[ShareTompkins] Share Tompkins Update

[Shira Golding]

Greetings!

First of all, I want to remind everyone of the purposes of this email  
list. All are welcome to use this list to post:
- free and low-cost events, workshops etc.
- opportunities for sharing and meeting our needs
- haves and wants, with a focus on stuff that you are willing to give  
away or barter
- discussions on how to effectively share resources locally

Last week, we had a great visioning meeting to reflect on what we've  
accomplished so far and to determine where our collective energy is  
moving forward. We decided that we will still be organizing Community  
Swap Meets and Really Really Free Markets, but there will not be an  
event every single month. More likely, we will have several sharing  
and bartering events spread out over the year. In addition to these  
happenings, we are going to start doing more educational events, where  
we present best practices for sharing and bartering and discuss  
strategies for increasing mutual-aid and community self-reliance. To  
this end, we plan on partnering with SEEN, Swidjit, Ithaca Hours,  
Ithaca Freeskool and Local First Ithaca in the coming months.

Other projects in the works are an Ithaca Free Store (perhaps mobile),  
a Share Tompkins display at the Workers' Center and a sharing-themed  
float at the Ithaca Festival.

As always, all are welcome to get involved behind-the-scenes. Email me  
at shiragolding at gmail.com if you want to contribute to any of these  
projects or if you have any other ideas to share!

-  Shira :)

Shira Golding
shiragolding at gmail.com
http://www.shirari.com