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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," | 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," | ||
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+ | ==== No Access for Axanar Critics ==== | ||
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+ | Axanar critics, however, would continue to be denied access to those financial records because, Peters said, they would only be " | ||
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+ | === 'I Wanted to Release the Financials' | ||
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+ | Peters claimed he had once " | ||
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+ | However, he said, it was Axanar' | ||
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+ | However, Bawden didn't remember his advice being framed quite that way, telling **AxaMonitor**: | ||
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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' | ||
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+ | === How to Silence Axanar Critics === | ||
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+ | In addition, Bawden' | ||
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+ | > 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' | ||
- | ==== Not for Axanar | + | So far, every delivery date promised by Peters |
- | Axanar critics, however, would continue to be denied access to those records because, Peters said, they would only be " | + | [{{ :jonathan-lane-headshot.jpg? |
- | [{{ :jonathan-lane-headshot.jpg? | + | === A Two-Hour Tour === |
- | 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. | + | Meanwhile, |
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!” | ||
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> You go to a museum to look at the exhibits while you’re there. | > You go to a museum to look at the exhibits while you’re there. | ||
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===== Straw Man Argument ===== | ===== Straw Man Argument ===== | ||
- | Throughout the Fan Film Factor interview, | + | Throughout the Fan Film Factor interview, |
Lane asked, "What if you left out those receipts that show you embezzling money from donors? | Lane asked, "What if you left out those receipts that show you embezzling money from donors? | ||
- | Lane's question presupposed that Peters had been accused of embezzling money. None of **AxaMonitor**' | + | Lane's question presupposed that Peters had been accused of embezzling money. None of **AxaMonitor**' |
In another instance, Lane asked, " | In another instance, Lane asked, " | ||
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Peters also told Lane " | Peters also told Lane " | ||
- | The lawyers, of course, were bound by confidentiality to disclose any information about the financials. Peters | + | The lawyers, of course, were bound by confidentiality |
- | No donors have made public statements about Axanar' | + | Peters has never disclosed any conclusions reached by accountants who have examined his records, and none of those examinations was an actual audit. No accountants have released public statements that " |
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+ | No donors have made public statements about Axanar' | ||
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The independent financial report Peters cited was never completed and signed off by the committee members. In fact, the short summary Peters did release has [[studio-financials|disappeared]] from the Axanar Productions website amid reports the chairman demanded its removal. | The independent financial report Peters cited was never completed and signed off by the committee members. In fact, the short summary Peters did release has [[studio-financials|disappeared]] from the Axanar Productions website amid reports the chairman demanded its removal. | ||
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=== Peters Refused Previous Donor Examination === | === Peters Refused Previous Donor Examination === | ||
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> I’ve always said that any Axanar donor could come to our studio at any time to look over every receipt we ever paid and verify for themselves that every penny of donations was spent on reasonable expenses.(([[https:// | > I’ve always said that any Axanar donor could come to our studio at any time to look over every receipt we ever paid and verify for themselves that every penny of donations was spent on reasonable expenses.(([[https:// | ||
- | However, Peters had already turned down an offer two years before | + | However, Peters had already turned down an offer in January 14, 2017, by one donor, Oregon businesswoman Jo Dee Moine, to pay for an independent accountant to audit Axanar. This week, Moine reaffirmed that offer; she also offered to pay for Peters' |
- | Lane dismissed that notion: "I doubt that. Also, the logistics don’t work. You aren’t the client, Alec is (and Axanar Productions)." | + | Lane dismissed that notion: "I doubt that. Also, the logistics don’t work. You aren’t the client, Alec is (and Axanar Productions)." |
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