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nonprofit_abandoned [2017/09/02 12:34] – [Whither Axanar Productions?] Carlos Pedrazanonprofit_abandoned [2017/09/05 13:27] (current) – [Axanar: Nonprofit No More; Short Films May ‘Take Years’] edit to clarify Carlos Pedraza
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 <wrap lo>//Star Trek actor Tony Todd (left) and// Prelude to Axanar// director Christian Gossett appear in a monitor on set during //Prelude//'s production in 2014. Both later departed the project, citing accountability concerns about producer Alec Peters.//</wrap> <wrap lo>//Star Trek actor Tony Todd (left) and// Prelude to Axanar// director Christian Gossett appear in a monitor on set during //Prelude//'s production in 2014. Both later departed the project, citing accountability concerns about producer Alec Peters.//</wrap>
  
-====== Axanar: Nonprofit No More; Short Films May Take 'Years' ======+====== Axanar: Nonprofit No More; Short Films May ‘Take Years’ ======
  
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-Almost five months after abandoning its beleaguered California studio, still touting its intention to seek nonprofit status for Axanar Productions, its spokesman admitted that effort has "come to a halt," with the for-profit corporation likely shutting down after producing the two //Axanar// short films.+Almost five months after abandoning its beleaguered California studio, still touting its intention to seek nonprofit status for Axanar Productions, its spokesman admitted that effort has "come to a halt," with the company likely shutting down after producing the two //Axanar// short films.
  
 ===== Whither Axanar Productions? ===== ===== Whither Axanar Productions? =====
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 That change in plans, however, had never been publicly announced since **AxaMonitor** [[atlanta_move#future_nonprofit|raised the question]] months before in April. And it only came to light in August because of **AxaMonitor**'s inquiry. That change in plans, however, had never been publicly announced since **AxaMonitor** [[atlanta_move#future_nonprofit|raised the question]] months before in April. And it only came to light in August because of **AxaMonitor**'s inquiry.
  
 +Even in June, Peters still acted as if the nonprofit filing was still moving forward, writing on the Axanar blog:
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 +> Axanar Productions’ 501%%(c)%%(3) filing is finally ready to go. (([[http://www.axanarproductions.com/the-axanar-fan-group-the-official-fan-club-of-axanar/|Alec Peters, "The Axanar Fan Group: the Official Fan Club of Axanar]], Axanar Productions website, 6/8/17.))
 ===== No More Axanar ===== ===== No More Axanar =====
  
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 <wrap em>COMMENTS</wrap> \\ <wrap em>COMMENTS</wrap> \\
-Discuss this article in |AxaMonitor's Facebook group.+Discuss this article in [[face>groups/axamonitor/permalink/268874436960744/|AxaMonitor's Facebook group]].
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 **Keywords** {{tag>studio Atlanta commercial nonprofit crowdfunding Indiegogo}} **Keywords** {{tag>studio Atlanta commercial nonprofit crowdfunding Indiegogo}}