MCS has gone through several changes over the last year in its attempt to ground itself in a sustainable method of doing business. It has shuffled its board to find the right mix of talent and chemistry It has experimented with various administrative structures It has re-designed its website It has used two types of…
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The seventh annual Greater Brunswick Peace Fair held on Saturday, August 6th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Brunswick Mall includes: Local artists, poets and musicians who offer activities that will be fun for the whole family. Some 30 exhibitors, representing local, state, national and international non-profit organizations working to build a non-violent…
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Need help in your garden? Harvesting? Replanting? Consider putting it out there through MCS. Bring your existing service providers into into the MCS membership and enjoy reciprocal benefits. If you would like to help others or be helped doing some fall clean-up of the outdoor or indoor variety, or putting those gardens to rest, soon…
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Get Oriented. The next time and place for any newly registered MCS Pending Members are announced periodically. If there are not enough new members to warrant a group meeting, each new pending member will be contacted by the coordinator individually for a one-on-one meeting or phone interview. Meetings are usually held in the Bath/Brunswick region…
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Contact the MCS Coordinator to help publish your event in our Upcoming Events Calendar. Throw a New Membership House Party and we may be able to provide help in advertising, setting-up, conducting, entertainment, and clean-up. If you would like to use our network to promote your services contact us. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg…
Continue Reading »MCS has currently needed to suspend its operation while going through restructuring of its management, mission and business model. We apologize for this delay. Due to this situation no new members will be admitted. Please click HERE for more details.
Merrymeeting Community Shares is an hour for an hour service exchange membership organization. For every hour you spend doing something for a member you earn one share. Record it in your account, and you can spend it to buy an hour of another member’s time!
The service exchange system is based on the age-old principles of compassion, mutual responsibility and respect, known as the Core Economy. This system is fundamentally different from a cash economy. When using social currency your capital is never restricted to the numbers on your bank statement. Rather than being completely dependent on the financial fluctuations of your employer, Wall Street, and international business, your wealth is bolstered by the use of your own talents and that of the membership.
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"Americans face at least three interlocking sets of problems: growing inequality in access by those at the bottom to the most basic goods and services; increasing social problems stemming from the need to rebuild family, neighborhood and community; and a growing disillusion with public programs designed to address these problems" and "the crisis in support for efforts to address social problems stems directly from the failure of . . . piecemeal efforts to rebuild genuine community."
