Role V. Admin

The Admin role is not just for introverts, but it is for people who get joy from keeping things neat and organized. As long as you keep your Time Bank small and informal it doesn’t take much money or admin time to run. The admin collects the dues, pays whatever incidental expenses come up for printing brochures and flyers and running potlucks.

The member-led neighborhood Time Bank is essentially a club with donations and a petty cash account. It is not an incorporated entity. There is no liability insurance because you know everyone and you trust your neighbors not to sue you if something happens while you are doing them a favor.

We recommend a sliding scale of $40-10 for membership donations. Also we believe that all members should donate at least two Time Dollars™ per quarter to their Time Bank. These are just suggestions. It’s your Time Bank and your coordinator team decides what contributions make sense for your Time Bank. Requiring a Time Dollar™ co-payment has the double benefit of lowering the cost of running the Time Bank and making the Time Bank more member engaged. Having the members feel a sense of accountability over their Time Bank is essential for long term survival and fund raising success down the road.

After a few years, the start-up leaders often get restless for bigger challenges. Members get a deeper sense of the value of Time Banking and want to make it a bigger part of their lives. They often want more members in the Time Bank to create a wider array of services. They may want to start projects that partner with other organizations and help those with fewer advantages. All of these add to the Admin’s role.

* Extra costs per member could include things like office supplies or paper products for potlucks.

It is very tempting at the beginning to request very low membership donations because the expenses are so low when members do everything. Be careful not to set donations too low. It is VERY difficult to raise them later and there are always expenses that you haven’t anticipated.

As you can see from the table, adding paid staff takes real money and that means fund raising. If you raise funds, you’ll probably want to incorporate as a non-profit entity (a.k.a. 501(c)(3)) so donors can get a tax deduction for their contribution.

Fund raising can and should be fun. This is especially true for Time Banks because their fund raising events serve a dual purpose of “raising community” as they raise funds. For it to be fun, the fund raising coordinator must be a coordinator not just a good asker. More on this in the fund raising books…

As these greater aspirations manifest, email or call us and we’ll help you in taking those next steps. We have training classes and a network of consultants to help you through the next level of complexity. Remember you can lower the cost of a paid coordinator by sharing the cost among several neighborhood Time Banks.

A Task Force of Three Leadership Models

The TimeBank Mahoning Watershed is a network of individuals and organizations in the local four Counties of Trumbull, Mahoning, Columbiana, Ohio and Mercer, Pennsylvania, working to increase efficiency, opportunity and resource sharing through mutually beneficial exchanges — building community ties and community self-sufficiency.

The TimeBank Mahoning Watershed (TBMW) is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of between 3 and 11 members. The TimeBank Mahoning Watershed is the umbrella under which neighborhood- and program-based Timebanks operate.

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The Leadership Group of the TimeBank Mahoning Watershed is a task force comprised of the following role models.

A Timebank in a given neighborhood, community, or program based organization may elect its own Steering Team, made up of a representative sampling of members which will make day-to-day policy decisions for that Timebank. While they may have different outreach strategies for their group, they continue to operate under the broader policy structure provided by the TimeBank Mahoning Watershed and determined by the TBMW Board of Directors. The TimeBank Mahoning Watershed with local individuals, groups and or projects helps develop programs to meet local needs.  Some effective Timebank models include Dane County TimeBank, Lynn Timebank, Time Dollar Youth Court, and Partners in Care.

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Related Links

Elecpencil
Lincoln Avenue
Steel Valley Outdoors
Participation Works
MahoningValley.Info
Mahoning Valley Organizing Collaborative
Treez Please
Family and Community Resource Center of Columbiana County
New Economics Foundation
Aspects of Co-Production
the Story of Stuff
TimeBankUK
Co-Production
Clone Towns
We Are Hard-Wired to Care and Connect
The New Value of Time
Plugging the Leaks
Time Banks

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Informational Articles

Information & Articles about Timebanking by various authors

Jon Snow Interviews Edgar Cahn
Time Banking Goes to Lewisham
Google Syndicated Search Edgar Cahn – Yes Magazine
Additional Resources
Neighbor 2 Neighbor

NEF UK Time Banking Report

Re-entry Report
New Economics Foundation
Creating A Giving Culture
The Time of Our Lives

Research Articles Listed by TBMW  Coordinator Tony Budak

Introducing LETS

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Financial Contributors and Support

Time Bank Mahoning Watershed offers free membership to all. Annual donations of cash or labor are requested.  We appreciate outside donations to help us reach out to every neighborhood and resident across the Mahoning Valley Watershed.

Your donations of cash or equipment enable us to bring the service time exchange network to local citizens. Our current wish list includes:

  • Wi Fi enabled Laptop Computers
  • Digital Projectors
  • Paper plates and napkins
  • Printer ink (Kodak 10C & 10B)
  • Ink jet paper (esp. colors)
  • How-To & DIY repair books

The Time Bank Mahoning Watershed has benefited from the generosity of the following supporters:

  • A Local Foundation
    (Anonymous Gift of $3000.00)
  • Catholic Charities, Diocese of Youngstown
    In-Kind Donations

The Time Bank Mahoning Watershed Corporation is a  501(c) 3 non-profit, IRS status.

 

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Thank you for your interest in our support network.

Events Calendar

What are you waiting for? Meet your neighbors. Time Bank Mahoning Watershed hosts over 100+ like-minded individuals who
● meet face-to-face
● look forward, not backward
● focus on potential
● learn to trust
● support each other
● co-create the future we want

● have fun (after all, if it’s not fun, it’s not sustainable)

Email for details –
TonyBudak@TBMW.org

Or Book a time to Screen Share or Phone Chat –

https://pickatime.acuityscheduling.com/

We are Neighbors Creating Our Future; Doing It Ourselves
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