All about money: The cost of Traveling Village, non-profit vs for-profit and money issues | TVP ep 5

In this episode, we dig into a topic that a lot of people send us questions about: Money!

Among other things, we cover:

- Why is TV a non-profit project and not a business?
- What it costs to be a part of Traveling Village
- How our budget is structured
- Intentional communities vs organic communities
- Why having a communal fund is amazing
- The power of true commitment to a project
- Money issues, problems, and discussions we have had in the village

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ABOUT US:
We are creating a traveling village!

20 families traveling together for four months as an intentional community, exploring a new way of living. Every week we have two communal meals and we have a bunch of workgroups who make everything happen. Every family with their own freedom to do what they want, but a big community to tap into, which makes it easier to change location because all the friends will come along!
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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 – Intro
00:46 – Highs and Lows
06:37 – Why is Traveling Village nonprofit versus profit?
10:23 – How much does it cost to be part of Traveling Village?
13:49 – How does budgeting of communal meals work?
16:58 – Budgeting the events of the Traveling Village – finding a balance that works for everyone
23:19 - The significance of connections formed - the depth of relationships beyond mere activities
25:01 – The evolution of Traveling Village events – How discussions turn into anecdotes
28:05 – The structure of blocking activities – how does it work?
31:17 - The value of communal discussions in shaping individual perspectives
40:28 - The complexities of balancing community support with financial considerations
44:23 - Recognizing the immense time and effort invested in the project
46:00 - Outro

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TERMS WE USE

Workgroups: TV has +10 workgroups that help make everything happen. There is a finance WG, Infrastructure WG, Events WG, Emergency & Conflict WG, and WG's planning communal meals.
Playgroups: Informal groups planning stuff together (for example football)
Slack: Slack is a group chat system, that is our "digital town square"

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