Reply #72: 'Bev' does not owe 'Andy'. [View All]

[bailey77]

Black Box Voting, Inc. MAY owe Andy Stephenson, depending on what was originally agreed to and what has been substantiated with appropriate documentation.

1. Is Bev Harris even a signer on the corporate checking account?
2. Does Bev Harris do payroll?
3. Is Bev Harris the accountant?
4. Does Bev Harris have the authority to tell the board of directors and the accountant to refuse to pay amounts due, if they are properly documented and authorized?

Though it is apparent from the posts in this thread that Andy Stephenson talks to many people about the specifics of what he feels he is owed, in an employment matter, gossip to friends is simply not relevant. Disbursements are paid when appropriate documentation is provided to the decisionmakers who are authorized to write the checks.

I find it unusual (and somewhat inappropriate) to see an employment matter discussed on an internet chat forum, especially if the employer is never asked for the other side of the story. Perhaps more fact-checking is in order.

Here is a point that perhaps no one here has considered: If Black Box Voting, Inc., as a 501c(3) nonprofit, pays Andy Stephenson for personal or inappropriate expenses, this is likely to be viewed by the IRS and by donors as unjust enrichment. Items like phone calls to one's mother, cigarettes, and pajamas will be questioned by the IRS if paid by a nonprofit without documentation to show how, when, and why these items were authorized in the first place.

Just my two cents,

Erin