James shares his ideas about a sharing cooperative
Wow is there a lot of interest in creating a local sharing cooperative! James, who is the person who told me about Asheville’s Tool Shed, a sharing non-profit, has shared some great suggestions towards the creation of our local cooperative. Here is what he shared: The quickest and lowest cost way to grow this idea would probably be to start with a members only sharing library, from there we could grow the idea or work to form a new business. #1 Items could be listed online. *all monatary transactions could be done via the Moving Conservers website using PayPal. *or it could operate as Cash Only #2 use storage units for holding shared items (Brevard location & Cedar Mountain location) #3 have 4-5 key holders per location (key holders are compensated for time spent handling the pickup and return of items) Some other thoughts 1. having a members only club not open to the general public would limit liability 2. members will take better care of rental items [...]
