[P2P-F] [hc_ecology] Couchsurfing changes to "socially responsible B Corporation"

[Kasper Souren]

I also think it's a bad move by CS but Veit complaining about this is a
bit funny because there's no official organization for Hospitality Club,
which means Hospitality Club is de facto Veit's own personal for profit
business.


On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Tilman Bauer <tilman at hospitalityclub.org>wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hi all!
>
> In light of the shocking news of Couchsurfing accepting a $7.6 million
> investment and becoming a for-profit company, HC founder Veit wrote a
> statement that the Hospitality Club will never be a for-profit business, and
> that we are currently developing an open-source website for HC. See the
> statement here:
> http://volunteerwiki.hospitalityclub.org/couchsurfing-for-profit-business-now
>
> Greetings,
>
> Tilman
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <
> dante.monson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> " 1999-2011 CouchSurfing International, Inc. — A socially responsible B
>> Corporation <http://www.bcorporation.net/> "
>>
>> Watch some quick videos explaining this new change<http://www.couchsurfing.org/bcorp>
>>
>> Read the full article on our website<http://www.couchsurfing.org/news/article/144>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: CouchSurfing Communications <noreply at couchsurfing.org>
>> Date: Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 2:57 AM
>> Subject: [CS announcement] A new era for CouchSurfing!
>> To: dante.monson at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>   <http://www.couchsurfing.org/>      *            A new era for
>> CouchSurfing!                          *    *FROM*  [image: CouchSurfing
>> Communications] <http://www.couchsurfing.org/profile.html?id=3H45H0P>
>> *CouchSurfing Communications*
>> San Francisco
>> California
>> *United States*
>>
>>    - Member since: January 12th, 2008
>>    - Age: 61
>>    - Gender: Several people
>>    - Username: COUCHSURFING COMMUNICATIONS
>>    - Couch Available: No
>>
>>
>>      Hello CouchSurfers!
>>
>> We started CouchSurfing with a crazy idea in mind. We thought that maybe,
>> just maybe, the world could be changed one couch at a time. 5,766,182
>> inspiring experiences later, we couldn't be more sure of it.
>>
>> What you’ve done as a community has inspired us to take our mission and
>> our vision to a whole new level. We want to understand what inspiring
>> experiences are made of, so we can enable you to have more of them. We want
>> to make CouchSurfing easier to use so that anyone who’s interested in
>> changing the world one couch at a time will feel welcome here.
>>
>> To accomplish this, we’re making a big change in structure. As of today,
>> CouchSurfing is proud to announce that we are joining the growing ranks of
>> certified B Corporations.
>>
>> What does that mean? As a B (Benefit) Corporation, CouchSurfing will be
>> part of a group of innovative businesses that deliver products and services
>> with a commitment to social and environmental responsibility, transparency,
>> fair work conditions, and doing good for the world.
>>
>> Want to learn more?
>>
>> Watch some quick videos explaining this new change<http://www.couchsurfing.org/bcorp>
>>
>> Read the full article on our website<http://www.couchsurfing.org/news/article/144>
>>
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>> 1999-2011 CouchSurfing International, Inc. — A socially responsible B
>> Corporation <http://www.bcorporation.net>
>>
>>
>>
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