Whatever the outcome, we will learn from their actions. I am confident that those who committed wrongdoing will be held accountable, and that any malfeasance will come to light. I am also confident that the final story will adequately celebrate all the good that AFH did. — medium.com
Garrett Jacobs, executive director of the Open Architecture Collaborative, responded to the $3M lawsuit against AFH via a statement on medium, taking care to make clear as crystal the fact that while OAC grew out of AFH, it is "unequivocally an independent organization, a California LLC and Public Benefactor Corporation, and is pursuing our own 501(c)3 federal nonprofit status." As such, OAC won't be affected by the lawsuit.
After AFH shuttered and announced bankruptcy in early 2015, many volunteers felt as if the rug had been pulled underneath them, unsure of what led to such an end. About a year later, the OAC was founded on the basis of the strong community of volunteers who hoped to continue AFH's mission. While the lawsuit may not affect the OAC structurally or its members directly, it could certainly change the way the volunteers regard AFH—potentially compromising its much-lauded reputation as a non-profit focused on humanitarian design.
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I sincerely hope that Jacobs is making public statements with the assistance of counsel. Just looking at the suit against AFH makes me think that he is not.
non-profits are inherently fraudulent. conan's goin' down, just as cameron did before him.
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