Happy New Year, everyone! Hope all of you had peaceful and pleasant holidays.
The board has asked me to stay on as coordinator until January 20th and I have agreed – so feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have over the next couple of weeks.
TIME TRADE MEMBER MEETING:
This meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 11th @ 6 PM @ the Marlboro Tech Grad Center. This is an opportunity for all members to have a voice in the future of our time bank. You will have the chance to ask questions; suggest ideas ; voice concerns. During the evening we will discuss where the organization is right now; problems we are experiencing; possible solutions and the direction and future of Brattleboro Time Trade. The continued operation and growth of our time trade depends on the commitment and investment of the members. I urge you to attend this very important meeting. The board will be there to listen and talk and I will be there to answer questions about the day to day operation of Time Trade and the continued issues with the software. Please try to make it.
JANUARY POTLUCK:
Our January potluck will be held on Thursday, Jan. 19th at the Community Room Brattleboro Savings and Loan from 5:30 -8 PM.
A volunteer is needed to staff the door -it cannot be propped open. Easy way to earn some extra hours! As always, feel free to bring a dish or beverage to share and your own plate and utensils, if possible. For info contact Jackie @ 802-257-1810.
SOFTWARE UPDATE:
Thanks to the dedication of our wonderful tech guy, Alan Baker, some very welcome changes have been made to the CW2 software.
The member list is once again listed ALPHABETICALLY by FIRST NAME!!!!
Member CONTACT INFO (phone #’s, emails, etc) has BEEN RESTORED!!!
Service ads are now listed CHRONOLOGICALLY BY DATE SUBMITTED! (although the expiration date is still shown)
These are such a huge improvement to the way the software has been previously set up. Thank you, Alan!! A lovely New Years gift!
In less exciting news, I know many of you are still experiencing much difficulty in using the software. There seem to be particular problems with the system not recognizing passwords and then not allowing you to change your password. I’m working on figuring that out and will be talking to one of the TimeBankUSA tech people in the next few days for some help in doing that.Bear with me, please.
COMMUNITY EVENT: STUFF THE BUS!!!
– On the weekend of Martin Luther King Day, Saturday and Sunday Jan. 14 and 15, as area food-shelf and shelter supplies are getting low, volunteers from Green Mountain RSVP will be staging a “Stuff-the-Bus” food drive with the goal of raising two tons or more of food for Project Feed the Thousands and Brattleboro area food shelves.
In cooperation with Hannaford Supermarkets and Connecticut River Transit/The Current, volunteers will be inviting shoppers at Putney Road Hannaford’s on those days to add a few extra items of nonperishable food to their baskets and carts to help “stuff the bus” with food and personal necessities for area individuals and families in need. A list of appropriate, affordable items to donate will be available from volunteers. A gift of an attractive shopping bag will go each day to the first 250shoppers who make a Stuff-the-Bus donation.
Shelters and food shelves benefiting from the drive will include Morningside Shelter, Loaves and Fishes, the Brattleboro Area Drop-in Center, Brigid’s Kitchen, Agape Church, the Guilford food shelf and the overnight shelter at Baptist Church.
Volunteers are needed to help distribute fliers to shoppers and help manage with food distribution. Please contact Peter Seares or Mary Lamoureux at Green Mountain RSVP (802) 254 7515 for more information.
With the new year come new requests and offers – a few for you to consider:
REQUESTS:
Kris need 2 pieces of furniture taken to Windham County Swap on Old Ferry Road on 1/14/12 or 1/21/12.
Abi needs sleeves shortened on a child’s winter coat.
Rebecca wants help putting down a floor in her attic.
OFFERS:
Shana can help your child with SAT prep or math tutoring.
Daisy will teach you how to make your own beer!
Becca offers cross country ski lessons.
For more information on these and many more ads click on “GIVE & RECEIVE”
I hope to see many of you at the meeting on January 11th- the future of this time bank depends on our membership stepping up and helping to find positive solutions for the challenges we face as an organization.
Be well and stay WARM!
Kris
Kris Alden
Interim Coordinator
www.brattleborotimetrade.org
Brattleboro Time Trade
15 Grove Street
Brattleboro, Vermont 05301
Contact Phone #802-246-1199
