Comments for COINS Foundation Blog http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog Blogging an Inclusive World Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:34:33 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on Magnetic North Pole 2010 – Polar Challenge by John http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/2010/03/magnetic-north-pole-2010-following-the-team/comment-page-1/#comment-2924 John Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:34:33 +0000 http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/?p=292#comment-2924 The expedition may have been called off but Mark is still there and if I know him he will get to the pole even if he has to crawl there. Good luck from the other muppet. The expedition may have been called off but Mark is still there and if I know him he will get to the pole even if he has to crawl there. Good luck from the other muppet.

]]> Comment on Magnetic North Pole 2010 – Polar Challenge by Dena http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/2010/03/magnetic-north-pole-2010-following-the-team/comment-page-1/#comment-2897 Dena Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:13:29 +0000 http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/?p=292#comment-2897 Hi Mark Hope all is going well. I've managed to secure some sponsorship for you from my contacts list and most will make donations via Just giving. One of my contacts colleague has a brother-in-law who is the Ambassador to the Dom Rep and Hati so he has roped him in to spread the word! Keep going and see you soon Dena Hi Mark

Hope all is going well. I’ve managed to secure some sponsorship for you from my contacts list and most will make donations via Just giving. One of my contacts colleague has a brother-in-law who is the Ambassador to the Dom Rep and Hati so he has roped him in to spread the word!

Keep going and see you soon

Dena

]]> Comment on Magnetic North Pole 2010 – Polar Challenge by John Williams http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/2010/03/magnetic-north-pole-2010-following-the-team/comment-page-1/#comment-2847 John Williams Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:36:26 +0000 http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/?p=292#comment-2847 Hi Mark Hope everything is going well with you and the team. I've secured the chunk of sponsorship we talked about. I look forward to handing it over when you get back over a beer! Good luck. John Hi Mark
Hope everything is going well with you and the team. I’ve secured the chunk of sponsorship we talked about. I look forward to handing it over when you get back over a beer!
Good luck.
John

]]> Comment on Maggie on the way forward . . . by John Hayes http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/2009/07/maggie-on-the-way-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 John Hayes Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:26:41 +0000 http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/?p=141#comment-1225 And here's a nice follow up Jim :} "All science would be superfluous if the outward appearance and the essence of things directly coincided." A certain German "philosopher" 1894. And here’s a nice follow up Jim :}

“All science would be superfluous if the outward appearance and the essence of things directly coincided.”

A certain German “philosopher” 1894.

]]> Comment on Zambia Report part 2 by John Hayes http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/2009/10/zambia-report-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1223 John Hayes Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:51:50 +0000 http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/?p=165#comment-1223 This is an interesting case study. http://www.guardian.co.uk/katine What *do* you do when the micro-savings co-op, used by and benefiting mainly women, has its captial pinched by two of its members (men), and the chiar*man* is also a crook!? So evidently no-one can do anything without rule of law. But what comes first that rule or the conditions in which it ca be applied ???? Any thoughts anyone. This is an interesting case study.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/katine

What *do* you do when the micro-savings co-op, used by and benefiting mainly women, has its captial pinched by two of its members (men), and the chiar*man* is also a crook!?

So evidently no-one can do anything without rule of law. But what comes first that rule or the conditions in which it ca be applied ???? Any thoughts anyone.

]]> Comment on Maggie on the way forward . . . by Jim Etherton http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/2009/07/maggie-on-the-way-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Jim Etherton Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:40:49 +0000 http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/?p=141#comment-863 I found the following in my daily Bible reading this morning. "The rich think they know it all, but the poor can see right through them. " It comes from the book of Proverbs (Chapter 28 verse 11 in "The Message" transalation). This was written thousands of years ago but is still just as true today. As soon as I read it I thought of the COINS Foundation and its approach of asking people what they really need. I found the following in my daily Bible reading this morning. “The rich think they know it all, but the poor can see right through them. ” It comes from the book of Proverbs (Chapter 28 verse 11 in “The Message” transalation). This was written thousands of years ago but is still just as true today. As soon as I read it I thought of the COINS Foundation and its approach of asking people what they really need.

]]> Comment on 10 Things I Don’t Need by Zoe Barwick http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/2009/07/10-things-i-dont-need/comment-page-1/#comment-644 Zoe Barwick Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:35:50 +0000 http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/?p=118#comment-644 ...And so much more complicated! …And so much more complicated!

]]> Comment on Maggie on the way forward . . . by Maggie Shaw http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/2009/07/maggie-on-the-way-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Maggie Shaw Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:26:27 +0000 http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/?p=141#comment-486 Thanks Juliet. COINS Foundation have certainly set themselves a challenge in Zambia but a very worthwhile one, as you say the principle is easy it just needs a community of commitment both here and in Zambia to build the capacity to carry it through. Thanks Juliet. COINS Foundation have certainly set themselves a challenge in Zambia but a very worthwhile one, as you say the principle is easy it just needs a community of commitment both here and in Zambia to build the capacity to carry it through.

]]> Comment on The Reith Lectures by Jim Etherton http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/2009/06/the-reith-lectures/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Jim Etherton Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:01:52 +0000 http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/?p=96#comment-480 I think the key word that Maggie used is relationship. A relationship of paid employment is fundamentally different from a relationship of voluntary participation. A relationship of voluntary participation has qualities of freedom, choice, willingness and equality that could be destroyed by any form of direct payment. I think the key word that Maggie used is relationship. A relationship of paid employment is fundamentally different from a relationship of voluntary participation. A relationship of voluntary participation has qualities of freedom, choice, willingness and equality that could be destroyed by any form of direct payment.

]]> Comment on 10 Things I Don’t Need by Jim Etherton http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/2009/07/10-things-i-dont-need/comment-page-1/#comment-479 Jim Etherton Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:53:39 +0000 http://www.coinsfoundation.org/blog/?p=118#comment-479 Most of us get so distracted by "things" that we spend too much time choosing them, buying them, looking after them, and so on. With less of a focus on our things and more on people, we could enhance life so much. After all, people and relationships are infinitely more valuable than the things with which we clutter our homes and lives. Most of us get so distracted by “things” that we spend too much time choosing them, buying them, looking after them, and so on. With less of a focus on our things and more on people, we could enhance life so much. After all, people and relationships are infinitely more valuable than the things with which we clutter our homes and lives.

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