For us, the point is to build a better economy. One where the prices don't all keep going up. One where it's easier to earn money, easier to get a good job, easier to start your own company, and easier to earn enough to accumulate some wealth. Maybe a lot of wealth.

As some of you know from previous meetings, we have already started that economy. It's still very small, but it works and it's been working for 11 years. This year, it's been growing a lot.

For those of you who don't already know, our alternative economy is now developed enough that using only alternative currency, you can:

(1) buy groceries at a grocery store

(2) pay to have your house cleaned or...

(3) pay a general contractor to build a new house

(4) get lunch at a restaurant

(5) pay your hydro bill

(6) convert a diesel car or truck to run on used vegetable oil

All of this can be done with alternative currency -- no real money required. And the alternative currency is easy to get.

You can also start your own business in the alternative economy. For that, you don't even need a pen and paper. To get started, you don't need to spend much time on it. You don't need an office or store location. You don't need employees. You don't need to file any government paperwork (for a sole proprietorship without a trade name earning less money at first than the threshold for sales tax). You don't even need a website, you can get a free listing on the Tetla.org website. You might not need to invest any money to start your business, either, because financing a business in the alternative economy is very easy. You don't need experience. You don't need a resume. There's no credit check.

There are whole industries in the regular economy that have no equivalent yet in the alternative economy. Until recently, there was no power industry in our alternative economy. Now, thanks to a teenage kid starting his own power company with no initial capital invested, it is possible to pay your BC Hydro bills with alternative currency and zero actual money.

You can even create your own currency and indirectly use it in the alternative economy. We'll show you how to create a currency the easy way. You won't need to understand how blockchains work or even touch a computer. We have perfected techniques for starting an alternative currency with nothing but a pen and paper. So if you want to do this, bring a pen and paper to the meeting.

At this meeting, we will be focused on local cryptocurrencies, especially the ones created by members of this group. Some will probably be given away to everyone who attends. There may be trading of local cryptocurrencies in the meeting.