Taxes on Hours are paid individually. Decisions about how much money to release at a given time are made at potluck dinners. Glover, a former journalist and urban designer, says his full-time job is now to promote the alternate currency idea. Materials such as watermarked cattail or handmade hemp paper could be used, with non-Xeroxable thermal ink and a serial number to deter counterfeiters. A design contest would be held.
Some critics think the group is trying to reinvent the wheel.
I'm not sure they're addressing the real problem. If there's sufficient interest, the Sonoma County group would like to have the local currency in place before the end of the year. But Glover hopes that the Sonoma County plan will develop at its own pace.