*complementary*, not *complimentary* On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 9:14:48 AM UTC-4, Will Bennis, Locus Workspace wrote: > > Never used it but thought a lot about it and would love to love to hear > responses as well. > > We had a group of about 5 members who started one themselves. They had > already become friends and knew they had complimentary services. I don't > think they even knew what a time bank was; they just liked the idea of > trading services with each other. They just set up a spreadsheet and I > think everyone started with a couple free hours and they started trading > each other for work. For them it worked great. One of them showed it to me > just because he was really excited about how well it was working and > thought I might want to start it for everyone in the space. > > If you're looking for a system, you might want to contact Nate Heasley > from Goodnik.org (it's a platform and virtual currency specifically for > time banks). He's worked with some coworking spaces and at least was very > open to the idea of setting up an internal time bank system using Goog > Nickels for coworking spaces. > > Best, > Will Bennis > Locus Workspace <http://www.locusworkspace.com> > > On Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 9:53:36 AM UTC-4, Julia Ferguson wrote: >> >> Hi. One of the members of Cowork Frederick brought TimeBanks >> <https://timebanks.org/> to my attention. I'm wondering if anyone has >> used it or something like it for their coworking communities. >> >> At first I was super-excited about the concept, especially the aspects of >> everyone having something of value to offer, the non-monetary economics of >> every hour of work having the same value (one hour), and the changing of >> “How can I help you?” to: “Will you help someone too?”. I immediately >> wanted to do something like this for our coworking community. >> >> Then I began to have reservations that putting such an exchange in place >> would lead people to start thinking of everything as a trade, a >> transaction, instead of freely giving. I grew concerned that people would >> expect something in return (eventually) and if they never got it would be >> resentful. >> >> Then again, some of our members have already come to me and mentioned >> that they spent time helping another member, time they would normally get >> paid for, and they wished there was some way of recognizing that. And, I >> suspect we have "takers" in our community, people who get a lot from others >> and rarely give back. Creating a structure would let them know they are >> expected to help others when they are helped. while providing a way people >> with little money reciprocate. A person who gets an hour of consultation >> from an attorney might give back by spending an hour cleaning the break >> room. >> >> So, that brings me back to my question: In past GCUC's, there was talk >> of "Pay It Forward Walls" and the like. I don't hear much about it anymore. >> Has anyone in this group tried something like TimeBanks or any other way of >> provide a structure for giving of our time and skills? If so, I'd love to >> hear about it. >> >> Julia >> Cowork Frederick >> >
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