Mutual Aid Network

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= an attempt to construct a framework to facilitate location-specific and location-non-specific projects and collaboration


URL = http://mutualaidnetwork.org/content/mutual-aid-network-platform


Description

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"The Mutual Aid Network is a cooperative designed to pool and steward value and reward good work with cooperative economic tools such as timebanking, business-to-business mutual credit, and cooperative saving, lending, and investment.

We are working to create an infrastructure that empowers people to come together for common purpose and generate, share, and steward the resources needed to realize their common goals.

Initially, the Mutual Aid Network is intended to help you discover the work people you are connected to share and are involved in. Over time, and as you connect additional networks, The M.A.N's recommendations will improve."


2.

"The Mutual Aid Network (this site) is an attempt to construct a framework to facilitate location-specific and location-non-specific projects and collaboration. This is a gradual experiment, trying to rethink some ideas about resource pooling, reciprocity, and exchange. Some of the things we are looking for help with include feedback on design (concept, interface, architecture), software development assistance, copy writing, outreach, and funding. We are definitely interested in hearing other ideas for contributions, though.

A current high priority is to modify Matthew Slater's Community Accounting module to allow other types of entities (like projects) to be trading partners: https://drupal.org/node/2041227. This will make it easier for people to get credit based on contributions to projects, and to give credit to projects we find particularly useful. We see this as a way of representing work done for a commons.

Other aspect of the Mutual Aid Network, including templates for localized structures and agreements, will be developed via other projects. This project is specifically focused on tech and web aspects of the project."