Here in LaSalle-Gardens a 1955 federal housing development 15 neighbours are joined in a Mutual Aid Group focused on livelihood generation and sub-issues. Another 100 families are actively interested signing a local petition of support to develop local economy through an online Community Neighbourhood Human Resource Catalogue, Investment & Exchange System HRC/CIES. Indigene Community as part of the Sustainable Development Corporation, a Canadian Non-Profit Corporation since 1994 is inspired by indigenous economy, heritage, knowledge and sustainability.https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/home/membership https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/relational-economy/4-community-investment-exchange-system A web & software developer in Hartford Connecticut is working on a website with the interactive ability to:
1. Allow citizens to become members on-line. We ask members to invest 10$ as our basic share-ratio value. We presently have 3 small local businesses interested in being part of the system.
2. Once members to be able to post goods (new & used) and services on line in text format onto their own web-page as part of our site. We group our service providers into Production Societies so as to self-monitor the range and quality of services. Our non-profit charges 7% / transaction as administration fee and 8% / transaction as a required investment in progressive ownership. Progressive ownership of social shares we call 'ratios' provide votes to members in their Production Societies, Consumer groups, Supplier groups and other caucuses (Iroquois = 'grouping of like interests') as well as representation to the Corporate board.
3. We charge fees for posting pictures, web-links, audio and visual as per web-usage.
4. Members invest contributions as 1. Founders, 2. Workers, 3. Suppliers & 4. Consumers with incentive benefits for larger share owners. All these stakeholder accounts are interactive in a system of credits and debits for Vendor goods & services provided or Consumer goods & services received. Fees and charges may be deducted from a members account credits, which is always required to be positive.
Our goal is that recognition of these local investment & exchanges will empower citizens to interact, join together in diverse specialties to generate local to international economies. As members use local goods and services, develop livelihood, recycle goods and services, hire locally and develop a pool of local investment capital which can be used for investing in owning our multihome housing, local business and ecological-economic health. www.indigenecommunity.info Douglas Jack douglasf.jack@gmail.com
updated by @deb-wisniewski: 10/25/16 02:08:10PM
