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| Bay Area Community Exchange (BACE) is a collaborative network that supports the development of alternative means of exchange in the San Francisco Bay Area. We provide research and development support, incubation of alternative exchange projects, and education to the Bay Area community about economic issues. Through our work with currency projects, we will create an economy that is more sustainable, just, and embedded in healthy community connections. To find out more about what community currencies are and why we think they are so crucial to creating social change, please visit our Education section.
We strive to be a democratic, collectively-run, and transparent organization to the extent that it is possible, while still maintaining integrity, trust and efficacy in our work together towards our mission. We are currently an all volunteer, unfunded group so we can always use your help. If you want to be a part of BACE’s discussions, working groups or projects, a good way to get started is to join our online discussion groups or come to a meeting. To join our listserv, sign up here. The members list is a great place to start. To find out more about BACE and its projects, browse this wiki. If you have any questions, feel free to contact mira (at) sfbace.org. |
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Research, Education, and Outreach
Thinktank - the monthly group that meets to discuss currency research and create new projects, also a listserv
Education and Outreach - here you will find an introduction to community currencies, currency research information, organizations and projects
Ignite Money! Event- scheduled for early spring 2010 in Berkeley
BACE Supported Projects
Monthly roundtable discussion about all these projects and bring in newcomers, interested public
Biweekly thinktank meeting to discuss research and develop of new currencies
Public presentations about currencies and the economy
Social events to connect the movement
Timebank- a project given birth through BACE
Time for Change- a physical manifestation of the timebank
BACE Allies
International Society for Ecology and Culture, our fiscal sponsor
Wales Institute for Community Currencies
Value for People, provides professional consulting from Germany on currency development
Complementary Currency Resource Center
South African New Economics Network
Online Laboratories on Complementary Currencies Japan
Get Involved
-To learn more about currencies, BACE, or its projects, contact mira (at) sfbace.org, join one of our listservs, or attend one of our monthly roundtable discussions and mixers about these currency projects. Newcomers and generally interested public are always welcome.
-Attend one of our biweekly thinktank meeting to discuss research and develop of new currencies. This is primarily for people not new to currencies and/or currently working on currency development or theory.
-Help us host a currency presentation for your community. If your community is new currencies and wants a general background of what currencies are, what systems are available, and how to design a currency, we are happy to provide an educational presentation. We can present with or without powerpoint for 1-3 hours (average 2 hours) for communities in the greater Bay Area at no charge. For communities outside the Bay Area, small travel reimbursement is suggested.
-Help us host a screening of the Money Fix or the Double Face of Money in your community.
-If you browse our projects and find one you are interested in helping with or if you want to start your own currency project with support from us, we can help place you as a volunteer or intern.We also offer formal semester long student internships. To apply, contact mira (at) sfbace.org.
-If you would like BACE to support your currency project in any way, please contact mira (at) sfbace.org.
Support Us
BACE is an all-volunteer organization with no overhead so your donations will go a long way towards supporting our work. To make a financial or in-kind contribution to BACE, please contact mira (at) sfbace.org or make a donation online and enter “Bay Area Community Exchange” on the designation line. All donations are tax deductible.
Things we need:
-Volunteer time for organizing, outreach, tech help, and grant writing.
-Monetary donations for educational events and project support.
-Funding for or in-kind offer of space for office and meetings near public transit in San Francisco, Oakland or Berkeley.
BACE Organizational Support
Steering Committee: Open to all BACE Community to watch and propose, with a rotating few to decide
Technology: Website support, coders, oscurrency heads, calendaring, folks w/pwds
BACE Group Definitions: Definitions of Steering, Community, Thinktank, Projects, Announcements List, Tech, Allies
