[P2P-F] Fwd: "The Map - How To Out Your Local Economy" by John Rogers

Wed Sep 17 08:33:14 CEST 2014

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From: John Rogers <info at valueforpeople.co.uk>
Date: Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 5:11 AM
Subject: "The Map - How To Out Your Local Economy" by John Rogers
To: John Rogers <info at valueforpeople.co.uk>

 Hello,

My new pamphlet has just been published exclusively as an e-book on
Lulu.com:
http://www.lulu.com/shop/john-rogers/the-map-how-to-out-your-local-economy/ebook/product-21809538.html

Please purchase and review the pamphlet.

Here is a short review extract to whet your appetite:

 I believe that Austerity is an unfounded, unnecessary and dangerous idea.
But it is not going away any time soon.

On the other side of Austerity is Sustain-Ability, our ability to sustain
an abundant life for all. We need to pool our collective resources and do
more with what we have.

Too much of our existing local economy remains invisible, unknown and not
working at capacity. It needs ‘outing’. The ‘sharing’ or ‘collaborative’
economy shows us one way to do this. New websites pop up every week
offering a platform for you to buy, sell, barter, gift, share, hire, rent,
lend or swap.

Most of these sites are limited to exchanges between consumers and
businesses and do not focus on single regions. The Map described here
unlocks the whole regional economy with all its players: individuals,
businesses, voluntary groups and local government.

Imagine an online map of your region that shows households, businesses,
voluntary organisations and government agencies. It shows what they need
and what they want to share.

Imagine Google Search plus Google Maps meets Facebook, with eBay mashed up
with Kickstarter and Loyalty Points, available online and on the move, all
focussed on your home region. It is a social and economic network that can
scale down to a single postcode and up to regional level.

Although it doesn’t yet exist as described here, it is called The Map.

Imagine you’re looking for a babysitter. You log on to the Map App on your
smartphone that connects you to The Map. It quickly shows you where the
babysitters are in your area.

Imagine your small business is looking for part-time help. The Map App
helps you find reliable workers when you need them.

Imagine you are an amateur football club looking for coaches. You can find
volunteers via the Map App.

Every person and every group needs something and has something to give.

The Map allows people to show up, show off, connect, cooperate, compete,
give, share, borrow, lend, swap, tip, buy, sell, raise funds, review,
complain, criticise, rate, recommend, praise…

The Map provides a network for the good times, a safety net for the bad
times and a permanently open space for all to contribute. It creates a true
‘free market’ that is local and cross-sectoral.

The world is getting ever more connected. Entrepreneurs are creating new
applications to bring us together and share every day. Smartphone use in
the UK may reach nearly 100% by 2018. More and more gadgets will be able to
talk to each other via the Internet. We will programme our devices to
automatically find best offers and to order goods and services such as
taxis, books, etc.

The Map uses this connectivity to enhance existing regional networks. It
provides incentives for people to share what they have to benefit everyone,
to do more with less.

The Map can help us to realise this grand ambition. And it can only do that
if it:

- enables investment in everyone and their ideas, talents and energy

- creates new sources of local production

- brings out the best that everyone has to give to others.

The Map can help us to grow a society and economy far superior to the
narrow-minded, cramped view of Austerity and help us realise the goal of
Sustain-Ability.

Best regards

John Rogers

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