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axacon_records [2018/10/30 15:43] – [Not for Axanar Critics] adds Bawden quotes and links Carlos Pedrazaaxacon_records [2018/10/30 17:19] (current) – [No Access for Axanar Critics] added subhead Carlos Pedraza
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 Axacon attendees could "come over, look through any of the four six-inch thick binders of receipts and three binders of bank records and financial summaries," Peters said. "They can ask me questions, take notes, and hopefully they see how buttoned up we are. But the books stay here, and the tour only lasts for a few hours."(([[https://fanfilmfactor.com/2018/10/22/full-axanar-financials-to-be-displayed-to-attendees-during-axacon-interview-with-alec-peters/|"Full Axanar Financials to be Displayed to Attendees During Axacon: Interview with Alec Peters,"]] Fan Film Factor blog, 10/22/18.)) Axacon attendees could "come over, look through any of the four six-inch thick binders of receipts and three binders of bank records and financial summaries," Peters said. "They can ask me questions, take notes, and hopefully they see how buttoned up we are. But the books stay here, and the tour only lasts for a few hours."(([[https://fanfilmfactor.com/2018/10/22/full-axanar-financials-to-be-displayed-to-attendees-during-axacon-interview-with-alec-peters/|"Full Axanar Financials to be Displayed to Attendees During Axacon: Interview with Alec Peters,"]] Fan Film Factor blog, 10/22/18.))
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 +//**__ <wrap lo>«Let’s face it, you won’t be able to silence Axanar’s critics until you’ve released the two 15-minute segments. … You need to put your head down, plow through production and not release anything substantial until the first of the two parts are done and you can promise a delivery date on part two that you’ll meet without fail.»</wrap>__**// <wrap indent>//— Axanar PR Director Mike Bawden's Advice to Alec Peters//</wrap>
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-==== Not for Axanar Critics ====+==== No Access for Axanar Critics ====
  
-Axanar critics, however, would continue to be denied access to those records because, Peters said, they would only be "opening up the door to an endless point-by-point debate about minutiae."(([[https://fanfilmfactor.com/2018/10/22/full-axanar-financials-to-be-displayed-to-attendees-during-axacon-interview-with-alec-peters/|"Full Axanar Financials to be Displayed to Attendees During Axacon: Interview with Alec Peters,"]] Fan Film Factor blog, 10/22/18.))+Axanar critics, however, would continue to be denied access to those financial records because, Peters said, they would only be "opening up the door to an endless point-by-point debate about minutiae."(([[https://fanfilmfactor.com/2018/10/22/full-axanar-financials-to-be-displayed-to-attendees-during-axacon-interview-with-alec-peters/|"Full Axanar Financials to be Displayed to Attendees During Axacon: Interview with Alec Peters,"]] Fan Film Factor blog, 10/22/18.))
  
 === 'I Wanted to Release the Financials' === === 'I Wanted to Release the Financials' ===
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 > That's an interesting take on my advice to Alec. Not entirely the tone I used, but the sentiment is, I suppose, true enough. Alec originally asked me for my opinion on having a panel discussion at Axacon on the financials. I told him I didn't think that was a good idea because: a) I wasn't sure a panel discussion about the financial records of a fan film production was particularly scintillating but would, instead, come off as defensive and b) I wasn't convinced there would be any new revelations that would either convince Axanar's detractors to change their opinion or make a case for those in support to be even more supportive.((Email from Mike Bawden to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 10/23/18.)) > That's an interesting take on my advice to Alec. Not entirely the tone I used, but the sentiment is, I suppose, true enough. Alec originally asked me for my opinion on having a panel discussion at Axacon on the financials. I told him I didn't think that was a good idea because: a) I wasn't sure a panel discussion about the financial records of a fan film production was particularly scintillating but would, instead, come off as defensive and b) I wasn't convinced there would be any new revelations that would either convince Axanar's detractors to change their opinion or make a case for those in support to be even more supportive.((Email from Mike Bawden to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 10/23/18.))
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 +=== How to Silence Axanar Critics ===
  
 In addition, Bawden's exact advice to Peters included his recommendation "on how to silence the #haters once and for all. It's advice I suspect you might actually agree with": ((Email from Mike Bawden to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 10/23/18.)) In addition, Bawden's exact advice to Peters included his recommendation "on how to silence the #haters once and for all. It's advice I suspect you might actually agree with": ((Email from Mike Bawden to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 10/23/18.))
  
 > There is no amount of validation that haters are likely to accept or believe, so if you want to do something like this … our accountant is likely to face unfair and harsh criticism from Axanar's detractors while supporters are likely to say, "We knew all this already." \\ \\ Let's face it, you won't be able to silence Axanar's critics until you've released the two 15-minute segments. I imagine you'll face … unfair scrutiny every step of the way. That's why you need to put your head down, plow through production and not release anything substantial until the first of the two parts are done and you can promise a delivery date on part two that you'll meet without fail.((Email from Mike Bawden to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 10/23/18.)) > There is no amount of validation that haters are likely to accept or believe, so if you want to do something like this … our accountant is likely to face unfair and harsh criticism from Axanar's detractors while supporters are likely to say, "We knew all this already." \\ \\ Let's face it, you won't be able to silence Axanar's critics until you've released the two 15-minute segments. I imagine you'll face … unfair scrutiny every step of the way. That's why you need to put your head down, plow through production and not release anything substantial until the first of the two parts are done and you can promise a delivery date on part two that you'll meet without fail.((Email from Mike Bawden to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 10/23/18.))
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 +So far, every delivery date promised by Peters for //Axanar// has passed without delivering anything.
  
 [{{ :jonathan-lane-headshot.jpg?100|Fan Film Factor blogger and Axanar surrogate **Jonathan Lane**}}] [{{ :jonathan-lane-headshot.jpg?100|Fan Film Factor blogger and Axanar surrogate **Jonathan Lane**}}]
  
-Even when questioned by Lane about what anyone could learn from only two hours inspection of the records he chose to display, Peters defended his decision to limit access.+=== A Two-Hour Tour === 
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 +Meanwhile, when questioned by Lane about what anyone could learn from only two hours inspection of the records he had chose to display, Peters defended his decision to limit access.
  
 Lane asked: "The first thing [a detractor would] say is, “He’s still hiding something! No one can possibly look though all of those books in two hours!” Lane asked: "The first thing [a detractor would] say is, “He’s still hiding something! No one can possibly look though all of those books in two hours!”