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OpenCouchSurfing.org
The campaign for a truly open CouchSurfing organisation
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Welcome
Welcome to OpenCouchSurfing.org. When we started our mission
was
to:
Participate in creating a Better and More Open CouchSurfing Organisation, one Freedom at a time.
We believe in the spirit of CouchSurfing, of creating a better world through understanding. We believe this purpose is best served by a truly Open Organisation, one that is
representative
of the CouchSurfing community as a whole. We believe information should flow freely through an Open Organisation.
We have realized that
this Freedom will not come from within the Couchsurfing core itself
We believed in being able to
help Couchsurfing by opening the organisation from the outside
(and some of us tried to continue this from the inside, for as long as they felt there was even a slightest chance). But after in August 2007, only a couple of months after starting OpenCS, we have realized that the
only person in control
wants to keep as much power as possible. So instead we focus on raising awareness to those who care about what they are
donating to
and volunteering for, and on pointing those who care to more open and free alternatives such as
BeWelcome
Crash at Mine
or
NoseRub
For more information, please see:
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Recent Blog Posts
Sunsetting OpenCS
Casey attempts to sell Groups posts to Google, members protest en masse
Tougher registration settings
Hospitality Club and Airbnb Partnership
“CouchSurfing chief says his goal is to go public” El Pais(España) Google Translation
IPO! and some random numbers
CS Doin it for the Love not the Money Y’all (Yea right!)
This is where your money goes
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Roy Marvelous
on
Sunsetting OpenCS
Richard Dawks on
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meinhard
on
Sunsetting OpenCS
Jim Rakestraw
on
Actually, do HospEx Networks really facilitate ‘Intercultural Understanding’ successfully?
Pablo on
Sunsetting OpenCS
Tim Loal on
Sunsetting OpenCS
daz on
Sunsetting OpenCS
Tim Loal on
Sunsetting OpenCS
Josh Mitchell on
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Tom on
Sunsetting OpenCS
OWS on
Alleged rape through CouchSurfing
OWS on
Alleged rape through CouchSurfing
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