From: Rachel, Positive Money <info@positivemoney.org>
Date: 22 February 2018 at 15:09
To: Peter Challen <peterchallen@gmail.com>

Dear Peter,

Positive Money supporters are at the heart of our campaign for a fair, democratic and sustainable money system. When we work together and pool our ideas, voices and skills – we can reach new audiences and more people in power with our messages. Now is the time of year when we decide together where to focus our campaign this year, what we want to achieve, and how we’ll get there. And we need your thoughts.

Peter, please will you spare a few minutes to have your say on the Positive Money plan for 2018? Please answer this first question to get started: In 2018 we plan to release research on the following areas. Which are you most excited about?

• A sovereign money system – how it could work and historical examples of public money creation
• The future of cash and the case for digital cash
• Hard-wiring sustainability into the Bank of England’s mandate

Lots of us want to take our campaign to the next level in 2018, so we can capitalise on the anniversary of the start of the global financial crisis – in September it will be 10 years since Lehman Brothers collapsed. It will be a key opportunity to convince our politicians and economists at the Bank of England they should be championing our proposals for change.

But first we need to create a solid plan together. And that means as many of us as possible filling in this survey – because more minds are better than just a few! There’s lots of things we could do together. We could plan big events and media exposés around the 10 year anniversary. Or run a training day with MPs on how the money and banking system works. We could run a topical campaign to stop the sell-off of publicly-owned RBS. Or we could train more people to run public talks or workshops about Positive Money.

But there’s only so much time and only so many resources, so we need to be strategic and make choices about what to prioritise doing first. Peter, please will you help us make some key decisions by responding to the survey now? It will take about 5 minutes to complete.

In 2018 we plan to release research on the following areas. Which are you most excited about?

• A sovereign money system – how it could work and historical examples of public money creation
• The future of cash and the case for digital cash
• Hard-wiring sustainability into the Bank of England’s mandate

We all want a greener, more equal, more secure society. We all want affordable homes for everyone, a protected natural environment, secure jobs and businesses. This is what working towards that looks like. Thousands of us putting our heads together will create a great plan for the year ahead. Thanks for being involved,
Rachel, Sophie, Fran and the rest of the Positive Money team

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