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-====== Axanar Removes Public Fundraising Plea ======+====== Axanar Removes Public Fundraising Plea — Sort of ======
  
 //**Also Gone: Axanar's Portrayal as a Nonprofit, Donor Store**// //**Also Gone: Axanar's Portrayal as a Nonprofit, Donor Store**//
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-After concerns were raised about Axanar trying an [[bailey_committee|end run]] around the public fundraising prohibition in the settlement negotiated with CBS and Paramount Pictures, the film by February 6, 2017, had removed the appeal for public donations from its homepage.+After concerns were raised about Axanar trying an [[bailey_committee|end run]] around the public fundraising prohibition in the settlement negotiated with CBS and Paramount Pictures, the film had removed the appeal for public donations from its homepage.
  
-Also excised from the movie's website: Language portraying the for-profit Axanar Productions as a "not-for-profit project" following a federal judge's ruling it was in fact a commercial enterprise, and potentially running afoul of the California Nonprofit Integrity Act.+Also excised from the movie's website by February 6, 2017: Language portraying the for-profit Axanar Productions as a "not-for-profit project" following a federal judge's ruling it was in fact a commercial enterprise, and potentially running afoul of the California Nonprofit Integrity Act.
  
 <wrap lo>//See also: [[bailey_committee|Axanar Continues Public Appeal for Donations]]//</wrap> <wrap lo>//See also: [[bailey_committee|Axanar Continues Public Appeal for Donations]]//</wrap>
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 While the public ask was removed from the homepage, it remained to be seen whether asking members of the public to provide a means for follow-up private funding appeals remained within the settlement's boundaries of '[[bailey_committee#public_end_run_private_donations|no public fundraising]].' While the public ask was removed from the homepage, it remained to be seen whether asking members of the public to provide a means for follow-up private funding appeals remained within the settlement's boundaries of '[[bailey_committee#public_end_run_private_donations|no public fundraising]].'
  
-Asked if the email addresses requested on the 'Join the Mission' page, Bawden responded:+Asked if the email addresses requested on the 'Join the Mission' page were intended to be used for private solicitation for funding the slimmed-down Axanar, Bawden responded:
  
 >  If people wish to stay informed, they can … receive a semi-regular e-newsletter with information on our plans and updates on projects. I think <wrap hi>it’s fair to assume that people who receive correspondence directly from Axanar Productions will also have opportunities to directly support the company</wrap> and its various projects by making a contribution.((Email from Mike Bawden to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 2/6/17.)) >  If people wish to stay informed, they can … receive a semi-regular e-newsletter with information on our plans and updates on projects. I think <wrap hi>it’s fair to assume that people who receive correspondence directly from Axanar Productions will also have opportunities to directly support the company</wrap> and its various projects by making a contribution.((Email from Mike Bawden to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 2/6/17.))
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 === Donations are Vital === === Donations are Vital ===
  
-High on Axanar's priority list has to be raising more money. Unable to depend on further crowdfunding, Peters can only produce the shortened version of //Axanar// with new cash infusions given he already spent all $1.4 million raised to make //Axanar//, which was never produced. +High on Axanar's priority list has to be raising more money. Unable to depend on further crowdfunding, Peters can only produce the [[axanar_lite|shortened version]] of //Axanar// with new cash infusions; he already spent all $1.4 million that was to have gone to making the //Axanar// feature.
 ===== Nonprofit Portrayal Removed ===== ===== Nonprofit Portrayal Removed =====
  
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 ==== Donor Store Offline ==== ==== Donor Store Offline ====
  
-Among Axanar's revenue streams was its Donor Store, which offered a full range of Axanar [[merchandise]] for sale. Immediately after the settlement, the Donor Store went offline, returning several days later as only a portal for previous [[crowdfunding_platforms|crowdfunding]] contributors to arrange for receiving their promise perks should the [[settlement_aftermath|30-minute version]] of //Axanar// ever be produced.+Among Axanar's revenue streams was its Donor Store, which offered a full range of Axanar [[merchandise]] for sale. Immediately after the settlement, the Donor Store went offline, returning several days later as only a portal for previous [[crowdfunding_platforms|crowdfunding]] contributors to arrange for receiving perks should the [[settlement_aftermath|30-minute version]] of //Axanar// ever be produced.
  
-Physical perks for donors are now forbidden by CBS' [[cbs_guidelines|fan film guidelines]] but under the terms of the settlement Axanar was allowed to fulfill the [[perks|rewards promised]] to donors.+Physical perks for donors are now forbidden by CBS' [[cbs_guidelines|fan film guidelines]] but under the terms of the settlement Axanar was allowed to fulfill the [[perks|rewards it had promised]] to donors.
  
 === Merchandise === === Merchandise ===
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 While Peters has been very public about the forthcoming "[[financial_review_committee|independent]]" financial review of Axanar's finances, he also admitted that the review only examines spending of money directly raised on the [[crowdfunding platforms]]. The committee reviewing his finances are [[financial_review_findings|not examining spending]] from the revenue generated by Axanar's merchandise sales. That amount has never been publicly disclosed but [[perks#undisclosed_proceeds|estimates]] place it well into six figures. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} While Peters has been very public about the forthcoming "[[financial_review_committee|independent]]" financial review of Axanar's finances, he also admitted that the review only examines spending of money directly raised on the [[crowdfunding platforms]]. The committee reviewing his finances are [[financial_review_findings|not examining spending]] from the revenue generated by Axanar's merchandise sales. That amount has never been publicly disclosed but [[perks#undisclosed_proceeds|estimates]] place it well into six figures. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
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 **Keywords** {{tag>settlement fundraising axanar_lite}} **Keywords** {{tag>settlement fundraising axanar_lite}}