TURMEL: Bronfmans' Montreal Jewish Community LETS

JCT: What else could I possibly need for the Proteus Project 
for UNILETS at the UN? Incredibly, I just ran into this. And 
I'm going to be in Montreal so I'll look deeper into getting 
their support for UNILETS at the UN. 

I tell you, having some Rockefellers back US timedollars 
publicly helped get UNILETS on the Millennium Declaration, 
and now perhaps some Bronfmans backing timedollar Local 
Employment-Trading Systems here in Canada, it feels like the 
world's owners may in the mood to set the debt slaves free! 

> http://galileo.spaceports.com/~becs/autresel/pgbs.htm

The Project Genesis Barter System

A Project of THE ALEXANDER DWORKIN ENDOWMENT FUND of the 
Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal and the URBAN ISSUES 
PROGRAM of the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation 

THE PROJECT GENESIS BARTER SYSTEM

The Project Genesis Barter System is a trading system in 
which members exchange their services on the basis of time.

It was set up in November 1997 with the intention of 
providing a place for community members to practice their 
skills in an environment which fostered equality. There are 
approximately 200 different services offered by 100 members.  

Examples of services currently offered include language 
conversation, advice on marketing plans for small 
businesses, bicycle repair, computer lessons, art lessons 
and math tutoring. 

The Barter System is seen as an economic and social 
alternative for new immigrants, people looking for work, 
isolated community members and people interested in using 
their skills to benefit the community as a whole.  

In addition, it has served as a vehicle for popular 
education through discussions and workshops on topics that 
are of interest to members.  

Furthermore, a number of smaller groups have developed as 
by-products of the Barter System:  language conversation, 
computer lessons and public speaking are among them.  

Essentially, the Project Genesis Barter System is a 
community-building tool that helps members feel that they 
are part of a community which values their skills.  
Moreover, the long-term goal for the group is that it be an 
autonomous, community-run organization; development of 
leadership in the Barter System is therefore very important 
for this to occur.  

Members are currently being encouraged to take part in all 
facets of the group, including evaluation of the project, 
participating in an informal steering committee, preparation 
of the newsletter, registration of exchanges in the 
computer, doing outreach to other organizations and planning 
and animating meetings. 

Anyone can become a member, and membership is free; 

One hour of any service is equal to one hour of any other 
service; 

JCT: That they'll have to fix so a doctor gets more than a 
baby-sitter but they should bend to the logic of a free 
market in labor quick enough. 

Members negotiate with each other to arrange exchanges, then 
report them to the coordinator, accompanied by an evaluation 
of the exchange in terms of satisfaction; 

There are monthly member meetings that allow members to get 
to know each other, as trust is an important factor in the 
exchange process; meetings are also used as a vehicle for 
decision-making and popular education. 

If you or someone you know is interested in this group, 
please call Deane at (514) 738-2036 or send an email to 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] march 2002

JCT: Isn't this incredible? Just as I'm about to launch my 
Proteus Project from the International LETS Seminar in 
MONTREAL!

It's as if God puts these paths, moves, plays right in my 
face so I can't not take them. 

I hope to have my Proteus Project for UNILETS ready by the 
end of the LETS Seminar. May as well get outside input if I 
can. 

As for Bernard Lietaer, he disgraced himself when he chose 
interest-bearing national currency over interest-free 
personal currency. 

And as for Michael Linton, he never saw the big picture 
though he certainly helped paint a lot of the smaller ones. 

I can't even imagine what they could be talking about that 
hasn't already been handled in the all-inclusive UNILETS 
Resolution C6 to governments on the Millennium Declaration. 



--
Abolitionist Slave Leader John C."The Banking Systems Engineer" Turmel
for UNILETS interest-free time-based currency in U.N. resolution C6
to Governments in the http://www.un.org/millennium/declaration.htm 
http://www.cyberclass.net/turmel 519-756-1325 USENET: can.politics