11 Minutes from 29th Oct 2012 (anniversary)


 

Date  29/10/12 Facilitator Peter, Susan D
Time  19:00-21:00 Secretaries Peter
Location  Quaker Meeting House  Type of meeting Anniversary Meet-up

Attendees

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14 people (including 3 newcomers)

 

Table of Contents

 



 

Review of past year, and vision for the future

presenter: Peter

 

It is one year since our first meetup. Peter presented an "annual report" Annual report 2011-12.doc  and said that much had been achieved in the first 12 months, including

 

Issues raised by Peter included

 

Discussion

 


 

Campaign update


 

How to explain Positive Money to a friend or neighbour in 5 minutes

facilitator: Susan

 

Initial thoughts captured were

 

We then split into groups of 2 or 3 and tried explaining it to each other for 5 minutes each

 

Plenary session

 

Conclusion

 


 

The myth of Fractional Reserve Banking

presenter: Peter

 

Peter said that "fractional reserve" is not a good description of the current system ("full reserve" is not necessarily a good description of the Positive Money proposals either)

 

He gave a slide presentation Fractional Reserve.ppt which illustrated