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Consulting

Jun 25th, 2025
by Monica Johnston.
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BACE has been operating since 2009, and the leadership has more than 30 years of collective experience timebanking and managing timebanks. BACE offers a Certificate in Timebank Management and hourly consulting. Hourly consulting may be a good fit for

  1. people who are operating a timebank and need operational advice
  2. people who are operating a timebank and need funding advice
  3. people who are exploring or in the process of creating a timebank

Our consultants listen and ask clarifying questions to understand the particular needs of your timebank and help you create the kind of timebank that works for your community. No one-size-fits-all speak.

Hourly rate:  $50/hour

Document support:  $15/document

Contact us at support@bace.org to arrange hourly consulting.

BACE Launches Mini Timebanks in March

Mar 27th, 2024
by Monica Johnston.
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BACE Timebank groups are really mini timebanks within BACE Timebank. In March 2024, BACE Timebank and some of our newest members helped to create five new timebanks:  Advocacy & Justice, Amateur Radio Operators (Hams), Building Business Communities, Pet Care, and Writers. Members first join BACE Timebank, and then they can join a mini timebank to do exchanges with members in that group. Membership in a mini timebanks doesn’t interfere with members’ use of the larger, BACE Timebank.

New Member Launches Hams Timebank

Mar 23rd, 2024
by Monica Johnston.
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Building community is one of the principles of timebanking. BACE members create community by creating mini timebanks within BACE Timebank. In March 2024, a new member of the BACE Timebank created a timebank for amateur radio operators or hams. Radio operators/hams build community every time they get on the air. Our newest member says, “They may share knowledge and skills for emergency preparedness, resiliency in business communications, and general survival skills training. If you listen to “The Morning Coffee Break net” you’ll hear ham-folks who just want to share anything useful under the sun.” He adds that they “are over 700,000+ strong hams in the United States alone, and Japan has over 1.2 million hams active on the air.”

2023 Member Survey Results

Mar 22nd, 2024
by Monica Johnston.
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BACE Timebank leaders rely on membership surveys to make programming and outreach decisions. Here is summary of results for our 2023 BACE Membership Survey:

  • 58 members responded
  • 90% of members plan to timebank in 2024
  • Nearly 60% of members plan to timebank in person for half of their exchanges. 
  • Members believe that it is at least somewhat important for people in their neighborhoods to have access to a timebank, but not as many members believe that they personally need access to a timebank. 
  • Members want to keep the timebank free to join and free to use
  • Members want a platform that is easy to use
  • Members were diverse in age, gender identity, race, and languages spoken

Findings suggest that BACE Timebank leaders needs to (1) increase outreach to younger people, BIPOC, and bi-lingual people, (2) improve messaging around mission-driven membership, (3) improve messaging for timebanking as a regular practice, (4) explore ways to improve the timebank platform

Note: Participants were not randomly selected to participate, so results of this survey may not represent the needs and interests of all members.

Look in the Mirror

Feb 22nd, 2024
by Monica Johnston.
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25…Number of times people said that BACE Timebank needs more financing.  

0…Typical number of times those people completed an exchange in the last year.  

All the financing in the world isn’t going to make your timebank more active. Barriers to timebanking are deep and broad; throwing money at them doesn’t work. For the past two years, BACE has had an ongoing media campaign to combat barriers and myths to timebanking. If you want an active timebank, the best advice we can give is:  Look in the mirror because that person has the power to make a difference!

Learn more about timebanking at the Bay Area Community Exchange Timebank.

  

New in 2024: Timebanking in Jamestown, CA

Jan 3rd, 2024
by Monica Johnston.
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BACE Timebank is expanding into Tuolumne County by pilot testing timebanking in a small mobile home community in the mountains of Jamestown, a historical Gold Rush town and landmark since 1949. It is three square miles, has 3423 residents (2010 Census), and 40% of residents live in rental housing. If you know someone living there or nearby, tell them that BACE Timebank is up and running in Tuolumne County!  

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