Santacruz brought this up in the meeting - David, do you have ideas?

I just wanna say that I would love our social media presence to grow and I will share the s*** out of everything we put out!

meeting notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WsXqPEMXp6Xfy60ExQqHZxa9rzhnWS9L9b9THSDXS38/edit#heading=h.xbjx7p168ykx

time bank account signup:
https://hourworld.org/bank/Join.php?hw=1972

member list so far: https://airtable.com/tblBNtZzJG6BToduW/viwHE2WKtGMjsWNbI?blocks=hide
(what other categories of information would we want to collect?)

time bank manual submission form:
https://airtable.com/shrk9g5FPVNy7H0gM

(to manually track hours + on the backend/admin we'll add them to the hourworld accounts)

timebank airtable doc:

https://airtable.com/tbl12yV9KwUe8KKUB/viwpHu4ZqfGUxpMyZ?blocks=hide

manual time bank account sign up form:

https://airtable.com/shrwplvFhG0FhH51G

(as an alternate to the hourworld interface: new users can submit this form and we can manually sign them up for an account. we could also set a temporary password that the new user can change in hourworld)

Event Brainstorming

since we didn't get to talk a lot about upcoming events we may want to host, here's a Google doc to brainstorm in! please feel free to add ideas in as they come to you :)

I’m forgetting when our nxt mtg is?
Every 2 weeks?

we decided to hold meetings monthly on Saturdays around noon! our next meeting will probably be Apr 17 or Apr 24 but we can decide on that closer 😌

Thanks EM ! That was fun

(More limited responding on phone, might need ed to tweet some of my additions!)

lil inspo:

The intro to this time bank study I'm reading -- so interesting that it's also connected to aquaponics, as ours will hopefully be through the OASIS!

"I was introduced to time banks three years ago while working with a housing and education project for homeless youth in the Dagoretti Market of Nairobi, Kenya called Harambee Youth Kenya (sponsored by the nonprofit organization Harambee USA Inc.). I designed an extension of the project called the Harambee, which incorporated a time bank model into a social entrepreneurship that sold and installed aquaponics systems. Since then, I have been fascinated by complementary currencies, taking advantage of research opportunities to expand my knowledge base. Time banks hold particular interest to me because the model goes beyond offering an alternative system of currency, and provides a new framework for community interaction. What happens when community members interact with each other based on principles of equality and inclusion? And, of equal importance for development practitioners, how do we measure this impact for evaluation purposes?"

hi everyone!!

i made a proper subgroup in loomio for our committee (as opposed to this long thread!) which may make it easier to have threads specific to different goals/topics

here's the link to join it: https://www.loomio.org/join/group/WqsZVSGizp4CNPaQ12NxvkHv/