Loomio
Tue 31 Jul 2012 4:37AM

Businesses and timebanking

HM Hannah Mackintosh Public Seen by 43
HM

Hannah Mackintosh Tue 31 Jul 2012 4:37AM

I noticed in the notes from the last TBANZ meeting that there was some discussion around whether businesses can belong to timebanks. What do people think about this?

PS

Poll Created Tue 7 Aug 2012 5:08AM

Businesses should not be allowed Closed Fri 10 Aug 2012 6:16AM

It is against the spirit of timebanking to allow commercial businesses.

Results

Results Option % of points Voters
Agree 0.0% 0  
Abstain 0.0% 0  
Disagree 100.0% 5 HM PS BM RR RS
Block 0.0% 0  
Undecided 0% 35 MT DS J LT EM RM LK RM NW RR MJ AP SS BL JH CA RS PM SM AT

5 of 40 people have participated (12%)

RS

Ruth Seabright
Disagree
Tue 7 Aug 2012 5:10AM

I feel business are a vital part of community

HM

Hannah Mackintosh
Disagree
Tue 7 Aug 2012 5:10AM

I think that timebanks can move businesses in a direction of social awareness and change and we can utilise that opportunity.

RS

Ruth Seabright
Disagree
Tue 7 Aug 2012 5:11AM

I feel businesses are a vital part of community

PS

Paul Smith
Disagree
Tue 7 Aug 2012 5:30AM

I run a freelance business and would love to sign up to timebanks

BM

Benedict McHugo
Disagree
Tue 7 Aug 2012 8:43AM

Businesses are definately part of our community, we need them as much as they need us.

RR

Rebecca Ranum
Disagree
Thu 9 Aug 2012 10:04AM

A lot of people in my area run small businesses and their involvement in timebanking could be mutually beneficial. There would need to be protocols developed by each timebank around business involvement.

PS

Paul Smith Wed 8 Aug 2012 11:51PM

I'd actually been thinking about joining up my business to Taranaki Timebank for a while and offering consulting for organisations on what they can do with technology.

The thing that held me back is it's hard to approach this without advertising what your business does for paid work.

Any ideas on whether there should be limitations around what services businesses offer on timebank?

HM

Hannah Mackintosh Thu 9 Aug 2012 11:43PM

This leads to another discussion that perhaps we should have once more people are connected into loomio:

What protocols need to be in place to work with businesses?

I'm not suggesting that we have a set of rules in place that everyone has to abide by as that goes against the fluid nature of timebanking but I think it would be beneficial to work out at a national level some of the limitations around tax and government restrictions on businesses working for time credits.

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