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From the desk of Bob Meyer... 06/22/2010
UCLA Study Concludes Slower Economic Growth Ahead
UCLA�s Anderson School of Management foresees that growth
for the U.S. economy will be slower than previous postwar
recessions, due to fewer new-home purchases and lower
spending by cash-strapped local and state governments.
Annual growth for 2010 through 2012 will be around 2.9%,
compared to the average 5% rate during the recovery periods
after the past eleven recessions since WWII. The report also
noted that unemployment will fall only by 1% over the next
two years to around 9%.
Sharon Connelly Named To NATE Board
Sharon Connelly, Vice President of Exchange Enterprises in
Stratford (CT), will be on the Board of Directors for the
National Association of Trade Exchanges (NATE). Ms Connelly,
a 13-year veteran in the barter industry, stated she is
honored to be selected to the board and looks forward to
contributing and serving her industry peers through NATE.
For more information on NATE
click
here.
For more information on Exchange Enterprises
click here.
Barter Network Announces Major Move
The Barter Network (TBN) has moved their Winter Park
corporate office to a new standalone office building.
Founded in 2004, Florida-based TBN serves 700 clients.
For more information on TBN
click here.
Stunning Growth Of U.S. Federal Debt
The U.S. federal debt has increased dramatically in the past
18 months � from 38% ($5.5 trillion) of the nation�s gross
domestic product in September 2008 to 59% ($8.6 trillion) in
June 2010.
Alan Greenspan, former Fed Chairman, says the U.S. and most
of the rest of the developed world is in need of a tectonic
shift in fiscal policy. Greenspan believes it�s mandatory to
see spending cuts, but no large tax increase, if the country
is to turn itself around.
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Attendees Agree NATE�s 26th Convention A Big Success
The 26th
National Association Of Trade Exchanges Convention, held in New
Orleans June 2 to 5, was rated outstanding by the attendees. NATE
members enjoyed a great night at Michaul�s Live Cajun Music
Restaurant where many were recognized for their work with the
association. Leadership awards were given to all who did
presentations at the seminars. The Ethics Committee, BANC Board of
Governors, and NATE Board of Directors were acknowledged as well for
their dedicated assistance to NATE.
Recipients
of the Distinguished Service Award for their outstanding
support to NATE were:
Sharon
Connelly, Exchange Enterprises
Maurya Lane, Barter Business Exchange
Rachel Taylor Hooper, Alamo Barter
Gary Oshry, New England Trade
NATE Board
of Directors:
President
� Gary Oshry, New England Trade
Vice President � Ric Zampatti, The Barter Company
Treasurer � Rachel Taylor Hooper, Alamo Barter
Secretary � Karen Welch, We Trade Network
Director � Maurya Lane, Barter Business Exchange
Director � Kim Ames, TradeAmericanCard
Director � Sharon Connelly, Exchange Enterprises
BANC Board
of Governors:
Fred
Detwiler, TradeFirst
Gary Oshry, New England Trade
Rachel Taylor Hooper, Alamo Barter
Mary Ellen Rosinski, Tradesource
Kenn Flemmons, Southern Barter
Ethics
Committee:
Joe
Prince, Barter Depot
Kenn Flemmons, Southern Barter
Paul Richardson, Arizona Trade Exchange
Kim Ames, TradeAmericanCard
NATE is
presently interested in finding volunteers for the following
committees: Education & Certified Trade Broker, Finance,
Membership, Newsletter & Communications, Programs & Conventions, and
Technology. If you are interested in helping on any of the above
committees, please contact Lauren at (678)302-6772 or
info@barterbanc.ws.
Is Your Trade Exchange Missing Out On
Valuable New Business?
If
your barter company�s listing on BarterNews.com isn�t current, you
are definitely missing out on new business. The web site
BarterNews.com receives heavy traffic � with over 150,000 page-views
every month. Entrepreneurs and corporate executives check the
thousands of articles, the weekly �Tuesday
Report,� and the �Contacts
Section� of our site. They use the latter to find barter
companies with which to do business.
Is
your barter company�s listing up-to-date?
To
keep your listing current is very easy. See the links below to (A)
update any changes to your company�s listing, such as new location,
phone number, web site or other information, and (B) if your company
has not been listed.
Here�s how to get on board:
To
make changes to your listing
click here.
For
new listings
click here.
Jerry Howell, founder and president of the Midwest Business Exchange
in Kalamazoo ( MI), has just completed another non-profit project
which illustrates how an exchange (and barter) can positively assist
people and a community.
Bartering With
Non-Profit Agencies Provides Benefits To Many
By Jerry Howell
A
deserving eighteen year-old homeless male, named Brandon, was
attempting to find a way to go to the local community college. Our
exchange (MBE) found 12 members that each pledged one month of rent
in trade dollars to a member local relief agency. On behalf of
Brandon, the agency paid the trade-dollar rent to an apartment
complex, which was another MBE member.
Here�s what was accomplished through barter:
The
donors enjoyed being good Samaritans as well as the resulting tax
deductions, while the relief agency furthered its mission. The
apartment complex rented a unit that otherwise would have been
empty; it may now use those trade dollars for anything from snow
plowing to printing. Moreover MBE did over $15,000.00 of barter
business, and enjoyed favorable coverage in the local newspaper.
There is nothing magical about trading with non-profits ... it�s
just a matter of putting ideas and people together.
For
more information on MBE
click here.
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International visitors look for BARTER CONTACTS in our Global Barter
Section. If YOUR exchange isn�t listed see the forms on the lower
left of the page. (Click
here.)
�
Attention trade exchange owners...thousands of visitors every month
visit our BARTER CONTACTS section on our web site where we have
names & addresses of barter companies in the USA. If YOUR exchange
isn�t listed, or the information is incorrect, you can correct the
situation by using the forms to the lower left of the USA map. (Click
here.)
Click here
www.barternewsblog.com.
Kudos To Wal-Mart �
World�s Largest Environmentalist!
Good things are happening all around the world, we just don�t always
notice them. In 2005 Wal-Mart made the decision to go green, and
today the world�s $400 billion-a-year gorilla has made a huge
difference to the environment.
Within a year of its 2005 announcement, the company�s 2 million
associates at 8,400 stores used nearly 5 billion fewer plastic bags,
and delivered 77 million more cases while driving 100 million fewer
miles. Additionally, they�re now the largest buyer of organic cotton
and milk in the world. (Economists estimate that $1 of every $3
worldwide is associated with a company that does business with
Wal-Mart.)
It
all started by working on a sustainability index, which involved
sending a 15-part questionnaire to all vendors asking how they
planned to help Wal-Mart meet its environmental goals. Now farmers
and manufacturers, plus everyone in between, are rushing to change
the way they do business. Harvard Business Review calls
sustainability the next mega-trend ... a sweeping and permanent
change in the way we all do business.
