Fw: [Reg_Coop_Comm_Dev] Fw: Neighborhood Improvement Fund(s) (NIF)
"Mike Morin" <[email protected]> Tue, 10 Feb 2004 11:07:17 -0800
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------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C3EFC6.0BB54CE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Neighborhood Improvement Fund(s) (NIF) What do folks think of this idea? Start in our (and all) neighborhoods, a Neighborhood Improvement Fund. Each adult resident in the neighborhood would voluntarily invest from $10 t= o $100 a year in a mutual fund to be held in local credit unions. The purpo= se of the fund would be to create access to necessities (food, household go= ods, hardware, building supplies, office products, appropriate transportati= on, health items and services, education services, etc.) at the local level= (i.e. within walking distance of all residents). The mutual fund would mak= e investments only in community and worker owned (hybrid) cooperatives. Al= l decision making would be democratic with a one person one vote system, d= emocratically elected Board, and a referendum system.=20 There would be an association of NIFs and we would encourage more wealthy n= eighborhoods to donate to poorer neighborhoods (perhaps through a 501(c)(3)= vehicle). Through the Association of NIFs (ANIF), the NIFs would cooperate= to achieve the benefits of economy of scale, (and) bulk buying. What think? Sorry for any cross-posting. Individuals were bcc'ed. Please distribute widely. Working for peace and cooperation, Mike Morin Eugene, OR www.yahoogroups.com/group/Reg_Coop_Comm_Dev www.yahoogroups.com/group/MUNSCCDO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Reg_Coop_Comm_Dev/ =20=20=20=20 b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Reg_Coop_Comm_Dev-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org =20=20=20=20 c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.= =20 ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C3EFC6.0BB54CE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=Windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Neighborhood Improvement Fund(s) (NIF)</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What do folks think of this idea?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Start in our (and all) neighborhoods, a Neighborhood Improvement Fund.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Each adult resident in the neighborhood would voluntarily invest from $10 to $100 a year in a mutual fund to be held in local credit unions. The purpose of the fund would be to create access to necessities (food, household goods, hardware, building supplies, office products, appropriate transportation, health items and services, education services, etc.) at the local level (i.e. within walking distance of all residents). The mutual fund would make investments only in community and worker owned (hybrid) cooperatives. All decision making would be democratic with a one person one vote system, democratically elected Board, and a referendum system. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There would be an association of NIFs and we would encourage more wealthy neighborhoods to donate to poorer neighborhoods (perhaps through a 501(c)(3) vehicle). Through the Association of NIFs (ANIF), the NIFs would cooperate to achieve the benefits of economy of scale, (and) bulk buying.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What think?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry for any cross-posting. Individuals were bcc'ed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please distribute widely.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Working for peace and cooperation,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike Morin</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eugene, OR</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/Reg_Coop_Comm_Dev">www.yahoogroups.com/group/Reg_Coop_Comm_Dev</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/MUNSCCDO">www.yahoogroups.com/group/MUNSCCDO</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> </BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C3EFC6.0BB54CE0--