Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revision | ||
axanar_finances [2016/07/05 01:36] – [Escrow Account] correx typo Carlos Pedraza | axanar_finances [2018/09/21 16:48] (current) – [Axanar is Broke, Peters Claims] edit to clarify Carlos Pedraza | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
//**Axanar Surrogate Claims Donor Funds in Escrow**// | //**Axanar Surrogate Claims Donor Funds in Escrow**// | ||
- | In May 2016, Axanar producer | + | < |
+ | //**__ __**// <wrap lo> | ||
+ | </ | ||
- | "We don't have any cash right now," Peters informed his former chief technologist, | + | In May 2016, Axanar producer [[Alec Peters]] claimed the production was out of money, and was offering stock in its donor-funded [[investor_group|studio]] to help with shipping perks to donors. |
+ | |||
+ | "We don't have any cash right now," Peters informed his former chief technologist, | ||
===== Escrow Account ===== | ===== Escrow Account ===== | ||
Line 19: | Line 23: | ||
**AxaMonitor** emailed Axanar spokesman Mike Bawden to confirm the existence of the escrow account and to disclose how much donor money was in that account, as well as to whether Johnson was speaking officially on behalf of Axanar. At the time of this posting Bawden hadn't yet responded. | **AxaMonitor** emailed Axanar spokesman Mike Bawden to confirm the existence of the escrow account and to disclose how much donor money was in that account, as well as to whether Johnson was speaking officially on behalf of Axanar. At the time of this posting Bawden hadn't yet responded. | ||
- | </ | ||
+ | However, in a May 27 interview on the Axanar blog, Bawden described just such a scenario for a hypothetical fan film flush with funds from a more-successful-than-planned crowdfunding campaign: | ||
+ | |||
+ | > When it’s a fan project, then you’ve gotta wonder, “What are we gonna do with the extra [money]? Because we can’t pocket it. We can’t count it as profit.” And at that point, then, my advice to somebody would be to say, “<wrap hi>You need to take that money and put it in an escrow account.</ | ||
+ | </ | ||
===== The Offer ===== | ===== The Offer ===== | ||
- | <WRAP right box 50%> | + | <WRAP right round box 50%> |
//**__« I question whether or not Alec could make the statement that Axanar is out of money. »__**// — //Axanar spokesman Mike Bawden// | //**__« I question whether or not Alec could make the statement that Axanar is out of money. »__**// — //Axanar spokesman Mike Bawden// | ||
</ | </ |