Community Way

cw$ presentation to the Comox Rotary Club (4 August 2011)

Pieter Vorster — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:44:13 +0000

On a Thursday evening, 4 August 2011, Pieter Vorster representing the open money development group visited the Comox Rotary Club by invitation to present the concept of open money according to the community way model.

Following a delicious dinner by local Gourmet Chef Dawn McCrae the third and final of the Comox Valley’s rotarian societies settled in to see what community way dollars are all about.

You can view more information on how the model works by watching this video clip on YouTube and hear (more or less) what the audience did at the presentation. The short 5-minute introduction and explanation was followed by a series of questions from the audience, which Pieter answered to the best of his knowledge and abilities.

The response from the audience was very positive, with several of the younger business owners displaying further interest in the initiative and how it may be used to benefit their own businesses while doing good in our community.

Anyone wanting to know more about the presentation, and open money along the community way model, can contact Pieter Vorster via e-mail.

cw$ presentation to the Strathcona-Sunrise Rotary Club.

Pieter Vorster — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:31:06 +0000

On Wednesday, 27 July 2011, Michael Linton and Pieter Vorster from the open money development group, accompanied by Eduardo Uranga, joined the Strathcona-Sunrise Rotary to present the group with more information about open money, and specifically the community way model. Everyone agreed that the idea was favourably received and there were plenty of enthusiastic questions from the crowd. Below is a copy of the club’s newsletter, which outlines the presentation on page 2 (so scroll down in the document, even better, click on the fullscreen icon).

Sunrise Rotary Newsletter July 27th 2011

Many thanks to the Strathcona-Sunrise Rotary for sharing their newsletter with us and allowing us to share it publicly.

The Miner’s Lamp uncovers Community Way $.

Pieter Vorster — Mon, 30 May 2011 22:52:25 +0000

On Tuesday, 22 February 2011, Pieter Vorster on behalf of the open money development group presented open money, specifically the Community Way model, by invitation to the Rotary Club of Cumberland Centennial.

Have a look at the article in their newsletter, The Miner’s Lamp or view the embedded doc below…
TheMinersLamp1March2011-cw$

Article shared with the permission of the Rotary Club of Cumberland Centennial. Please note that the explanation of the basic concept of the Community Way model in the document above was created by the the Rotary Club of Cumberland Centennial and does not represent the views or opinions of the open money development group or anyone else working on the development of the Community Way model. For a more concise and correct explanation of the model, and the benefits it holds for everyone involved, please visit our Home page.

Joining the team

jlinton — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:20:42 +0000

This is looking great, I am really excited to start working on developing open money again. The progress from when I was last actively working with open money is really encouraging. Congratulations to the crew that pushed so far, and I look forward to finding more time to help in the development process. I am a bit behind the times and will be spending some time in the valley working with OMdev to find out where I best fit. The web presence is impressive, openmoney.org reinforces the concept and the progress of systems in development are nicely represented by this site (communityway.ca) for the Comox Valley, communitydollars.ca for the Kootenay project and after this weekend the group behind villagevancouver.ca in Vancouver will be gearing up to start a model of their own. Just to put a face to these words, the first speaker in this video explanation is me ten years ago. Please enjoy it as it is possibly my last time on camera.

John Linton

Updating our website

Pieter Vorster — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:23:55 +0000

It is long overdue, but we are finally getting round to doing some much needed updates to our website.

We appreciate any and all feedback and encourage visitors to contact us with suggestions of how to make this website more useful.

Community Way Market Day – Saturday, December 11th @ lower Native Sons Hall (10am – 4pm)

Pieter Vorster — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:08:53 +0000

Contact: globalandy01@gmail.com

Community Way Local Currency reaches Nelson

Pieter Vorster — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 23:55:49 +0000

An excellent article on cw$ by Diana van Eyk on the Transition Kootenays blog. Exciting to see the folks from Nelson getting behind open money this way.

Read the full article HERE.

The best part is:

“We plan to roll this new currency out in January, 2011, and hope you will join us, whether you’re a business, non-profit, charity or citizen. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain!”

A bit more open money please.

Pieter Vorster — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:52:12 +0000

As some of you may know, a big part of what we are trying to do with the Comox Valley Community Way initiative is to promote the use of open money.

What is open money?

To quote the first sentence from openmoney.org

“Open money is a means of exchange freely available to all. Any community, any association – indeed, any body – can have their own money.

The purpose of the open money project is to bring together and organize the people and resources necessary for the development and propagation of open money everywhere.”

Why use open money?

Because it is good for community and good for business.

Because it allows us all to remember that money is little more than a means of attributing value between ourselves e.g. John builds Mike a new kitchen table, John provides Mike with 300 litres of apple juice in the form of 5 x$20 bills.

Because it is, at the very least, an alternative to current economic model that is failing us all and causing massive negative changes our planet in the process.

Most importantly, BECAUSE WE CAN!

Please visit http://www.openmoney.org for more in-depth information about the global open money project and how to be part of the future of how we deal with each other.

Change your money and help your community!

omdev2 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:19:24 +0000

Make a difference that counts.

Buy cw$ at Surecopy (1255-A Cliffe Ave) and the Broken Spoke Coffee and Bike Shop (#1-420, Fitzgerald Ave) in Courtenay. More xchange locations coming soon in Comox and Cumberland.

You can support any of the organizations and projects listed on this site by buying cw$ from them – they get the cash they need to do their work and you get cw$ you can spend in the businesses that are supporting the community.

It’s win, win, win – the community gets working cash, you get spending money, the business gets customers.

email cvcw@lets.net or phone 250 871 2829

Want More Details? Let Us Explain!

Community Way — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:29:07 +0000

Here are the basics of the community way program.