I have served on the Board of Madison Hours Cooperative since its founding in 1996. I currently serve as President and Treasurer. My interest in community currency stems from a desire to see a locally created and controlled money system serve as the backbone of a local economic safety net. I'm concerned that capitalism always leads to winners and losers and am proud to have worked actively on a system that creates only winners. There is no need in a society as wealthy as ours for anyone to go without. For the past many years I've been focused on building an infrastructure for the organization that is “scalable” so we can grow rapidly if needed. I've also been focused on using our website to allow members to update their listings as needed and as a repository of organizational history. If re-elected, I intend to continue to work on these issues and to strengthen our relationship with the Dane County Timebank.