The Columbia Exchange Circle was on TV yesterday…

“The idea of the exchange circle is to connect community members and get people to share the skills and resources that they have in a way that does not rely on the current economy,” said Maggy Rhein, another organizer for the C.E.C.

And members say that taking the program online is the easiest way to connect.

“People can post the request and people can see it instantly,” said Vince Foley, another organizer for the group and the Web site manager.

The Columbia Exchange Circle source code was forked by binaryseed in February of this year and is a great example of decentralized innovation on GitHub.