Time Bank Market!
Saturday, November 13th 10am – noon
Alex R. Thomas Plaza
Calling all Time Bankers! The next Time Bank Market is coming up. Bring something to exchange for time dollars, come spend your time dollars on holiday gifts, check out the Farmer’s Market while you are there, and listen to some good music.
Featuring music by The Freys and Friends
Radio Show: Time Bank News and Catchy Tunes
Tune into KMEC 105.1, first and third Tuesday evenings from 6-7 pm. Courtney will be sharing information and good music. Catch up on current requests and offers, and learn about upcoming events. We also have a custom song written about Mendo Time Bank you won’t find anywhere else! You can also tune in on the KMEC website at http://www.kmecradio.org/listen/ if you’re not in Ukiah.
Get Involved
Want to get involed with Mendo Time Bank? Join the STEERING COMMITTEE and JOB TEAMS for MTB. A few people have put in countless hours to get MTB going. Now it’s time for more people to participate so we can expand our membership and activities.
Please join us if you could contribute 2-10 hours/month to keep MTB going strong. You will earn Time Dollars for all of the work you do.
One member from each team will attend a monthly Steering Committee meeting. The role of Job Teams may change as MTB evolves. If you don’t like to participate in meetings but you want to support MTB, there are MANY jobs that can be done at home, with e-mail and phone communication.
email: mendotime@gmail.com
Mendo Time Bank
Mendocino Environmental Center 106 W Standley st, Ukiah, CA 95482
Tel: 707-489 1388
UPCOMING EVENTS
Mendo Time Bank is having a potluck!
Join us on Saturday, June 5 for an evening of networking, exchange-making, music, and delicious food.
Here are the details:
What: Mendo Time Bank Service Exchange and Potluck
Where: Hillel’s house: 116 Ford Street in Ukiah
When: Saturday, June 5 from 5-8 pm (Service Exchange starts at 5:30)
Survival Skills Walks
This is your last chance to get in on the Survival Skills Walks offered by Efrin Turner. This upcoming nature class will focus on Wilderness Medicine. June 21st 12-3pm meeting at Low Gap Park (picnic area near tennis courts). This course is sponsored by the MTB. All ages encouraged! Don’t forget your notebook, weather appropriate clothing, and a jug of water.
Can you guess which imaginary animal Louisa is holding?
Radio Show
You can listen to Time Bank News & Catchy Tunes every 1st and 3rd Tue from 6-7pm. Call in and share your ideas about the MTB at (707) 468-9800.
ONGOING PROJECTS
Tool Library
NEW SERVICES OFFERED
- Kol Ha’Emek Synagogue is opening it’s doors to MTB members who would like to have an event at their nicely landscaped location in Redwood Valley.
- Julia Frech is offering scenic trail rides by horseback near the beautiful Leonard Lake. To talk with Julia, meet the horses and learn more about this wonderful service first visit http://telltaletrails.com/home/
- Wesley Dearborn is offering cooking lessons
NEW SERVICES REQUESTED
- Louisa Aronow could use some help hauling materials between Ukiah and Redwood Valley. Do you have a pickup truck and want to help out?
- Kate Feigin would just love some help shoveling up some piles of manure from the goat pens on her farm in Ukiah. C’mon this is sure to be a memorable experience?!
- Jenn Douthit is looking for someone who knows their way around a sewing machine. How would you like to sew up some cute lil’ toddler outfits?
- Daniel Frey would like some help with bicycle maintenance/tuning.
- Julia Frech would love some help getting tack and saddles ready for horse riding!
- Ollie Prax-Lodge has several t-shirts that she wants altered into women’s cut shirts.
For further details on these listings, sign on to the website, click the “Give & Receive” tab, then select the category of the offer or request you’re interested in. You can also do a search under the member names for the person whose name is shown.
Do you have a success story to share or anything you’d like to see in the newsletter? If so, contact Cody Christopulos at codychristopulos@gmail.com or Eric Cinowalt at tree4yew@gmail.com.The deadline for next month’s newsletter is 6/26.
Survival Skills Walks
Learn to thrive in all environments. These free monthly classes, sponsored by the Mendo Time Bank, will teach the foundations of shelter making, water purification, primitive fire making, foraging, stewardship, tracking, awareness, wilderness medicine and survival philosophy. They’ll consist of lecture, workshop and guided walks.
Instruction by Efren Turner; A student of numerous naturalist schools. As a Wilderness EMT, he packs a serious first-aid kit. Guest instructors TBA.
Dates: Every 3rd Sunday
Time: 12 to 3pm
Location: Low Gap Park, Ukiah
Topics: 3/21 Shelter and Foraging, 4/18 Primitive Fire and Wilderness Medicine, 5/16 Tracking and Awareness. Future dates TBA.
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Upcoming Events
Mendo Time Bank is sponsoring Ukiah’s first Barter Market/Service Exchange on Sunday, March 7th. It will take place at the Saturday Afternoon Club at 107 S. Oak, 1-4 PM. At the Market you are encouraged to showcase your skills or services, get volunteers for projects you’re working on, trade quality items, vegetables, homemade crafts, and more.
Barter Market 1-4 pm
We’ll have tables ready for your wares– veggies, starts, homemade food and crafts, and other quality items. Contact Louisa if you have any questions or special needs.
Service Exchange 2-3 pm
Bring ideas for projects you want help with, skills you can offer the community, and your calendar. Bonus material: flyers, photos or other information about your offers or requests.
Contact Julia if you have any questions or special needs: 707.489.3522.
Skill Sharing/Demonstration 1-4 pm
If you have something to share while at the market (for example: knife sharpening, massage, tarot readings, etc) you are welcome to offer these services while at the Market. We will do our best to accommodate your needs (just let us know what they are). We’ll provide you with a sheet to keep track of your transactions.
Orientations
For new or perspective members, we’ll have orientations every hour starting at 1 pm. Bring those family members and friends who haven’t had the chance to join yet.
NEW! Radio Show: Time Bank News and Catchy Tunes
November 2009 E-Newsletter
Hi Time Bankers,
Thanks to everybody who responded to our requests for help! Jenny Crawford and Courtney Senna will be doing orientations every two weeks at the MEC so please send your friends. Orientations for new members will be held the first Tuesday of each month 5:30-6 pm. Kip Webb and Daniel Frey will be posting flyers to help spread the word.There is still more to do! We need your help to organize social events, write a paragraph for the newsletter, update the website and organize group projects.
If you’re not quite ready to make a commitment, the best thing you can do to support the Time Bank is to use it. Be part of the change you want to see, help build our community. There’s no better way to save money, support your neighbors and friends and encourage positive movement toward a more sustainable future. It won’t work without you.
Progress Report
Congratulations Time Bankers! Together we have traded over 930 hours so far this year! Our exchanges include yard work, house sitting, farm fresh eggs, healthy garden produce, tickets to the Ukiah Players Theatre, haircuts, massages and so much more.
Success Stories from our Time BankMy Time Dollar Retirement by Rose Dakin
Every financial analyst will tell you that the key to successful investing is diversifying your assets. Your savings should be carefully invested in a mix of bonds, stocks, cash, gold and real estate.
I have decided to use my account at the Mendo Time Bank to supplement my retirement plan, because time is an overlooked investment, and my retirement will require a lot of other people’s time. Not only that, but the value of time has increased with less volatility and more predictability than any other asset in the traditional asset mix. I feel well diversified, now, thanks to the Mendo Time Bank.If you’re wondering how to squirrel away hours, one way people can earn Time Dollars is by working for the Time Bank. You can build up hours while helping the community that will support you when you’re old. I have also rented my car for time dollars, using about 50 miles per Time Dollar hour. I’m even thinking of starting an import-export business with felt dolls that I bought using some of my extra time dollars. I’m feeling rich, so am taking some risks. My retirement is still a long way off.
under the member names for the person whose name is shown.
Do you have a success story to share or anything you’d like to see in the newsletter? If so, contact Cody Christopulos at codychristopulos[at]gmail.com. The deadline for next month’s newsletter is 11/22.Happy Time Banking!
Mendo Time Bank Joins the MEC!
In pursuit of our common goals of environmental stewardship, community building, and social justice, Mendo Time Bank is partnering with the MEC and will eventually be part of MEC’s new Transition Town Ukiah project.
We think a Time Bank should be part of every local economy.
READ MORE ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP HERE
Past social events:
Sunday Brunch and Solar Cooking Fun!!
What: You can make your own portable cardboard & foil solar cooker in about 1 hour! All materials will be supplied for $5. Please bring an exacto
knife if you have one.
Where: Kol Ha’emek Synagogue, 8591 West Road, Redwood Valley, next to Eagle Peak School (1 house from the intersection of School Way and West Road, east of the Redwood Valley exit from Highway 101)
Note: No meat please! Dairy and fish are fine.
RSVP: Sandy & Louisa will be leading the workshop.
Let us know you’re coming so we know how much material to bring.
Email midnite@pacific.net
Monday September 14 is our First Ever Time Bank
Book Club Meeting
Meet at Ollie’s house, 1158 W. Standley Street.
Please bring a book you’re interested in reading (if you have one) and a dish to share. I’m making veggie pizza. Please carpool as parking is limited.
Time is 6-8pm.
Also, please let me know if you are coming as I haven’t heard from many people and I’d like to have an idea…
If you’re not sure about joining a Book group, come and try it once! Our plan is to get to know each other, eat, and choose a book. I’m thinking reading a book a month is a worthy goal, especially with rainy months coming up.
Questions, call Ollie
367-8348 cell
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