convener: Amanda Jones
notetaker: Amanda Jones
complementary currency, not replacement
can be seen as transactional medium
facilitates community connections
leading ultimately to gift economy
and hour=hour regardless of what you feel your service is worth
people offer just what they want to offer and are willing to give voluntarily
advantages the "renaissance person" over the specialist
potential:
education and skills-training for sought-after fields/crafts, guilds
problems:
acheiving critical mass, trade volume
overcoming trust issues
sustaining involvement once people have already found their community