It would be much more heartening to see inspiration from Graeber than from the neoliberal Piketty.
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Josef Davies-Coates <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 6:38 AM > Subject: Re: Community Banking with a transformative difference: Negative > interest money > > > re global currencies with aligned values, Michel may have mentioned this > before, but in case he hasn't > > http://fair.coop (see pages under Economic System) > > Also, Greek's new Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is a fascinating > chap. See e.g. this proposal of his for an FT (Future Taxes) Coin as > shared on the P2P Foundation blog recently: > > > http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-ft-coin-a-complementary-government-currency-proposed-by-yanis-varoufakis/2015/02/19 > > Other notable things from him I've seen are this critique of PIketty: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNLPO2j9RQ0 > http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue69/Varoufakis69.pdf > > And this blog post from his time as Economics at Valve (a hugely > successful non-hierarchical video game company, where he was responsible > for e.g. linking economies in two virtual game environments by creating a > shared currency) > > http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/economics/why-valve-or-what-do-we-need-corporations-for-and-how-does-valves-management-structure-fit-into-todays-corporate-world/ > > > > On 22 February 2015 at 23:09, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> far from me to say that community, regional and national approaches are >> not needed, but there should also be a global level, as no matter where a >> important sustainability innovation emerges, it should be supported to that >> it can scale globally, >> >> Michel >> >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 2:43 AM, Henry Tam < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> How much of the alternative economy/enterprise/finance ideas, would >>> you say, can be piloted at a sub-regional or regional level? I was >>> speaking with the Cambridge Coop Party and we discussed how the >>> fragmentation going on can be reversed by renewed collaboration premised on >>> cooperative principles, sustainability and community-based services. >>> >>> Coop is getting a bad name, not just because of the Coop Bank (which was >>> never a real coop, and has just hired as a consultant someone who was in >>> charge of compliance at HSBC when all the non-compliance took place!), but >>> for example, in the 'Which?' magazine annual poll, Coop supermarkets were >>> rated poor for pricing, "shockingly behind everyone else" on value for >>> money, and worst for special offers and own label products. They didn't >>> come first in any category. How would a major re-engineering even begin? >>> And the Coop Party HQ is opening the door to coops not providing the funds >>> that have been vital to local coop party's political activities on the >>> ground. >>> >>> The Eastern Savings & Loans Credit Union is merging with the Cambridge >>> Credit Union. I wonder if they could play a role in providing investment >>> in the development of cooperative commons locally, or pave the way for more >>> extensive community banking regionally. >>> >>> We need some organisational levers to try out/pilot the ideas we talk >>> about. >>> >>> Henry >>> >>> >>> On 21/2/15 08:28, "Pat Conaty" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Michel >>> >>> Thanks. Good to set up this file as you have done with Henry's proposal >>> for an Open Co-operative Development Agency. This is a good place to start. >>> >>> Not much further comment to my proposal so far. If others want to >>> comment we can keep up this thread. Otherwise I will move this forward >>> otherwise. I think with the Dieter Suhr article that was circulated my >>> points further below are pretty clear. In any event I aim to complete my >>> short book on co-operative capital and convivial money in April. This will >>> probably feature in the final chapter. >>> >>> Annemarie has responded offline so I will talk with her further next >>> week. >>> >>> On a related matter to my proposal but at national government level for >>> interest free money, here is some extra info to ponder. Until the mid 1970s >>> the Bank of Canada was a public bank for the entire country, not just a >>> central bank as it has been forced to become today by the Bank for >>> International Settlements (the international private bank for central >>> bankers based in Basle).. >>> >>> Here below from Ellen Brown is an update on the Bank of Canada case by >>> Comer in the Canadian level Supreme Court. The case is focusing on a demand >>> for reviving the Bank of Canada role in making interest free loans direct >>> into the real economy for infrastructure and services for the public good. >>> So read here QE as socially directed investment not for assisting the >>> refinancing of the toxic balance sheets of banks as we know QE. See also >>> the the other link with all the background in Part 3 of my paper on the >>> Commons Transition Website. >>> >>> Pat >>> >>> >>> http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/canadian_court_decision_has_revolutionary_implications_for_banking?utm_campaign=feb_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pbi >>> <http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/canadian_court_decision_has_revolutionary_implications_for_banking?utm_campaign=feb_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pbi> >>> <http://www.publicbankinginstitute.org/canadian_court_decision_has_revolutionary_implications_for_banking?utm_campaign=feb_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pbi> >>> >>> >>> http://commonstransition.org/co-operative-commonwealth-de-commodifying-land-and-money-part-3/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 21 Feb 2015, at 00:37, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear Pat, >>> >>> I don't have time to rummage through the older emails but I have created >>> this common document as you requested, >>> >>> see >>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/188Y7COujNwhU60pMiNypXHaRHgLrjKywVlfN6AyOdCY/edit >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Pat Conaty < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Michel, Josef and Annemarie >>> >>> Michel, good idea. Do open a Google doc if you like with Stacco. A few >>> of this can then co-develop this co-operative money commons proposal for >>> the Commons Transition site as an proposition. >>> >>> >>> Josef and Annemarie, the proposal really is not complex. More info to >>> clarify what I am saying and advocating. We need a social-public >>> partnership to harness a collaborative transformative approach. >>> >>> If you check out the Dieter Suhr paper on neutral money he explains the >>> concept. But we need democratic finance bodies to make it a co-operative >>> form of money for local city regions in a distributed way. If Dee Hock >>> wanted actually a model where the customers owned the platform not Bank >>> America and other banks, you get the notion. As Dee Hock explains in the >>> extracts from his book on Chaordic Commons, the banks kicked this consumer >>> sovereignty idea of his into the Long Grass where it was lost. >>> >>> In Germany there are 50 regional currencies. Chiemgauer in southern >>> Germany has a negative interest rate of 8% a year. They both print notes >>> and have >>> a digital money version. This is interesting as unlike Ithaca Hours that >>> works with Alternatives Federal Credit Union in Ithaca as a credit union >>> and local money partnership or Bristol Pound that has a partnership with >>> Bristol Credit Union, Chiemgauer uses negative interest rates. This is an >>> advance on Bristol Pound and Ithaca hours from a design point of view as it >>> creates a dynamic pressure for money velocity and liquidity to expand. But >>> they create through Chiemgauer a slow pressure of three months at 2% >>> charge. If they moved to month at 2% charge, this would create more focus >>> on spending it. >>> >>> Where they are in southern Germany they operate more a slow money >>> system. But Athens needs a faster money system. So velocity and speed >>> controls are important and will vary based on the state of play of the >>> economy. In 1933 <tel:1933> Irving Fisher wanted FDR to introduce >>> Worgl money at a charge of 2% a week as the crisis of liquidity and >>> structural unemployment plus general strikes was huge. So speed controls on >>> money with negative interest can be ramped up to create emergency >>> currencies with high velocity to secure the common good. >>> >>> Many small credit unions have never been comfortable with Visa cards. >>> Bigger credit unions are into this game. Remember as my paper shows on >>> Co-operative commonwealth, mutual finance before 1870 <tel:1870> was >>> widespread with out any interest at all. This was the building society >>> movement for the first 100 years. People forget all this. Co-ops at the >>> outset were against interest and usury. This has been long forgotten. >>> >>> >>> >>> But there has always been a gap in the market in the credit union world >>> for an alternative payment system. I know as I have been involved with >>> credit union development since the early 1980s The debit cards being >>> developed for the homeless with the Big issue and Street UK in the UK now >>> are a step to be inclusive that CDFIs like Street UK here are working on. >>> >>> Chiemgauer's digital money is supported by two members of Inaise, the >>> social banks Triodos and GLS Bank. Both Steiner banks. When you borrow on >>> Visa, the deal is this. >>> They give you a credit limit. You can take this money that you in a way >>> opt for at least initially. It is free money for one month. They though >>> make you liable for the borrowing. This is debt and debt money. Paper money >>> is complex and costly to administer. >>> >>> What is missing is the link to the city state. If we could get >>> sympathetic local government bodies to work with credit unions, CDFIs and >>> social banks to bring in them for these city-state monies we could add >>> another dimension that is missing with Chiemgaeur to get us closer to Worgl >>> where you could pay your taxes with the money. This move this closer to a >>> real democratic money. >>> >>> Bristol has got some support for some business rates tax payments. But >>> we need to advance further. Hull a city in the North of England has talked >>> about Hull Coin but this is not happening yet. >>> >>> Michel you can cut and paste my past few emails into a Google doc. I >>> also sent another one three weeks ago to you and Annemarie that one of you >>> can dig out and paste this in. It was about the interface between >>> democratic banking, co-operative money and the local authorities or small >>> states like Wales. >>> >>> Michel we should then develop a conversation with other experts on >>> banking like Cliff and Margie on this list plus Franz De Clerck, my old >>> friend. Maybe also Peter Blom at Triodos. >>> >>> Pat >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 18 Feb 2015, at 02:28, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> hi Pat, perhaps you can start with a formal description of the proposal >>> on a google doc, and then circulate it amongst players that can do >>> something about it ? >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Pat Conaty < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Michel, Josef, Robin, Mike, Margie, Cliff and Yvon >>> >>> Terrific! Glad Michel and Josef that you agree with my proposal further >>> below for a negative interest VISA solution for social banks and CBPs. >>> >>> So where do we begin? Some questions for those on this list as this idea >>> could be co-operatively transformative. >>> I believe that backers with the knowledge and expertise could be >>> attracted from what is already happening below the radar. >>> >>> Indeed I think this could be a global project for Fair Trade Banking or >>> something similarly named. The gap between credit card rates of >>> 19% plus and bank base rates of 0.5% here in the UK has never been >>> greater. This is such a usurious scam. >>> >>> Credit cards are the most transparent example of how banks create money >>> as debt out of thin air. They give a new customer a >>> liquidity limit, create this by this agreement as new money that is >>> issued out of thin air, and then this liquidity becomes >>> another micro-profit centre. Just imagine a Worgl and WiR alternative >>> where local credit unions, social banks, co-operative loan funds, etc >>> collaborate to set up a Co-operative alternative on a regional scale on >>> a commons platform that could be national or wider. >>> >>> The credit card system robs from the poor and provides a free ride and >>> free liquidity to the better off users. This is a class divided system. >>> Credit unions and social banks could co-develop and offer a clearly >>> democratic and socially inclusive solution for liquidity and working >>> capital for >>> Commoners. >>> >>> If the banks can maintain this unfair deal, who could say legally that >>> credit unions as licensed deposit takers and co-op organisations could not >>> do the same but >>> in the Worgl way for issuing cost carrying money so everyone pays the >>> costs of the liquidity admin and a marginal cost for credit risk. LETs >>> failed in Argentina >>> a decade ago because Michael Linton never designed any credit risk >>> protection and if people take all the free money they want >>> you get inflation and a breakdown in trust. The volume and velocity of >>> money has to be managed. >>> >>> I did not know Michel that Dee Hock when he invented VISA wanted the >>> card owners not the banks to own >>> the VISA platform. This solution I am suggesting would be the answer to >>> that. >>> >>> I am sharing this idea with a few from the other list talking about CBPs >>> and co-operative economic democracy. My thinking >>> on how and why this would really work is based on a paper from Dieter >>> Suhr who is a German monetary reformer who died >>> tragically 20 years or so ago in an accident. He was a good friend of >>> Margrit Kennedy and I met him when we both spoke at the >>> launch of INAISE in Brussels about 1989 <tel:1989> . His proposal was >>> for neutral money but it lacked a set of co-operative finance actors to >>> make it >>> >>> happen. This has been the barrier. His book on Neutral money can be >>> downloaded. >>> >>> Rather like the problem before Dee Hock solved this for the banks in the >>> 1960s. Like today, where >>> there are umpteen local currencies and all not viable in a business >>> sense, then 50 years ago the banks were all issuing their own credit cards >>> and all >>> losing money. Dee Hock proposed a co-operative solution of convergence >>> which is what ViSA offered. A collaborative economy solution to >>> secure declining marginal cost economies. It worked but today we lack >>> this breakaway play for local money systems. They need to >>> stop doing their own thing. But how and would this be feasible? I think >>> so. So correct me if you think my hypothesis is wrong please? >>> >>> So some substance to back up this idea. We did work on payment system >>> solutions for CBPs and you can see these in the CBP report that Mike Toye at >>> Ced-Net has circulated. >>> >>> Robin Murray is talking to some top notch bank payment systems people in >>> London working on an alternative including a brilliant Welshman. >>> One guy set up the new Metro bank in the UK and the other is a 'bank in >>> a box' guy. They both want to see People's banking alternatives >>> and one of the guy's has been working with Occupy groups in London and >>> New York on what this might look like. >>> If we could get some Community Development Credit Unions like Self Help >>> CU, Alternatives and some CDFIs and social banks >>> like Triodos and GLS interested in this fee based payment and liquidity >>> system we could make a go of it. >>> >>> I have a couple of very clever CDFI friends in the UK interested in this >>> stuff. Moreover they are also payment system experts. >>> One is Martin Hockly at Street UK (a very successful home improvement >>> lender and micro finance lender in Birmingham) and the other is >>> Steve Round formerly at Unity Trust Bank, the trade union bank here. >>> They have developed a pre-paid debit card for >>> homeless people. Steve is chair of the Big Issue. Their plastic card has >>> been piloted successfully. Martin was working with >>> us in the past on a solution for CBPs to provide bill payments. >>> >>> I gave a paper about these Co-operative money ideas four years ago in >>> London and Martin Hockly has been very keen on the >>> possibilities since then. >>> >>> So what do you all think? This is so practical if we can get some early >>> adopters and perhaps build on the conversations Robin >>> has been having and some of the work in the UK on the payment system for >>> homeless people soon to go live there is a real chance for this >>> to be set up on robust foundations. Ann Pettifor of the Jubilee Debt >>> Campaign is a friend and she would find this compelling I suspect. >>> >>> >>> Pat >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 16 Feb 2015, at 05:28, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> thanks Pat, I am convinced of this as well, >>> >>> Michel >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:46 AM, Pat Conaty < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Josef >>> >>> I do apologise. It has been a madly busy day. >>> >>> Yes, David B made the edits and sent round the corrected version. >>> >>> We are soon to send out the Deep Dive and if you wanted to have a read >>> and proof it, that would be marvelous. >>> >>> I am copying David in on this reply. I am sure he will share it with you. >>> >>> >>> On Community Banking Partnership, my argument and cast to Michel is that >>> while we need to >>> reinvent money and get this right. We cannot ignore the need for >>> banking. As I see it, the CBP models >>> of knowledge banking are seeking to be convivial, keep people out of >>> debt and provide >>> good basic banking services. >>> >>> What is needed if you can imagine this is for all the social banks, all >>> the credit unions and all the CDFIs to form >>> an Alternative like VISA which by the way was set up by Dee Hock as a >>> co-op but a private one which is >>> a contradiction. But if all the social and alternative banks were to do >>> this, then they could simply issue >>> negative interest credit card liquidity. >>> >>> But this requires all the non-capitalist banking service providers to >>> co-operate this way on a huge scale. >>> The banks did it to create credit cards as lethal weapons of interest >>> slavery. Doing the reverse with negative interest >>> fee based finance would drive forward the alternative. >>> >>> Pat >>> >>> >>> >>> On 9 Feb 2015, at 18:26, Josef Davies-Coates <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Pat, >>> >>> >>> On 9 February 2015 at 17:20, Pat Conaty < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Kevin >>> >>> >>> I think you mean Josef, but I'll forgive you :) >>> >>> >>> Here is the info on Community Banking Partnership. Two reports >>> >>> >>> Ah, thanks, I'd seen the legal structures one before. :) >>> >>> >>> and the model is evolving still but much better handled in the USA than >>> here. See the report by Cliff, my good friend in New York. Here is an >>> update on Neighbourhood Trust CU. >>> >>> http://www.neighborhoodtrustfcu.org < >>> http://www.neighborhoodtrustfcu.org/> >>> >>> Fair Finance, Wessex Home Improvement Loans and ScotCash are good >>> examples. Also Five Lamps in the North East. >>> >>> Bristol is pursuing CBP in a new attempt with the CDFA. Bristol CU, >>> Bristol £ and CDFIs in the city. >>> >>> >>> Thanks. BTW, did you/ David re-edit the Open Co-operativism Report post >>> my proof-reading? I'm very happy to proof-read the 2nd in the series too >>> if you've got that to share? >>> >>> Warm regards, >>> >>> Josef. >>> >>> >>> >>> Pat >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 8 Feb 2015, at 17:21, Josef Davies-Coates <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Annemarie: re: >>> >>> " >>> Pat helpfully introduced me to an(other) ALT currency expert to help me >>> produce the eventual report (attached, again, for speed)." >>> >>> I wasn't in this thread earlier on so could you please forward me the >>> attachment you shared previously? >>> >>> Also, Pat is you could send me your Community Banking Partnerships doc >>> too that'd be great. >>> >>> Many thanks and warm regards, >>> >>> Josef. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 8 February 2015 at 14:41, Pat Conaty < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> Michel >>> >>> For additional info....... >>> >>> Co-operatives UK are publishing a book with the New Internationalist in >>> June on a new strategy for the co-operative sector in the UK. This is based >>> on a considerable research exercise over the past two years. >>> >>> Robin Murrray and I have made contributions as has John Restakis. Ed >>> Mayo has done the editing and it should be a most helpful complement >>> to all we are discussing. >>> >>> We should have a chat to Ed and Robin about this. Robin is in India on >>> Fair Trade work at present but will be back at the end of this week. >>> >>> Pat >>> >>> >>> On 8 Feb 2015, at 05:31, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> thanks Pat! >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Pat Conaty < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> Michel, Annemarie and Tapas colleagues >>> >>> Glad Annemarie that my short explanation of how to develop co-operative >>> money and co-operative capital solutions in integrated ways was helpful. >>> As to why this is so crucial......as a peaceful solution to the crisis that >>> is growing with Pegida on the march and the National Front in France >>> attracting support. >>> Consider the analysis in relation to the following history of how we got >>> to this mess. >>> >>> Jacques Perretti a radical BBC journalist (very few of these) has done a >>> superb two part series on BBC 2 on the roots of the Super Rich and Us >>> (episode 1) and the >>> proliferation precariat (episode 2) >>> >>> Check it out as it is gripping and a good sequel to Naomi Klein's book >>> On this Changes Everything. Though the series is not about climate >>> change it is about the background to the precariat and a return to >>> Victorian times. >>> >>> Here is the link. Unfortunately the BBC scheduled them near to midnight >>> that past two weeks so almost nobody saw them. >>> >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xw2x8 >>> >>> Pat >>> >>> >>> >>> On 28 Jan 2015, at 11:39, Annemarie Naylor <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks - all - very helpful! >>> >>> Annemarie >>> >>> Annemarie Naylor >>> >>> Director, Common Futures >>> >>> T. 07525 236797 <tel:07525%20236797> E: [email protected] >>> W: http://www.commonfutures.eu/ >>> >>> Follow me on twitter @commonfutrs >>> >>> 12 Sandford Close, Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex, CO7 9NP >>> >>> Common Futures is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England >>> no. 8481503 >>> >>> From: Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> >>> Date: Wednesday, 28 January 2015 10:58 >>> To: Pat Conaty <[email protected]> >>> Cc: Annemarie Naylor <[email protected]>, George Papanikolaou < >>> [email protected]>, John Restakis <[email protected]>, David >>> Bollier <[email protected]>, Marguerite Mendell < >>> [email protected]>, Heike Loeschmann <[email protected]>, >>> "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Benjamin Tincq < >>> [email protected]>, Kevin Flanagan <[email protected]>, >>> marihipotenusa <[email protected]>, Nicolas Krausz < >>> [email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, >>> Mike Lewis <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Open Co-operativism report >>> >>> Pat, >>> >>> this would be important to educate our networks, if not myself, but I am >>> travelling now and dealing with some emergencies, >>> >>> could you provide us with a clear excerpt of your choice, that explains >>> that distinction between cooperative capital and money ? >>> >>> Michel >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Pat Conaty < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Annemarie and Michel >>> >>> Glad to hear Annemarie that my alternative currency pal, John Waters has >>> been helpful to you. I really look forward to reading your report. >>> >>> Michel, yes indeed, the work with SolNantes in France is exciting as it >>> involves up to 25 local government bodies. >>> >>> Annemarie, Leander Bindewald is a Gernan researcher and colleague of >>> mine at NEF. See the info below about SolNantes. >>> >>> >>> http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=68acbe3a1464672d97cffc627&id=4c87ec6bf4&e=fb078743b8 >>> <http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=68acbe3a1464672d97cffc627&id=4c87ec6bf4&e=fb078743b8> >>> <http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=68acbe3a1464672d97cffc627&id=4c87ec6bf4&e=fb078743b8> >>> >>> The UK partners in this EU wide alliance include Lambeth £ and Bristol £ >>> so these UK groups are watching with keen interest >>> the SolNantes launch after the successful trials last year. >>> >>> There js a problem though. Liquidity and money is one thing and capital >>> is another. We need both co-operative money and co-operative >>> capital. That is what my Co-operative Commonwealth paper on the Commons >>> Transition site is about. Most complementary money >>> people do not make this clear and conflate both concepts of money and >>> capital. >>> >>> On the other hand for capital there is the growing community development >>> finance movement and the social banking movements. >>> We need to get these alternative bankers more involved with SolNantes. >>> >>> See this paper on Community Banking Partnership (CBP) attached. We ran >>> pilots on these over five years and some have come out of this successful. >>> In Bristol the Bristol £, the Bristol Credit Union, several CDFI lenders >>> are involved in working up a city wide pilot of CBP. I have been invoked in >>> the >>> set up thinking and some colleagues of mine are involved in the early >>> stage work now underway. If this works the aim is for it to become a >>> national model. >>> >>> In the USA, you have these Community Banking Networks and some very >>> large now. Introducing co-operative money and joining both up is key to >>> reinventing banking and money >>> on a democratic basis. Alternatives Credit Union in Ithaca, New York >>> have formed a joint venture between Ithaca Hours and the pretty large >>> credit union. >>> >>> The CDFIs are working with expensive capital which is an issue but >>> otherwise they are doing fantastic work. They need access to >>> convivial money. That is a subtext of my Co-operative Commonwealth paper. >>> >>> Hope this is helpful. >>> >>> Pat >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 28 Jan 2015, at 09:21, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> dear Annemarie, >>> >>> great opportunities, >>> >>> a few ideas, have a look if you can at nantes, which already had its own >>> wir (ecoreseau, affiliated with the CIC) and now their own worgl with >>> SoNantes .. >>> >>> M3 is a really excellent magazine on commons urbanism, from the Grand >>> Lyon, but monitoring urban trends in general. Emile Hooge is our man there >>> and I have his email. Their latest issue was on l'economie servicielle and >>> mobility >>> >>> The Bologna Regulation on the Commons should definitely be on your radar >>> as a methodology of city-based commons governance, I have different >>> contacts there, though 'the man' is definitely christian iaione >>> >>> Two important themes: >>> >>> * instigating idle sourcing and the sharing economy, on hopefully >>> non-neoliberal terms .. Neal Gorenflo and the team around janelle orsi at >>> SELC monitor this very closely. Seoul is know to have done things a bit >>> differently than the start up road. >>> >>> * resilient cities and social/solidarity economies ...: we need civic >>> economy incubators .. Geneve has a Chambre de l'Economie Sociale et >>> Solidaire, Jean Rossiaud knows more >>> >>> I have various documentation on this in my wiki, so ask for specific >>> links on anything of interest >>> >>> so in conclusion the suggested themes are: >>> >>> * incubators >>> >>> * governance mechanisms >>> >>> I'm sure John Restakis would have recommended adding the social care >>> cooperatives as models to be on your radar >>> >>> Michel >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Annemarie Naylor < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Dear All >>> >>> You may recall I was looking for x5 'big ideas' when we were together in >>> Berlin for an English County Council, and that Pat helpfully introduced me >>> to an(other) ALT currency expert to help me produce the eventual report >>> (attached, again, for speed). >>> >>> I subsequently fed some of the thinking into an NLGN publication: >>> http://www.nlgn.org.uk/public/2014/the-council-and-the-common-local-government-in-2020/ >>> whose author is now writing a book about the scope to commonify local >>> government post the forthcoming general election in the UK; again, I'm >>> invited to contribute thinking in this instance, so do send anything you >>> think might be useful and, in particular, concrete examples of 'doing >>> different' by local state actors as and when you come across them. >>> >>> Meanwhile, I'm invited to draw upon the original report to devise a >>> workshop for the Society of County Treasurers (so, senior finance officers >>> from County Councils - the largest representation of the 'local state' in >>> England). I've suggested I 'lose' the focus on customer services / >>> libraries - save to exemplify possible ways forward with a practical case >>> in point - and that I major on the scope to adapt IBM's social >>> collaboration drive, introduce an ALT / electronic currency, and design >>> then implement an inward investment strategy for social and community >>> enterprise. >>> >>> If you think there are other 'big ideas' / themes I should be developing >>> for Finance people - I have land covered - please could you let me know? >>> And, if you look at the report and can help to bring up to date / enliven >>> any of the sections I plan to focus on, all thoughts/suggestions from you >>> would be very welcome. >>> >>> NB: this represents an EXCELLENT opportunity to influence the >>> reconfiguration of the local state in England such that it is alive to the >>> prospect of open cooperatives - a x2 day event hosted by the incoming >>> President and Chief Finance Officer of one of the largest local authorities >>> in England which also boasts the Minister for Local Government in England >>> as one of its Mps. >>> >>> Many thanks - as ever, >>> Annemarie >>> >>> Annemarie Naylor >>> >>> Director, Common Futures >>> >>> T. 07525 236797 <tel:07525%20236797> E: [email protected] >>> W: http://www.commonfutures.eu/ >>> >>> Follow me on twitter @commonfutrs >>> >>> 12 Sandford Close, Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex, CO7 9NP >>> >>> Common Futures is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England >>> no. 8481503 >>> >>> From: David Bollier <[email protected]> >>> Date: Monday, 19 January 2015 15:15 >>> To: Michel Bauwens <[email protected]>, Pat Conaty < >>> [email protected]>, John Restakis <[email protected]>, >>> Marguerite Mendell <[email protected]>, Heike Loeschmann < >>> [email protected]>, Annemarie Naylor <[email protected]>, >>> Kate Swade <[email protected]>, Benjamin Tincq <[email protected]>, >>> Mike Lewis <[email protected]>, Kevin Flanagan < >>> [email protected]>, marihipotenusa <[email protected]>, >>> Nicolas Krausz <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Open Co-operativism report >>> >>> >>> Dear friends from the Open Co-operativism Workshop, >>> >>> Pat Conaty and I are pleased to send along the final version of our >>> report on our workshop, attached. >>> >>> Thank you all for your thoughtful comments and edits. We ended up doing >>> more re-writing and editing than anticipated, but we are pleased with >>> the final result and hope that the report will stimulate some new >>> conversations and action. >>> >>> I know of at least three web postings of the report that will occur in >>> the near future -- one on my blog (www.bollier.org < >>> http://www.bollier.org/> ), one on the Heinrich >>> Boell Foundation's website, and one on the P2P Foundation website. I >>> will share those links when they are available. If you or other third >>> parties post the report, write about it, or have some interesting >>> reactions, please let us know. >>> >>> We have already seen a number of dialogues and collaborations inspired >>> by our workshop(s). Let's keep in touch about these initiatives -- and >>> new opportunities to advance a convergence of movements! >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> David and Pat >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> David Bollier >>> [email protected] >>> >>> My blog: Bollier.org <http://bollier.org/> >>> Think Like a Commoner: www.ThinkLikeACommoner.com < >>> http://www.thinklikeacommoner.com/> >>> Green Governance: www.commonslawproject.org < >>> http://www.commonslawproject.org/> >>> The Wealth of the Commons: www.wealthofthecommons.org < >>> http://www.wealthofthecommons.org/> >>> >>> 511 Old Farm Road >>> Amherst, MA 01002 <tel:01002> USA >>> 413-259-2009 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: >> http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan >> >> P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net >> >> <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: >> http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens >> >> #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ >> > > > > -- > Josef Davies-Coates > 07974 88 88 95 > > *United Diversity* > http://uniteddiversity.coop > > > > *Together We Have Everything*Follow us on Twitter > <http://twitter.com/uniteddiversity> and Facebook > <http://facebook.com/uniteddiversity> > > > > > > -- > Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: > http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan > > P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net > > <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: > http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens > > #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ > > _______________________________________________ > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > http://www.p2pfoundation.net > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation > > -- Kevin Carson Senior Fellow, Karl Hess Scholar in Social Theory Center for a Stateless Society http://c4ss.org "You have no authority that we are bound to respect" -- John Perry Barlow "We are legion. 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