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 ====== Annual Report ====== ====== Annual Report ======
 +<wrap lo>//See also: [[analysis_reply|Axanar Response to Annual Report Analysis]]//</wrap>
  
-On December 15, 2015, producer [[Alec Peters]] issued a revised **Annual Report,** a 23-page document to its donors, outlining the [[Axanar Productions]]' finances covering the //[[Prelude to Axanar]]// and //[[Axanar]]// [[crowdfunding platforms|Kickstarter campaigns]].+<WRAP> 
 +//**__ __**// <wrap lo>**By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]]**</wrap> 
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 +On [[http://www.axanarproductions.com/revised-axanar-annual-report-released/|December 15, 2015]], producer [[Alec Peters]] issued a revised **Annual Report,** a 23-page document to donors, outlining the [[Axanar Productions]]' finances covering the //[[Prelude to Axanar]]// and //[[Axanar]]// [[crowdfunding platforms|Kickstarter campaigns]].
 ===== Contents ===== ===== Contents =====
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-**DOWNLOAD** the Axanar Annual Report, 2015, Revised. {{:axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|2.1 MB PDF}} +
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 The report includes: The report includes:
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 ==== Openness and Transparency ==== ==== Openness and Transparency ====
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-//**__‘What vested interest does a non-donor have in our finances?’__**// — //Axanar Producer Alec Peters// 
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 Upon the report's release, Peters praised its demonstration of Axanar's openness and transparency: Upon the report's release, Peters praised its demonstration of Axanar's openness and transparency:
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 +<fs smaller>**DOWNLOAD** the Axanar Annual Report, 2015, Revised. {{:axanar-annual-report-v2.pdf|2.1 MB PDF}}</fs>
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 > There are many Star Trek fan films that are raising 6-figure amounts.  But none show you exactly where that money is going.  None gives you daily updates or visibility into the operations as Axanar does.  This is our commitment to you.(([[http://www.axanarproductions.com/revised-axanar-annual-report-released/|Axanar blog, Alec Peters: Revised Axanar Annual Report Released!]], 12/15/15.)) > There are many Star Trek fan films that are raising 6-figure amounts.  But none show you exactly where that money is going.  None gives you daily updates or visibility into the operations as Axanar does.  This is our commitment to you.(([[http://www.axanarproductions.com/revised-axanar-annual-report-released/|Axanar blog, Alec Peters: Revised Axanar Annual Report Released!]], 12/15/15.))
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 +<WRAP>//**__Editor’s Note__**//</WRAP>
 [{{ :annual-report.jpg?nolink&200|**AXANAR**'s 2015 Annual Report.}}] [{{ :annual-report.jpg?nolink&200|**AXANAR**'s 2015 Annual Report.}}]
 === A Pattern of Obfuscation? === === A Pattern of Obfuscation? ===
 <wrap lo>**REPORTS LIKE** Axanar's are not required by the [[crowdfunding platforms]]. Peters admirably chose to release this Annual Report in the interests of "financial accountability and transparency in the world of crowd-funded projects."(([[http://www.axanarproductions.com/revised-axanar-annual-report-released/|Axanar blog, Alec Peters: Revised Axanar Annual Report Released!]], 12/15/15.)) \\ <wrap lo>**REPORTS LIKE** Axanar's are not required by the [[crowdfunding platforms]]. Peters admirably chose to release this Annual Report in the interests of "financial accountability and transparency in the world of crowd-funded projects."(([[http://www.axanarproductions.com/revised-axanar-annual-report-released/|Axanar blog, Alec Peters: Revised Axanar Annual Report Released!]], 12/15/15.)) \\
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-While the report does indeed contain a great deal of information, analyzing presented various challenges. One spreadsheet, for example, was a bitmap graphic with entries organized chronologically.((Axanar Annual Report, 2015, Revised, pp. 5-6.)) The information had to be re-entered into a new spreadsheet, then categorized and sorted in more meaningful ways. The document even lacked page numbers. \\+While the report does indeed contain a great deal of information, analyzing presented various challenges. One spreadsheet, for example, was a bitmap graphic with entries organized chronologically.((Axanar Annual Report, 2015, Revised, pp. 5-6.)) The information had to be re-entered into a new spreadsheet, then categorized and sorted in more meaningful ways. The document even lacked page numbers. </wrap>
  
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-<wrap lo>**SIGNIFICANTLY, THOUGH**, was how salary data was obscured. Few job positions are specified, some employees' wages are bundled together with non-personnel costs, expenses are sometimes vaguely described, requiring additional research to discover they were actually personnel-related. Also, it's not clear whether other personnel were inappropriately paid as independent contractors instead of employees, a common problem among independent film productions. \\+<wrap lo>**SIGNIFICANT, THOUGH**, was how salary data was obscured. Few job positions are specified, some employees' wages are bundled together with non-personnel costs, expenses are sometimes vaguely described, requiring additional research to discover they were actually personnel-related. Also, it's not clear whether other personnel were inappropriately paid as independent contractors instead of employees, a common problem among independent film productions. \\
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 Once the data were transcribed, coded, sorted and analyzed, a pattern of possible problems emerged, from unreported salaries to ballooning costs and repeated deficit spending. They are noted below as 'questioned costs' in charts for Axanar's two Kickstarter campaigns, and are presented here in the interest of seeking greater openness and transparency from Axanar Productions. Once the data were transcribed, coded, sorted and analyzed, a pattern of possible problems emerged, from unreported salaries to ballooning costs and repeated deficit spending. They are noted below as 'questioned costs' in charts for Axanar's two Kickstarter campaigns, and are presented here in the interest of seeking greater openness and transparency from Axanar Productions.
 <WRAP centeralign>//— Carlos Pedraza,// \\ <WRAP centeralign>//— Carlos Pedraza,// \\
-**AxaMonitor** //editor//</WRAP></wrap>+**AxaMonitor** //editor//</WRAP></wrap></WRAP> 
 ===== Deficits ===== ===== Deficits =====
  
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 ==== 'Axanar' Budget Questions ==== ==== 'Axanar' Budget Questions ====
-<WRAP right round box 50%>//**__‘54 percent of the salary total is unaccounted for in terms of personnel names, services, or tax liability.’__**//</WRAP>+<WRAP right round box 50%>//**__« 54 percent of the salary total is unaccounted for in terms of personnel names, services, or tax liability. »__**//</WRAP>
  
 The following charts detail questions arising out of spending from Axanar's Kickstarter campaign. The following charts detail questions arising out of spending from Axanar's Kickstarter campaign.
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 ===== Plans for 2016 ===== ===== Plans for 2016 =====
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-**Keywords** {{tag>crowdfunding commercial}} +<wrap right>**Keywords** {{tag>commercial crowdfunding defendants fact_check}}</wrap>