links to pages on open money, community currencies and LETSystems

http://openmoney.org/omp/brief.html the basics, as pictures

The first 20 years

1985 - http://archive.lets.net/gmlets/letsplay/id-8.htm
Early writing, first general publication, distributed on diskette.
Reportedly (possibly) the stimulus for as many as 3000 initiatives globally in 10 years.

1986 - https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5_pktIbAI5qWkNFZ1NUdEl6R2s/edit
CBC Venture - Patrick Watson / Cathy Chilco
This is probably the best video we ever had, now regrettably dated.

1994 - Money and the Sustainable Economy and The LETSystem Design Manual.
The LETSystem Design Manual
In Manchester, we made much good progress on documentation and software systems. But not much immediately productive. However, it did lead to ...

1997 - letsystem.org The ethical code for open money development.

2001 - openmoney.org/way/difmoney.html openmoney.org/way/topay.html
openmoney.org/letsplay/index.html
Our Japanese period - work commisioned by Hakuhodo Corporation
This site is the most complete presentation, 6 editions of a magazine over the year.

2002 - openmoney.org/cw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KSdQtBc0vY
All in the family

2005 - The two pages combined here may be the most succinct condensation of the ideas and implications of open money.

2008 - http://openmoney.blogspot.ca/2008/09/everyday-digital-money-workshop-session.html
The term "open money" applies to the field of opportunity for such community currencies, which will be realised/expressed in forms of socio-economic neo-tribalism.

2009 - Ten easy pieces - a series of short open money videos by Alan Rosenblith

NB: Because of a policy change by Vimeo, this may no longer be visible outside Canada. To view this content, use a VPN and connect to a server based in Canada.

2012 - Covestment with Community Currencies - Jordan Bober’s most excellent elaboration.

2013 - STIR to Action
A more recent line in the sand - money as matter as distinct from money as measure.

2014 - http://openmoney.cc
This is a new development, with new architecture and extraordinary implications.
Still in infancy, and presenting a clear path to the end of poverty, locally and globally.

http://tinyurl.com/nc44rjt
Maybe $1 each to end poverty, but could be even less.
(This is a rewrite of an original presentation by Mark Zuckerberg, whose structure was applied to this content. This is NOT an endorsement of MZ or FB).

2015 - Evolving Education - perhaps an academic exercise Curitiba Remix - but led by enterprise, not government
S&M - sustainability and money

2016 - City Commons - page 37-39 (and here)
One small chapter in a very rich collection compiled by Jose Ramos.

Money Patterns Matter (video - 60 minutes - currently missing but a search is in progress)

slides
Disruptive Innovation Festival by the Ellen Macarthur Foundation.

http://archive.lets.net
links to additional archived materials

Virtual money developments for telcos
This site is generally more detailed, for serious exploration.

Irish Question, Irish Answer
a simple solution, elegant and unplanned.



Software

The current version in development: SLATE

The previous generation (although not the first) - openmoney.gift (OMG) and openmoney.network (simply on).

play.lets.net - a software implementation of the LETSplay game described here.

(https://tinyurl.com/mmne6sh - this file)


The material in this pages was sourced originally from a temporary working document and put here for convenience.