Barter Auction Oct 21, 2013 7pm

Participate in the barter economy!

We'll be having a barter auction from 7pm to 9pm on October 21, 2013. The Community of Christ church has been kind enough to allow us to use the lower level of their church building as the venue for this event. The building is located at 495 Burnside Rd. E. It's atthe intersection of Burnside and Finlayson near the Mayfair Mall. There will be free parking in the church parking lot.

Bidding at the auction will be with Tetlas, green dollars or other pre-approved barter currencies. There will even be an experiment where you may be able to issue your own barter currency and use it to bid on and win items at the barter auction. If you are interesting in issuing your own currency, please contact us prior to the event.

In addition to the auction, you can buy or goods and services for barter currencies.

One dollar from each item or lot auctioned will go towards building or repairing homes on Indian Reserves. There will also be opportunities to make donations in Tetlas, green dollars, etc. to this project or to the Indigenous and Settler Allies Homemakers Association.

Some snacks will be made available for free. There will probably also be other snacks and food items for sale for barter currencies.

So bring your tetlas if you have any or open a free LETS barter account at www.lets.victoria.bc.ca and get 1,000 green dollars of free credit you can use to bid on items at the auction. Or look around your house or garage for that stuff you thought you would use when you bought it, but now is just taking up space. If it's worth something, you could auction it off and get Tetlas or green dollars you can spend in the barter economy. (Check out www.tetla.org and click the tab that says, "Where Can You Spend Tetlas?" to see a list of local businesses that accept payment in Tetlas.) Please let us know in advance if you have something you want to auction off.

This is also a chance to meet other people who participate in the barter economy and be a part of building a new economy from scratch. This isn't just an auction. It isn't just a fundraiser. This is the seed of an economic transformation. That seed is already planted. Come watch it grow.