Constitution Amendments (cont.)

(continued from the March GM Constitutional amendment round of voting) By Simon Cole, Chair. The General Meeting on 17 of March was a good learning experience. Successful amendments were noted in the April NewsLETS, along with some that weren’t. Since then,...

LETS ― a form of complementary superannuation

By Paul Wildman LETS as part of super? You have to be kidding! Some years back I asked our accountant if he was retiring, as I had; we are similar ages. “I’m not retiring! That means doing nothing,” was his response. Well, there you go. Captured by one definition of...

How LETS units relate to politics and money

To put our unhappy present-day politics of money into perspective, let’s go back about 2500 years to the time of the ancient Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle. Then let’s distinguish between the social and natural resources economies (oikonomia), and the money...
Improving BrisLETS’ Appeal

Improving BrisLETS’ Appeal

    Brisbane Exchange Community? Brisbane Local Community Exchange? When you’re at a barbecue and you tell your friends you belong to BrisLETS, what do they say? “Bris WHAT?” It’s been observed that our name “BrisLETS” is not easily understood by the lay...

2018: a year in review; 2019: what would we like to achieve?

Highlights of 2018 Early in the year, we acquired a permanent home at the Peace Hall, Albion, for our trading days. Our local hub meetings kicked off for the south-siders. Mailchimp was introduced to emailing the monthly NewsLETS and events notices. The website was...