Alternative Currency Community Meeting

Greetings, Friends!

This Friday, we're having an open discussion for our community meeting. Instead of picking a topic, we'd love for you to come with questions & comments you have from previous meetings we've had, and resources we've shown you. Additionally, please come ideas you'd like to see integrated into a local currency.  Below are a few resources to watch that will help stimulate some questions.

6:30 - 7:00 PM, Socializing & food/drinks:

7:00 - 8:30 PM, Talk and Discussion

8:30 - 10:00 PM, Hangout

Please tell us if you are coming and feel free to come to any part of the event!!

Bringing food and drinks are welcome and encouraged but not necessary. Say what you are bringing by clicking on the potluck tab!

We look forward to seeing you,

Adam K, Adam W, Bill R

MONEY AS DEBT 
This 45 minute animated video is an allegory of the creation of money, and explains in clear detail how we went from a gold standard to our current system. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc3sKwwAaCU

ZEITGEIST: ADDENDUM 
The first 21 minutes of this video also explains how our current system operates. You don't gain the context of gold banking, but it's incredibly concise. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gKX9TWRyfs

THE MONEY FIX 
This video moves beyond our current system and explains money from an informational and technological standpoint. This one will get you to think about the conceptual and abstract aspects of 'money'. 
http://www.themoneyfix.org/content/video-money-fix

THE SECRET OF OZ 
This movie explains the hidden allegory of the gold and silver standards within The Wizard of Oz, and also discusses a lot of historical aspects of money. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swkq2E8mswIt