[GiftEconomy] Intro

Sat Oct 30 18:23:32 PDT 2010

Hi, Dante, Alan and Jay,

I know nothing about Alan Rosenblith's video initiatives, but thanks for the
links and I will take a look. In the last few days I have been introduced to
quite a number of resources and I have to get into all of them.

Have any of you heard of the website Architects of a New Dawn?
architectsofanewdawn.ning.com I put my video on ny page there and brought it
to the attention of the "Transformative Media" group of the site. It has
generated some discussion there  and some information. If you are not
alsready members, you might want to look at signing up.

Dante said:
I know Alan and Jay are currently also in a process of fundraising for a new
series of crowdsourced video making : http://www.symbionomics.com/

Perhaps some space for collaboration / partnerships ?

I am certainly open to ideas. Be aware that I  worked as a journalist for
over 11 years at a non-profit radio station and this is my first plan for a
video project. I know nothing about fundraising, sales and marketing etc.
"Dammit, Jim, I am a policy wonk, not a development specialist." So I am not
sure I have anything to contribute to such an effort.

Kellia

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <
dante.monson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Kellia, ( cc: Jay, Alan - I feel like letting you know about the gift
> economy list<http://lists.gifteconomy.org/listinfo.cgi/gifteconomy-gifteconomy.org>,
> and Kellia's introduction  )
>
> do you know about some of the video initiatives by Alan Rosenblith :
>
> http://www.themoneyfix.org/
>
> trailer :
>
> http://www.themoneyfix.org/videos/money-fix-trailer
>
> although the initial "money fix" video may have been more focused on the
> "first" category you mention ( as a transition ? ) ,
>
> I noticed Alan also seems to be considering the "second" ( non-debt based ?
> asymmetric ? ) realm - see :
>
>
> http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/beyond-alternative-currencies-towards-asymmetric-account-systems-for-gift-based-markets/2010/10/13
>
> I know Alan and Jay are currently also in a process of fundraising for a
> new series of crowdsourced video making : http://www.symbionomics.com/
>
> Perhaps some space for collaboration / partnerships ?
>
>
> <http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/beyond-alternative-currencies-towards-asymmetric-account-systems-for-gift-based-markets/2010/10/13>I
> am not sure where Alan is currently based, but I know Jay is based in
> Seattle ( perhaps Alan is too ? ).
>
> Greetings from Brussels, Belgium,
> Dante
>
> PS: perhaps this tool can also be used for fundraising :
>
> http://flattr.com/
>  <http://flattr.com/>
>
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Kellia Ramares <theendofmoney at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> My name is Kellia Ramares and I am a 55 year-old freelance journalist in
>> Oakland, CA. I see the gift economy as the way to create a just, peaceful
>> and prosperous world for all on a planet that is well taken care of because
>> the financial incentive to degrade the environment, e.g. BP's shortcuts in
>> the Gulf to save money, will have been removed.
>>
>> I have recently started a project called "The End of Money", which is
>> designed to get people around the world to ask the question "why must we pay
>> to live on the planet we're born on?" I have a project page on
>> Kickstarter.com (URL in my sig below) to raise money for a book and
>> documentary on the subject. That is not as odd as it first appears because
>> the world as it exists NOW demands money for projects like these.
>>
>> There is an introductory video on the page, which I invite all of you to
>> view and distribute freely. It tells you more about why I think we need to
>> go in this direction, although I talk in terms of abolishing money rather
>> than gift economy. There is also an essay on the page which gives more
>> information and further explains why I am asking for money to end money and
>> what the money will be used for. The fundraiser is an all or nothing
>> proposition. So if you like the video and are willing to send it on, I'll
>> hope you will make a donation as well.
>>
>> I also have a website (URL below) that is free to read, download from, and
>> discuss things on.
>>
>> Calls for  monetary reform seem to fall into two camps: The first seeks to
>> reform but not abolish the concept  of money and monetary systems through
>> such things as local currencies and, in the US, state banks and abolishing
>> the Fed. These are good transition steps toward what I think the second camp
>> advocates -- the gift economy. I'm in that second camp. I wish most strongly
>> for people to examine the values that undergird the money economy
>> (capitalistic and socialistic), which is why I am asking "Why must we pay to
>> live on the planet we're born on?" I think that is the question from which
>> everything else proceeds.
>>
>> If you are are Facebook, I invite you to "like" my page The End Of Money.
>> (Yes, I have heard of, but not yet read, the Thomas Greco book, my full
>> working is The End Of Money: A Critique of Paying, Owing and Working "for a
>> living."
>>
>> I know of various experiments with free stores, but I am most interested
>> in hearing about how you get people to discuss the value systems behind the
>> practical economics.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kellia
>>
>> --
>> Kellia Ramares
>> Oakland, CA
>> Kickstarter Page http://kck.st/btAWg6
>> Web Site : http://endmoney.info/
>> Facebook: TheEndOfMoney
>> Twitter: EndofMoney
>>
>> Why must we pay to live on a planet we're born on?
>>
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Kellia Ramares
Oakland, CA
Kickstarter Page http://kck.st/btAWg6
Web Site : http://endmoney.info/
Facebook: TheEndOfMoney
Twitter: EndofMoney

Why must we pay to live on a planet we're born on?
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