1. Activity Report for our First year April 28th 2009 to April 28th 2010

Milestones:

• Our presentations at the Rencontres InterSEL in Carpentras confirmed the interest in our tool and created contacts with Système d'Echange Local activists (Tim).
• As a result, 5 Belgian SEL, 2 French SEL, 2 Swiss SEL and 1 Indian LETS then participated in the testing and implementing phase (Tim, Matt, Nick).
• Which brought our default installation, cforge_custom, up to a professional level, including version 1.1 of the Complementary Currency module (Matt, Tim) ...
• and confirmed the need to manage multiple currencies, which was implemented and tested in the communityForge.net website (Matt)...
• and then presented at a "New Money" seminar with institutional actors in France, where it was well received (Tim).
• After experiencing the difficulties of offering a paid subscription service (scripting a payment gateway into the default installation, reticence by some to pay for this service, high service expectations, and distribution issues) we decided we should consider the Freemium model (Matt, Tim).

2. Accounts Report 2009/10

Income CHF 100 (€70) | Expenses CHF 1270.90 (€890) | Net CHF -1,170.90 (-€820 see attached document for details)
Not counting personal contributions from : Tim Anderson CHF 5'650.00, Matthew Slater CHF 3'650 (see attached document for details)

3. Discussion and approval of these Reports

Approved by a unanimous Decision

In Year One communityForge.net has:

• Proven that there is a strong need for tools that increase socio-economic resilience.
• Proven that our tools are appropriate and flexible enough to accommodate the majority of the needs of the present communities trading in complementary currencies.
• Proven that we are able to manage complex projects with diverse stakeholders, and deliver to their satisfaction.
• Proven that we are driven, as this was accomplished with no funding.

On this day of May 28th, 2010 we have made a unanimous decision to broaden our scope, and use the Freemium model.
The General Assembly of communityForge.net

For 2011 and beyond, we will broaden our scope by putting to best use...

Our Resources

• monetary
  -we presently have contract work in 2010 for approx. €3000
  -we expect donations for approx. €1500 (from communities who had agreed to pay €2.40/member/year)
  -we hope to get donations from others who benefit from our tools
• future monetary
  -Decision: Shawn will create an approach and documents in order to look for funding from philanthropists
  -Decision: Tim will continue to support a government project in Geneva which may serve as an example to others
  -Decision: Shawn, Danny and Tim will package a version of our tools that would interest companies
• lodgings (we presently have a credit of approx. 100 nights)
  -Decision: shall be used to organise week-long work sessions. Our first will be in October 2010
• our currency, beads
  -Decision: We shall continue to claim beads for services rendered to communityForge.net
• local currencies
  -Decision: We shall continue to claim local currencies for support to specific schemes
• Contributors (that have joined us in the last few months)
  - Daniel Walmsley has pledged help with our deployment platform and email, Matt will interface with Daniel
  - Tim Inkpen has pledged a few hours of help for servers, Matt will interface with Tim I.
  - Neil Brighton has pledged graphics help, Danny and Tim will interface with Neil.
• future Contributors
  - Decision: Tim shall call out to the SEL channel in order to formalize peer2peer support
  - Decision: Matt shall call out to IT crowd for specific competencies (webserver optimisation, aegir setup, email setup, payment integration, etc.)
  - Decision: Danny shall call out to different groups with Jumo for skill sets that are to be identified
  - Decision: All of us will call out for someone to oversee Support
• in kind donations
  -Decision: to accept these donations

Our new image

• hive, bees, honeycomb and honey
  -Decision: shall be used in the short-term if we are unable to come up with something coherent within a month
  -Decision: to hold a brainstorming session next Tuesday inviting people from different walks of life in order to help define an image

The communityForge.net website

• target and message
  -Decision: to wait until brainstorming sessions are done
• intentions
  -Decision: to wait until brainstorming sessions are done

The cforge_custom Installation

• development
  -Decision: to fund development through contracts, favoring projects which will allow us to extend the functionalities for all users
  -Decision: to seek out contracts with corporations for adapting the tools
• maintenance
  -Decision: try to find a maintainer so that Matt can concentrate on development
  -Decision: that donations shall fund this activity
• translations
  -Decision: communityForge.net shall seek out a person to manage translations
  -Decision: Tim will contact Hannelore in order to redo the German translation for Beads
  -Decision: The Flemish/Dutch shall translate their own installation with our support
  -Decision: Matt will contact the Spanish to see how the Catalan translation is progressing
  -Decision: To persue a Greek translation

The communityForge.net community

• Members
  Decision: invite a representative of each hosted scheme
• Associates
  Decision: to continue to invite representatives of the Complementary Currency world
  Decision: to consider a Steering Committee in 2011
  Decision: Danny, Matt, Shawn, Tim shall rewrite a portion of our Statutes, in the near future, in order to better accommodate growth
• Contributors
  Decision: please see "Our resources" > Contributors

at these Events
Decision: Matt will attend Transition Towns on June 12th & 13th =~ €300
Decision: Tim will attend, and give seminars at the Rencontres InterSEL near Paris Aug 16th to 22nd =~ €200
Decision: Shawn will attend, and present at Boom Festival in Portugal Aug 18th to 26th =~ €100
Decision: Tim will look into a CC event in February in Annemasse
Decision: Shawn will make a list of other events which may be of interest to us
Signed by all members of the General Assembly of communityForge.net in Geneva, Switzerland on May 28th, 2010