Ambassador Role
The Time Bank Ambassador role focuses on community outreach to prospective new members
Board of Directors
TimeBank’s Articles of Incorporation are on file with Ohio Secretary of State. The establishment of a Board of Directors provides credibility, depth and leadership to our efforts.We are very grateful to the following individuals for their willingness to support the TimeBank’s mission and to serve on the Board of Directors.
Want to be a part of our Time Bank! Click "Contact Us", and tell us
how you wish to be involved in building a service exchange community.
Please click each board member's name to read a short biography.
Our Vision – Mission – Values Statement
Vision:
At the TimeBank Mahoning Watershed our vision is a network of communities developing through reciprocity where individuals are using their assets in order to enhance their lives, neighborhoods, and communities.
Mission:
To bring that vision into reality our mission is therefore to ensure that both individuals and groups have the practical tools for accomplishing our visionary ends. We do this work by convening, engaging, mobilizing and supporting individuals and groups, in the use of “Time Credits,” a currency of equally valued services, which creates a network of communities located in the four counties of Trumbull, Mahoning, Columbiana in Ohio, and Mercer in Pennsylvania.
FIVE - Core Values and Beliefs:
To accomplish our mission, the TimeBank Mahoning Watershed bases its decisions and actions on the following core values and beliefs:
Assets:
We are all assets. Every human being has something to contribute.
Redefining Work:
Some work is beyond price. Work has to be redefined to value whatever it takes to raise healthy children, build strong families, revitalize neighborhoods, make democracy work, advance social justice, and make the planet sustainable. That kind of work needs to be honored, recorded and rewarded.
Reciprocity:
Helping works better as a two-way street. The question: “How can I help you? Needs to change so we ask: “How can we help each other build the world we both will live in?”
Social Networks:
We need each other. People helping each other reweave communities of support, strength and trust. Community is built upon sinking roots, building trust, creating networks that are built on mutual respect and commitment.
Respect:
Respect demands accountability. The voices of all must be heard and heeded so as to promote social justices and compel accountability.
Thank you very much for your interest in joining TimeBank Mahoning Watershed, a community benefit organization.
About TBMW
Welcome to TimeBank Mahoning Watershed
A Service Exchange Community and Network
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A TimeBank is a community of people who support each other. Simply spending an hour doing something for somebody in your community, you earn a Time Credit. Then you can use that Time Credit to buy an hour of a neighbor’s time or engage in a group activity offered by a neighbor.
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We'll All Thank You!
Although each exchange of time does not require money, we rely on you, our members, to support our operations. Organizations, businesses and individuals can all play a role. Make a tax-deductible contribution today.
Donate and send a check to
Time Bank Mahoning Watershed
1559 Warner Road
Hubbard, OH 44425
330-716-2722
Just a $25 donation can make a big difference and for a donation of just $100 you can receive a sponsorship tag linking to your business on our website
Order “No More Throw Away People”
You can order the book,
No More Throw Away People, by Edgar S. Cahn
"More than a history of the program, No More Throw-Away People is a provocative analysis of the non-market economy and an inspirational tract for the social service community. Cahn argues for a new framework to bridge the market and non-market realms through "co-production"—a way to humanize the marketplace while elevating the non-market universe of families, community and service." Reviewed by David Bollier, editor of OntheCommons.org
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Role I Time Bank Ambassador
The Time Bank Ambassador role is for networkers. They love to meet new people. They rarely work alone. They often enlist members to work with them to bring in more members. After all the best source of new members, is someone who has already experienced the benefits of membership in the Time Bank. All members should be encouraged to bring in people who they would like to trade with. If you want veterinary care for Time Dollars™, recruit your vet!
The Time Bank Ambassador role focuses on community outreach to prospective new members. They run the introduction potlucks in partnership with the events coordinator and possibly the membership coordinator. Their tasks might include:
• Creating recruiting materials from the brochures & fliers/posters found on-line
• Presenting Time Banking to local community groups/individuals
• Posting Time Bank fliers/brochures around the community and on local list serves
• Hosting Time Bank parties (like Tupperware parties!) in member’s homes
• Finding media support to write articles and post listings of meeting dates/times
Role II. Membership Coordinator
The Membership Coordinator is the most important leadership role in the Time Bank. The person who takes on this role is the classic “people person.”
• They love to get to know people’s stories and people often end up being surprised how much they shared.
• They intuitively grasp people’s best qualities and aren’t picky about (or blind to) people’s foibles. They also have a good sense of who will like each other.
• They are asset mappers. They enjoy helping people find their skills and matching them with others who need them.
The membership coordinator has three main tasks – member orientation, keeping in touch, and match making. The membership coordinator runs the Demonstration workshops with the Events Coordinator and possibly the web master or Time Bank ambassador.
A. Member Orientation
Member orientations provide an opportunity for both the member and the Membership coordinator to share mutual expectations and understanding about the nitty-gritty of how Time Banking works. Member orientation is often part of the Demonstration workshop. It can be done one-on-one or in small groups for the member orientation process. One-on-one orientations give the Member coordinator lots of time to get to know the new member. Group orientations provide an opportunity for members to meet one another and begin exchanging with each other right away. Group orientations save time - orienting up to 10 new members together.
The core task of the member orientation is to set-up some matches. The first Time Bank exchanges are the hardest. People are shy, they don’t know who to ask, and the software is unfamiliar. The membership coordinator often helps the new members to set up their on-line profile and add some offers and requests. The web master can help here too.
There is an art to eliciting people skills in the core economy because they are so easily overlooked in favor of “marketable” skills. The core economy skill form in the appendix is very helpful. Being a natural people person, the member coordinator will use their genuine interest in people to bring out these skills. They can work together to write colorful descriptions of the offerings.
It is very important to make sure that new members are engaged in giving or receiving within the first few weeks of joining. Members join because they want to be part of a community and if no one calls on them, it’s a let down. If they don’t find a match on their own, the membership coordinator should offer to help set up a match.
B. Keeping in Touch
The key task here is to encourage participation and keep in touch in a consistent and timely way. We encourage you to:
• Call new members & welcome them to the Time Bank (within a week of joining)
• Ask them how you can help? Encourage them to ASK for a service
• Let them know who the ‘matchmaker’ is if they would like assistance
• Let them know about upcoming events or activities
• Call or email ALL members once a month or every couple of months to check in
• Prioritize the calls, calling ‘inactive members’ to inspire participation
• Call ALL members at least once every couple of months just to touch base
• Encourage and inspire active participation in any way that you can!
Role III. Events Coordinator
The Events coordinator loves to create parties. They love the details involved with planning an event, they love buzzing around making sure that everyone is having a good time, and they love how everyone loves them for creating the party.
The member events/activities coordinator will:
• Coordinate and organize monthly gatherings for the Time Bank
• Explore ‘good locations’ for hosting the gatherings
• Create a ‘theme’ for each gathering to attract participation
• Create marketing materials; postcards/fliers and mail/email to members
• Coordinate and organize other group activities and classes for the Time Bank
• Ask members what they would like to do? Special activities might include: ball room dancing; yoga; park clean up; apple picking; strawberry picking; snow tubing/sledding. The list goes on! Your members will tell you what they want.
• Find teachers for classes.
• Find leaders with special expertise to run group activities like bird watching, game night, yoga, etc.
• Coordinate an annual OPEN HOUSE, celebrating the Time Bank! Ask members for help.
One of the best ways to inspire member participation is to host monthly gatherings and group activities. These gatherings give members the opportunity to get to know each other. It is so much easier to ASK for a service once you’ve met someone at a party.