Missoula Time Bank Membership Information.

 

How to become a member:

• Apply by filling out the form on the link below. Remember your timebank password that you choose on this form - you will use it along with your email address to login to the time bank website. You will receive an email to let you know that we have received your application.
• To be activated and be able to exchange time you will need to:
  
  
  • Attend an orientation to be arranged with the time bank.
  • Sign a Missoula Time Bank liability release form (view here).
  • Read the Time Exchange Etiquette page for the Missoula Time Bank.
  • The first time you logon to the Missoula Time Bank at hOurworld.com, you will be asked to accept the hOurworld Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and the Missoula Time Bank liability release.
• We will email you when your membership has been activated. You can then login with your email address and the password that you choose on the application page and begin exchanging.
• Each new member will be given one time bank hour free to start in time banking.
• Click here to become a member of the Missoula Time Bank on the hOurworld website.
  Note: JavaScript needs to be enabled in your web browser to become a member and for member services.
  Information on how to enable/disable JavaScript can be found at enable-javascript.com.

How the Time Bank Works:

• The data and the Time and Talents software for Missoula Time Bank is hosted by hOurword.org. When you become a member and when you exchange hours as a member, you will be on the Missoula Time Bank part of the hOurworld website. Time bank members record their transactions here in hour and quarter hour increments.
• The Missoula Time Bank is a time based economy that works in parallel with the dollar economy. In the time bank, time can only be exchanged for time. There is never any equivalency between hours and dollars in the time bank, as this could make time hours taxable.
• Supplies and materials used in a service are either provided by the receiver, or the receiver will reimburse the provider with dollars. For example: If you hire a cook for two time bank hours to bake a special healthy cake, you will need to go to the store and buy the ingredients with your dollars, or give the cook dollars to buy or restock the ingredients he used.
• The Missoula Time Bank is managed by volunteers as much as possible and/or by members who are partially reimbursed with time bank hours. There are other operating expenses that can only be paid for with dollars. We are therefore asking new individual members to donate $25. If a monetary donation is difficult, three time bank hours (two hours for high school students) is a suggested donation. A time donation does not imply an equivalency between time bank hours and dollars. After the first year as member of the Missoula Time Bank, individual members will be asked to annually donate $25 and two time bank hours (the two hours will be automatically transfered) or donate four hours to the timebank. If we find that we can operate on a smaller budget or have more donations and volunteers, we will pass these savings on to our members.
• In addition to individual membership, businesses, and nonprofit organizations are welcome to join the Missoula Time Bank. For more information on how business and organizations can become time bank members, please click here.

See our current service offers here. Members login here or use the mobile apps for Android or iOS to look for services, exchange hours, and manage your account.

Inter-Trade is a new feature of Missoula Time Bank. It lets members exchange with members of other time banks across the country. Learn more about here.

To donate to Missoula Time Bank:

• For a membership donation by check, make check out to "Jeannette Rankin" with "MTB membership" on the memo line of the check. Mail to Missoula Time Bank, 519 S. Higgins Ave, Missoula, MT 59801. To make a membership donation in cash, go in person to Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, 519 S. Higgins Avenue (Map), or make your donation at orientation.
• To make a membership donation by credit card, go to PayPal here: It is not necessary to join PayPal.
  

If you are interested in helping MTB please contact us.

Contact: info@missoulatimebank.org - (406) 210-9805

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