Neighbors & communities connecting through technology
Tips, Tools, Strategies, and Technology
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HUMAN RESOURCE CATALOGUE HRC
LaSalle-Gardens Mutual Aid Committee is developing an online web-based Human Resource Catalogue HRC where individuals and businesses can post their goods and services for sale along with pictures, audio etc. The consumer shops on a local neighbourhood based web-site. LaSalle-Gardens has 2600 people living in 808 apartments and 50 townhouses on 40 acres. We have 3 small local businesses involved with us.https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/home/membership
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT & EXCHANGE SYSTEM CIES
When the consumer chooses a product (goods or services) on line, they notify their intent on the website, which contacts the vendor and puts the vendor and consumer in contact. The consumer pays the vendor through the website being debited from their consumer account. The Vendor receives payment minus 7% as a transaction fee as well as is required to invest 8% for voting ratios (shares). Vendors group themselves voluntarily in 'caucuses' of similar vendor providers so as to be able to offer a greater diversity of goods and services as well as provide vendor quality controls.https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/relational-economy/4-community-investment-exchange-system
RATEABLE NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
We are a progressive ownership based non-profit using rateable (recorded) contribution accounting for ratios by Founder, Worker, Supplier and Consumer members each grouped in Associations. One person can have membership in any or all Associations. Accounts are interactive between Associations. Time-based human resource accounting modules measures equivalent values in time, talents, expertise, goods, services and patronage contributions for each member type. Ratios receive market rates of interest, can only be sold back to our non-profit corporation, are voting (one-ratio / one vote) https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/relational-economy/3-sharing-livelihood-constitution
We presently have one software writer working on the development of the software and are looking for other partners who can help support the process. We are integrating this system with available freeware and other softwares widely available. Once developed communities anywhere will set up websites, where interested vendors, consumers, founders and suppliers can display their interests, goods and services, then investment and exchange develops eventually providing local interactions between generations. We expect this software can be successfully implemented in Multihome dwellings as a way of developing in house economies, for businesses to understand founders, worker, supplier and consumer capacities better as well as to launch and increase business in communities where little constructive ecological-economy is happening.
Douglas Jack project coordinator with the Sustainable Development Corporation, 'Indigene' (Latin = 'self-generating') 'Community' (L 'com' = 'together' + 'munus' = 'gift or service') douglasf.jack@gmail.com www.indigenecommunity.info LaSalle-Montreal, Quebec, H8R 1X9
