SHE: Financial aspects of Hospex

fees for hosting

Is it acceptable for the host to ask payment for electricity, food etc.?

hollowing out the system of hospitality / community
gift economy: voluntary gifts from the guests, buying food, helping out
hosts asking for financial contribution should just cut down hosting to a level they can afford
for many cultures fees and even gifts in exchange of hospitality is offensive

Hospitality should be free.

no benefit for the company, they stay anonymous for the world

anonymous donations from 'problematic companies' (see below) are mostly accepted (Robin Hood is against)

ad-sense
- a lot of bad ads with moral issues: profile and contact already creates dating ads
- consensus that this is not desirable
affiliations (Amazon)
- pollution of website
  - Preference options 'I accept affiliations'-Tick box
non-profit organizations (Amnesty International, Oxfam etc.)

content-deal with sponsors are not common (Heineken sponsoring a hospex site demands people to write about Heineken)
total dependency on sponsors is problematic
- try to be able to run the service at minimalistic level without the sponsorship money
- 'keep the organization mean and lean'
ethical / moral concerns
- sponsors in certain areas (alcohol etc. is not acceptable for muslim members)
- sponsors famous for certain problematic practices (genetically modified food, human-rights issues, child-labour)

HC is owned by one private person (legal status missing)
CS is a type of non-profit, and some think it can be sold, but pickwick, members of the Board of Directors can not be on the payroll, but it is anyway
BW is run and owned by BV - non-profit, BoD cannot be on the payroll

There is a consensus that private or corporal ownership is not desired.

desirable but has to be found first
- little strings attached
- conferences, networking needed

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