How To Paper Currencies
This repository holds all of the documents that will help you plan for the future implementation of your community currency project.
It acts as a support for the GrassrootsEconomics MOOC that we are hosting on our website. If you have not seen this material click here to check it out. If you come from there, welcome!
We will cover the following topics:
Eventhough we are dividing the information into these three categories, bare in mind that when you implement there will be parallel processes going on at all times.
Planning the project
The most important thing for a succesful implementation of a community currency (and any project in general) is good planning. We suggest you devote lots of time and energy to this before jumping into this huge task.
In the attatched documents you will find our guidelines and a basic idea of schedules and budgets. Bare in mind that we've grown into a small organization and are now able to have permanent staff on board. So use the documents as a reference point but don't limit yourself to them in any way. Lots can be done with way less (and of course also with more) "money".
Example documents: Logframe /Schedule /Budget, Issuance Policy
Data Collection
Being able to measure the impact of your projects is crucial. Part of this is done through baseline and inline surveys. They have changed a lot through out the years and will probably continue to do so. Our latest version has been made to try to capture the essential information without them being too long. We advice you take them as a starting reference point but by all means do adapt them to the needs and circunstances of the community you're planning to work with.
Feel free to explore this two different versions:
For an idea of individual membership application documents click here and for group application here.
Training Materials
Being clear about what you're doing is vital. Here you will find helpful resources to be able to explain the project to the potential users and people in general.
Take a look at our Sarafu Credit User Guide , a small quiz on said guide and a simple game to simulate how a community currency works and discuss issues surrounding them.
Additional Resources
Our wikipedia page on Sarafu-Credit could also come in handy.
Wiki on the p2pFoundation website.