June 2022 Community Letter Hello Simbians! Simbi’s story as an online community can be divided into distinct eras: its founding and growth as a venture capital-funded startup from 2015-2018, and its (slow, organic, volunteer-led) transition to a member-supported IRS-registered nonprofit organization from 2019 to today. During its founding era, Simbi marketing …
May 2022 Community Letter Hello Simbians! Simbi has been operating as a IRS-certified 501c3 non-profit organization for about a year now, so it’s a good time to take a step back and assess how Simbi’s members feel about the community today, especially compared to its previous iteration as a “normal” for-profit …
April 2022 Community Letter Hello Simbians! As our world emerges from two years living through a pandemic, many people are more than ready to have social gatherings and rebuild community through in-person events. What better way to build community than through the mutual exchange of services? Simbi has been helping its …
from the Founder of Heart of Avalon, Paul Melville As you may have heard, Simbi is now under the care and guidance of Heart of Avalon, Inc., a Public Benefit Corporation. We are committed to supporting the Simbi community and helping you, the members of it, to grow and to thrive. I want you to spend a …
Dear Simbi Community, Just over 5 years ago, I started Simbi because I believed that the world needed an alternative to the increasingly extractive economic system that we live in. An economic system that built up the rich at the expense of everyone else. An economic system that dehumanized interactions that were previously deeply …
Simbi has great future possibilities. It can bring people together in work and play. It will open new vistas, at home and internationally.
Overall, the people that I have met and worked with on Simbi give me hope that the world is truly ready for a transformation.
Sometimes I have to stop for a minute too, and be thankful for the quality of support I have received via Simbi. There are many very qualified “Simbians” throughout the community, all serving for free.
I love that people are offering Simbi stays for Simbians who have been displaced by the hurricane, encouraging words for someone who is struggling, listening ears, care packages, and question answering, all for free!
Some of the benefits of using Simbi are networking, community and business development, and education. In the future, I know I will find people who can see the benefits of using Simbi and who will apply their skills to this growing community.
