Talk:Ithaca Hours
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[edit] To Do list moved from main page
- TODO : Briefly fill in history 1992 - 1998
- TODO : Economic development section needs major editing
- TODO : Explain structure of barter system
[edit] Needs more explanation
The article seems to be missing a basic description of what the HOUR is and how it's supposed to work. When Glover bought his samoza with a half-HOUR, what exactly was he exchanging? An agreement to provide a one hour service? Doing what? Is there any regulation of the services promised? From what I gather, the HOURS are a kind of light-hearted attempt at promoting ties between businesses. Is that accurate? The article seems to have been written by people very close to the subject, and they may have made assumptions about what lay-people know about the topic.Matt Deres 05:07, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
- I agree. Too much of it reads like a local newspaper article. HOURS are in a sense light-hearted, but there are enough of them in circulation, and they have been exchanged enough, to count as something more than whimsy. They have also been adopted in many other locations throughout the world. Each Ithaca HOUR is said to be worth $10 and are thus like a conventional currency. When someone joins the HOUR system, they are given some of the currency, and are given more when they renew their committment. As they can only be spent in Ithaca, though, they are local. All of this needs to be explained better in the article. I've made an initial attempt, but more needs to be done. Notmyrealname 02:53, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Citation?
It is notable as one of three monetary reform measures named as viable alternatives to Bretton Woods system by United Nations conferences (the other two being UNILETS and the Global Resource Bank).
I'd like to see the slightest bit of evidence for this claim, especially considering the third choice is a non-notable organization that one editor has been trying to shoehorn into Wikipedia for the last year, despite 3 AFDs and 2 DRVs. --Calton | Talk 14:31, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
I have removed this entirely, since 1) no citation; and 2) the other two examples have both been deleted as non-notable/not real. --Calton | Talk 21:33, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
