| Brent Hanson - LASIKFRAUD.com 2004-12-17, 7:13 pm |
| Hagele knows about as much about bankruptcy as he does laser surgery, which
is very little indeed.
Hagele seems to be excessively interested in Surgical Eyes. I wonder why?
Regardless, I checked the web site and it is still up, meaning that Surgical
Eyes is still in business, contrary to Hagele's wishful thinking.
"Glenn - USAEyes.org" <glenn.hageleSTOPSPAM@USAEyes.org> wrote in message
news:7l26s05b1ta8ulir5rl04v36nuo8skj7bp@4ax.com...
>
> Because it is the responsibility of the officers of a nonprofit
> organization that the bills be paid. That is why.
>
> Furthermore, it is the responsibility of the Board of Trustees of the
> SurgicalEyes Foundation to be certain that the policies set by that
> board are being implemented and the officers are acting appropriately
> and within the law.
>
> If SurgicalEyes can't pay the bills, then the organization needs to be
> placed into bankruptcy, let the court oversee the sale of all assets -
> including the domain and the website - and then distribute those
> assets among the creditors as appropriate by law. Many courts would
> determine that whatever debt remains is the responsibility of the
> officers of the organization. Any surplus must be distributed to
> another nonprofit(s) that is similar in nature and scope.
>
> Any attempt to distribute the assets of the organization to parties
> other than its creditors - such as turning over the website to a newly
> formed organization made up of many of the same individuals who drove
> SurgicalEyes into the ground - may be found to be an attempt to
> circumvent the rights of the creditors and subject to criminal and
> civil sanctions. Since there are many individuals and organizations
> that would be interested in purchasing the SurgicalEyes.org domain
> (yes, including CRSQA), this is probably the most valuable asset the
> organization owns and cannot just be handed off in sweetheart deals or
> back room negotiations.
>
> Since SurgicalEyes founder Ron Link has publicly claimed that he has
> not received over $30k wages owed, the officers of the SurgicalEyes
> Foundation may also be liable for back wages, social security taxes,
> federal and state withholding taxes, waiting time penalties, and may
> be guilty of criminal acts, depending upon the exact circumstances.
> If the members of the governing board who are not officers did not
> fulfil their oversight responsibilities, then it is possible that they
> would be found liable.
>
> With no small amount of irony, if Link was an officer at the time
> wages were not paid, then he may be found liable for payment of his
> own wages and possibly even guilty of criminal charges for not paying
> himself in a timely manner.
>
> To paraphrase Oliver Hardy, "And this is another fine mess you've
> gotten us into."
>
> Glenn Hagele
> Executive Director
> Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
>
> Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org
>
> http://www.USAEyes.org
> http://www.ComplicatedEyes.org
>
> I am not a doctor.
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