Onion River Exchange - your Central Vermont timebank

WELCOME to the Onion River Exchange Community Weaver timebank program.   This is your key to making exchanges and being part of the timebank community of Central Vermont.  We hope you enjoy your exchanges and meeting new and interesting people while doing so.  Check out the various features to familiarize yourself with the program. The pull down tabs are helpful to get you where you want to go.  

Click on the “Give and Receive” tab on your home page to view the Offers and Requests. All Offers and Requests will be deactivated (removed from public view, not deleted) automatically three months after they are entered, unless you enter a specific earlier or later expiration date on them.  CW2 will send you a notice to remind you to change the expiration date just before they are due to expire. This is one feature that has been helpful to members so that you know you are getting more accurate and up-to-date information regarding what is offered and/or requested.

Click the tab “My Account” to see your Profile.

Making a Successful Exchange

The most important (and sometimes most challenging) step in making a successful exchange is getting in touch with your fellow exchanger. Adding your phone number and/or e-mail address within the body of your Offer or Request will help the responder find you.  The best way to repond to an Offer or Request is by going to Action Links "respond to this post".  Please remember, if you get a request, please respond with a yea or a nay so that the requester can move on to someone else if you can't help at the time.

We hold Orientation sessions on the second Tuesday every other month for new, present and previous members to review how timebanking and Community Weaver work, to update you on what is happening at ORE, and for you to meet one another.  If you add an Offer and/or Request just then, you will receive one timebank credit for each, as well as one timebank credit for attending.  Orientations are held at the Vermont Center for Independent Living on East State Street from 6:00pm to 7:30pm.  During 2012 Orientations will be in February, April, June, August, October and December.  Please check the home page for any cancelations or changes.  Guest visitors are also welcome at Orientations to get a sense of what timebanking is all about. 

Feedback and Assistance

If you feel that you have followed the above suggestions and are still having trouble making exchanges, let the ORE staff know.  Feel free to call, email, or stop by the office during work hours - Mondays and Wednesdays 9:00a.m. to 2:00p.m. We're here to work with you to ensure that you're getting the most out of the Exchange. 802-552-0082 or orexchange@gmail.com