Overview:
Gwen
& Michael – Board members: Grassroots economic issues i.e. got 10%
temporary legislation
5
pillars: ownership, money, markets, management, metrics,
Eli
- intern
started
as coalition
Feb
8th event in cedar creek room – press conference
May
6th/7th event à
public banking system à
example (North Dakota)
à
not linked to oil and fracking companies ?
(500 million coming through public banking revenue)
Only
states running in the “black”
Public
banking not a partisan issue (tea party libertarian repubs in NH, prog dems in
VT
Owners
– coops, worker owned
Money
– pub. Banking, comm currencies (sovereign money)
Markets
– how are they working/rigged/ working for gen pop? à
Mgmt.
– what companies can do to institute working environment health
Metrics
– mgmt. economic progress -> Gund, gross happiness
*credit
unions – non-profit, benefits go to customers – don’t get taxed like banks do
illegal
for treasurer to deposit money into credit unions
Q/A:
1.
What specific policy changes are you working on during this legislative term in
order to help small businesses grow and be more sustainable?
-Time
bank – trading for time – trading services (“everybody’s time has the same
value since we all have the same amount of time per day”)
-Public
Banking (Brian Cina, Andy Pallito) to build a commission to figure out with Germans…
study
done with Gund institute – Public bank would create 3500 jobs, 340millions from
a state bank revenue
-
10% temp legislation -
2.
The title "New Economy" seems like a complete change from the system
that we have now. Is the organization mainly trying to enact new policies to
help businesses and communities or trying to alter existing policies and
regulations so that coincide with the ideals of the organization?
(See
Question 1)
3.
Are you working more with banks and larger organizations to address the
problems or focussing on the small businesses and working from the bottom up?
-TD
Bank only bank big enough
4.
Are there disagreements with what you’re doing with any major group or
organization in Vermont?
5. While working towards
fostering a "New Economy", what steps are the organizations in the
coalition taking to protect jobs/employers that are already here so that job
creators remain able to attract new investment?
- Vermont leading country in
new economy areas… ex. Gardner Supply Co. Implemented program to worker owned
business
- Co-op
- Vermont laying out path
that supports people and planet
-lots of creativity
6. What ideas does the VNE coalition have to aggressively market Vermont as not only a premier destination for tourism and recreation, but also as an investment and business-friendly state?
6. What ideas does the VNE coalition have to aggressively market Vermont as not only a premier destination for tourism and recreation, but also as an investment and business-friendly state?
-areas of growth: organic
food sector, alternative healing practice, affordable housing, generators/maker
space
-more concerned with
structure of
7. Thoughts/strategies to address Vermont's crisis?
7. Thoughts/strategies to address Vermont's crisis?
- eco village in Cabot,
community land trust/condominium
- Burlington: Lake Champlain
community housing trust
- Creating housing and
keeping it affordable à public banks can help this
8. What are some key
organizational characteristics? What is the “feel” of Vermonters for a New
Economy?
-Priorities: People, planet,
health à
looking to get students involved
-10% impacted VSAC
9. What do you hope to get out of new communication materials? Is there a certain target audience we are trying to reach?
9. What do you hope to get out of new communication materials? Is there a certain target audience we are trying to reach?
Student, business,
legislatures
-positive money UK
-
10. Is it more important to attract new members or promote current members with our communication pieces?
10. Is it more important to attract new members or promote current members with our communication pieces?
-Looking to rebrand
-“Infrastructure bank”
