Comments on: lengthy summary on the deceipt of Casey and Couchsurfing http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2010/06/17/lengthy-summary-on-the-deceipt-of-casey-and-couchsurfing/ The campaign for a truly open CouchSurfing organisation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Margaret http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2010/06/17/lengthy-summary-on-the-deceipt-of-casey-and-couchsurfing/comment-page-1/#comment-152205 Margaret Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:06:58 +0000 http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/?p=629#comment-152205 hi guys I haven't checked here in a while and was happy to see some nice discussion...thanks:) Indeed, CS will be forced to provide me with the last 3 years of filed IRS Form 990's or face substantial penalties. The IRS will go after individual people, not the organization, to pay these fees, so the responsible people will be Dan Hoffer and Casey Shultz....so they'll have to pressure the finance guys to get going and send me the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Form 990's by July 21, 2010. I'm guessing that the IRS does this so that earnestly donated money from the org cannot be used to bail out ineffective employees. http://www2.guidestar.org/rxa/news/articles/2003/get-the-facts-990-disclosure-rules.aspx?articleId=865 In regards to the organizational chart that you link, Blusterbuster, CS is absolutely required to list on the website the five highest payed employees, if their salaries exceed $30,000. They are also required legally to list the Board of Directors and their bios on the website. CS is currently in violation of these legal requirements. http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopicb97.pdf (see page 9, #7). hi guys

I haven’t checked here in a while and was happy to see some nice discussion…thanks:)

Indeed, CS will be forced to provide me with the last 3 years of filed IRS Form 990′s or face substantial penalties. The IRS will go after individual people, not the organization, to pay these fees, so the responsible people will be Dan Hoffer and Casey Shultz….so they’ll have to pressure the finance guys to get going and send me the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Form 990′s by July 21, 2010. I’m guessing that the IRS does this so that earnestly donated money from the org cannot be used to bail out ineffective employees.

http://www2.guidestar.org/rxa/news/articles/2003/get-the-facts-990-disclosure-rules.aspx?articleId=865

In regards to the organizational chart that you link, Blusterbuster, CS is absolutely required to list on the website the five highest payed employees, if their salaries exceed $30,000. They are also required legally to list the Board of Directors and their bios on the website. CS is currently in violation of these legal requirements.

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopicb97.pdf (see page 9, #7).

]]> By: guaka.org/ http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2010/06/17/lengthy-summary-on-the-deceipt-of-casey-and-couchsurfing/comment-page-1/#comment-152194 guaka.org/ Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:41:10 +0000 http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/?p=629#comment-152194 Even though it's not very deep, I mostly agree with your analysis. I've been through a lot of anger as well, 3 years ago. Meanwhile I started thinking Casey is actually a friendly guy. I actually think he could have had mostly the same lifestyle if he had chosen for honesty and transparency. We'll probably even hug (genuinely) if we see each other again some time. But at least I didn't catch any STDs from the fellow... Meanwhile Margaret is <a href="http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=7621&post=5995775" rel="nofollow">trying to get hold of some financial details</a>. Even though it’s not very deep, I mostly agree with your analysis. I’ve been through a lot of anger as well, 3 years ago. Meanwhile I started thinking Casey is actually a friendly guy. I actually think he could have had mostly the same lifestyle if he had chosen for honesty and transparency. We’ll probably even hug (genuinely) if we see each other again some time.

But at least I didn’t catch any STDs from the fellow…

Meanwhile Margaret is trying to get hold of some financial details.

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