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 ====== Axanar's Frustrating Search for Space to Store Sets ====== ====== Axanar's Frustrating Search for Space to Store Sets ======
  
-**//With Studio Gone, Peters Seeks to Keep Indiegogo Funds He Raised to Keep Studio//**+**//With Studio Gone, Peters Seeks to Divert Indiegogo Funds Elsewhere//**
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-//**__ __**// **By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]]**+//**__ __**// <wrap lo>**By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]]**</wrap>
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-===== Starbase Studios =====+===== No Room at the Starbase ===== 
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 +Meanwhile, Peters' past appeared to result in ever-narrowing options for a new home for //Axanar//'s partially built sets.
  
 According to an April 12 post on the Fan Film Factor blog run by Axanar surrogate Jonathan Lane, storing the sets at [[http://starbasestudios.net|Starbase Studios]] in Arkansas was one of the options Peters explored: According to an April 12 post on the Fan Film Factor blog run by Axanar surrogate Jonathan Lane, storing the sets at [[http://starbasestudios.net|Starbase Studios]] in Arkansas was one of the options Peters explored:
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 Peters [[leaker_accused|falsely accused]] Scott Johnson of Starbase Studios of leaking details to **AxaMonitor** about Peters’ secret effort in May 2016 to rally other fan films behind his own proposed guidelines, hoping to pressure [[CBS]] to issue guidelines that would've [[axanar_guidelines|benefited Axanar]]. That initiative failed, nearly [[guidelines_backlash|universally disavowed]] by the fan film community. Peters [[leaker_accused|falsely accused]] Scott Johnson of Starbase Studios of leaking details to **AxaMonitor** about Peters’ secret effort in May 2016 to rally other fan films behind his own proposed guidelines, hoping to pressure [[CBS]] to issue guidelines that would've [[axanar_guidelines|benefited Axanar]]. That initiative failed, nearly [[guidelines_backlash|universally disavowed]] by the fan film community.
  
-After the settlement of the copyright infringement [[lawsuit]] against him and Axanar, Peters blamed other fan films for the CBS guidelines after turning against each other(([[http://trek.fm/axp/s1|Official Axanar Podcast, Supplemental 1]], 1/26/17.)) when it was really just [[backlash|against him]].+After the settlement of the copyright infringement [[lawsuit]] against him and Axanar, Peters blamed other fan films for the CBS guidelines after turning against each other(([[http://trek.fm/axp/s1|Official Axanar Podcast, Supplemental 1]], 1/26/17.)) when it was really just [[guidelines_backlash|against him]].
  
 ==== Burned Bridges ==== ==== Burned Bridges ====
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 ===== IndieGoneGone? ===== ===== IndieGoneGone? =====
  
-Peters' announcement that Axanar had gotten out of the lease that cost him $15,000 a month cost for rent and utilities spurred small uptick in the nearly stalled crowdfunding campaign that was to have paid to keep the studio open, with BackerTracker predicting an eventual take of $24,024.(([[https://www.backerkit.com/projects/industry-studios-film|BackerTracker: Industry Studios]], retrieved 4/12/17.))+Peters' announcement that Axanar had gotten out of the lease that cost him $15,000 a month for rent and utilities spurred a small uptick in the nearly stalled crowdfunding campaign that was to have paid to keep the studio open, with BackerTracker predicting an eventual take of $24,024.(([[https://www.backerkit.com/projects/industry-studios-film|BackerTracker: Industry Studios]], retrieved 4/12/17.))
  
 Without the studio Peters had pitched to donors, it was unclear what the campaign would do with its Indiegogo contributions.  Without the studio Peters had pitched to donors, it was unclear what the campaign would do with its Indiegogo contributions. 
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 > We’ll take your input into consideration as we make our decisions regarding the future of Axanar Productions and where it will do business. Then we’ll share that decision with all of you — and give you one last opportunity to ask for your pledge to be cancelled/money refunded if you disagree with our change of strategy.(([[https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DSPHCLY|Axanar Indiegogo Poll]], SurveyMonkey, retrieved 4/12/17.)) > We’ll take your input into consideration as we make our decisions regarding the future of Axanar Productions and where it will do business. Then we’ll share that decision with all of you — and give you one last opportunity to ask for your pledge to be cancelled/money refunded if you disagree with our change of strategy.(([[https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DSPHCLY|Axanar Indiegogo Poll]], SurveyMonkey, retrieved 4/12/17.))
  
-==== Breaking the Settlement Terms? ====+=== Breaking the Settlement Terms? ===
  
-The poll's second option raised questions about whether it would break the terms of Axanar's lawsuit [[bailey_committee|settlement]]. Framed in terms relating to production of //Axanar//, costs related to its sets could be covered by the settlement's prohibition against using any crowdfunding to make the short film allowed by the accord.+The poll's second and third options raised questions about whether it would break the terms of Axanar's lawsuit [[bailey_committee|settlement]]. Framed in terms relating to production of //Axanar//, costs related to its sets could be covered by the settlement's prohibition against using any crowdfunding to make the short film allowed by the accord.
  
 ===== Impending Deadline ===== ===== Impending Deadline =====
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 Peters gave donors only until April 17 to reply to the poll since he had to vacate the premises by the end of the month. Until then, donors would not know where he was moving the sets, nor how he would pay for it. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} Peters gave donors only until April 17 to reply to the poll since he had to vacate the premises by the end of the month. Until then, donors would not know where he was moving the sets, nor how he would pay for it. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
  
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 **Keywords** {{tag>Studio Crowdfunding Commercial Indiegogo}} **Keywords** {{tag>Studio Crowdfunding Commercial Indiegogo}}