<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">John Rogers</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@valueforpeople.co.uk">info@valueforpeople.co.uk</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 5:11 AM<br>Subject: "The Map - How To Out Your Local Economy" by John Rogers<br>To: John Rogers <<a href="mailto:info@valueforpeople.co.uk">info@valueforpeople.co.uk</a>><br><br><br>
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Hello,<br>
<br>
My new pamphlet has just been published exclusively as an e-book on
Lulu.com:
<a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/john-rogers/the-map-how-to-out-your-local-economy/ebook/product-21809538.html" target="_blank">http://www.lulu.com/shop/john-rogers/the-map-how-to-out-your-local-economy/ebook/product-21809538.html</a><br>
<br>
Please purchase and review the pamphlet.<br>
<br>
Here is a short review extract to whet your appetite:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I believe
that Austerity is an unfounded, unnecessary and dangerous
idea. But it is not
going away any time soon. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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.
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Although it
doesn’t yet exist as described here, it is called The Map.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Imagine
your small business is looking for part-time help. The Map App
helps you find
reliable workers when you need them.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Imagine you
are an amateur football club looking for coaches. You can find
volunteers via
the Map App.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Every
person and every group needs something and has something to
give. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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…<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The world
is getting ever more connected. Entrepreneurs are creating new
applications to
bring us together and share every day. Smartphone use in the <u></u><u></u>UK<u></u><u></u>
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. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The Map can
help us to realise this grand ambition. And it can only do
that if it:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- enables
investment in everyone and their ideas, talents and energy<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- creates
new sources of local production<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- brings
out the best that everyone has to give to others.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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Best regards<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
<br>
John Rogers<br>
<br>
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