Endorsement from Dallas Gislason

Here's an endorsement from Dallas Gislason and a description of who he is:

“On average, shopping at a non-locally owned business keeps only about $43 out of every $100 circulating in the local economy. Spending that $100 at a locally owned business can keep upwards of $73 in the local economy. This highlights the significance of supporting local entrepreneurs, innovators, and suppliers. Many communities take this to another level by creating local forms of currency. These currencies circulate locally and keep circulating inside the local economy without leaking out like regular money does. Regular money is still needed to buy things not produced locally, but innovative currency initiatives—like the Tetla Tsetsuwatil—should be encouraged, especially as the world adjusts to the post-Great Recession era.”

Dallas Gislason

Economic Development Officer

Greater Victoria Development Agency

GVDA -- the organization Mr. Gislason works for -- is a part of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce and is supported by quite a few major institutions in Victoria. The GVDA Board membership -- listed below -- shows this.

A committee of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce (GVCC) Board, the GVDA Board is comprised of representatives from the following industry groups and associations:

• Camosun College
• Downtown Victoria Business Assoc.
• Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce
• Greater Victoria Harbour Authority
• Greater Victoria Real Estate Board
• Tourism Victoria
• Industry Representative – Craig Norris
• Industry Representative – Bob Pearce
• Industry Representative – Michael Weston
• Royal Roads University
• Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
• Westshore Chamber of Commerce
• University of Victoria
• VIATeC
• Victoria Airport Authority
• GVDA Chair
• CEO – Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce (ex officio)

Chief Stewart Phillips of the BC Union of Indian Chiefs Endorses Tetla

Chief Stewart Phillip, head of the BC Union of Indian Chiefs wearing a tetla t-shirt and holding up a tetla to show his support for the tetla project. 

Hul'qumi'num Language Classes -- News Coverage

There was an article recently in the Times Colonist about the Tetla Tsetsuwatil and our Hul'qumi'num language classes. We are currently raising funds for this. Contact us at info@tetla.org if you are interesting in finding out how you can help.

Click on the headline for the article:

Languagechampions to roll out a class act

Sarah Petrescu / Times Colonist

July 26, 2014 10:02 PM

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/language-champions-to-roll-out-a-class-act-1.1262956

Clothing Store Hemp & Company Joins Tetla Economy

Hemp & Company, a locally owned clothing store with two locations is now allowing customers to pay for 20% of all purchases with tetlas.


http://www.hempandcompany.com/


According to their website, Hemp & Company carries over 50 different brands of organic and eco friendly clothing, bodycare and accessories lines. Approximately 60% of their inventory is Canadian made, and their own line of Hemp & Company Originals and Essentials is designed and manufactured entirely in Canada.

They have two locations :one in downtown Victoria and the other in Esquimalt.


Hemp & Company Government Street1102 Government Street Victoria, BC, V8W 1Y2
Phone: 250.383.4367 Toll Free:1.866.383.4367

Hemp & Company Vicwest

422 Craigflower Road, Victoria BC, V9A 2V8

Tetla Mentioned in The Tyee

Here's a link to an article on alternative currencies in the Tyee that mentions Tetla. The Tyee is an online publication.

Mostly the article is about local currency systems in Brazil, but it's another mention for tetla.

Living The New Economy - A Week of Events

The Living the New Economy event is coming up. Actually there are two such events coming up. One in Vancouver and one on Vancouver Island in Victoria. Some of the events at the conferences are by donation, and some require tickets to be purchased.

 

Living the New Economy in Victoria will feature Tetlas. Tetla founder Meaghie Champion will be speaking at event during the "Indigenomics" segment. Also tickets to the event can be purchased online with Tetlas by entering the discount code "TETLA" when buying tickets online. This will cause the money price to go to zero. You'll automatically receive an email confirmation and printable tickets attached to the email. You'll need to remember to bring the actual Tetlas to the registration desk at the event to pay for the ticket, but you will already have the ticket and not have to worry about whether they sell out before you get there. If you have only enough Tetlas to pay for part of the cost of the ticket, use the same code and print the tickets, just pay at the registration desk partly in Tetlas and partly with regular money.

 

 

There will also be a table where you can buy Tetla t-shirts and probably other things.

 

Here's a link to the website for the event in Victoria:

 

http://neweconomy.ca/victoria.html

 

Here's an explanation from the event website explaining what they mean by the "New Economy".

 

 

The "New Economy" encompasses:

economic activities that bring the human economy into greater balance with our natural ecosystems;

a movement towards a more equitable economic arrangement for people and communities, including more collaborative and distributed forms of ownership and greater economic democracy;

the building of economic, physical and social resilience in local economies and communities;

the "sharing economy", which includes collaborative consumption and the restoration of a more human and social element to economic transactions and other economic activities;

and the use of new technologies, especially communications and internet-based technologies, to make all of the above possible in ways they haven't been before.

The New Economy cannot be reduced to a strategy or an "idea" to be considered, but is an emergent phenomenon that is being manifest in many different ways all over the world right now, in response to the rapidly changing economic, technological, social and ecological environments. The economy is being transformed, and the question for stakeholders is "Do we wish to be leaders in this transformation, or followers?"

Living the New Economy is co-hosted by the Healing Cities Institute – a not-for-profit society dedicated to making cities places that enhance our physical, social, mental and spiritual health, and the EcoDesign Resource Society – a charitable organization. Since cities are made up of people and few things impact our social and mental health more than money, exploring different dimensions and approaches to the economy is key to the diversity, sustainable prosperity and health of any community.

 

 

Living the New Economy will be held in Vic West, just across the Blue Bridge (Johnson Street Bridge) from Downtown Victoria. Here's the details http://neweconomy.ca/venue.html

 

There are 20 events taking place over 7 days from November 29 to December 5, 2013. Here is the schedule of events:

http://neweconomy.ca/program.html

 

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.