XPost: alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek, alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise   
   From: nightspirit@evilcabal.net   
      
   Stan Jensen wrote:   
   > Paramount Refused Fan Money   
   >   
   > A high-ranking executive at Paramount Television, which produces   
   > Star   
   > Trek: Enterprise, not only denied to SCI FI Wire that the studio is   
   > in   
   > talks with Trek United, the fan group that is raising money to   
   > revive   
   > the show, but also sent a letter to Trek United chief Tim Brazeal   
   > last   
   > month saying that the studio would not accept fan money for such a   
   > purpose. "There are no talks going on with anybody at Paramount,"   
   > John   
   > Wentworth, executive vice president for communications at Paramount   
   > TV, said in an interview. "And the decision to end the show is   
   > final."   
   >   
   > Wentworth also provided SCI FI Wire with a copy of a letter sent to   
   > Brazeal on March 15, which read in part: "We cannot and will not be   
   > able to accept funds from viewers to produce Star Trek: Enterprise   
   > or   
   > any other series." The letter was sent to Brazeal and to the lawyer   
   > for Trek United, Andrew Beardall.   
   >   
   > Paramount has previously disavowed any connection with fan groups   
   > collecting money in an effort to get UPN's canceled Star Trek:   
   > Enterprise back on the air. In a statement on the official Star Trek   
   > Web site, the studio said: "We would ... like to point out that   
   > there   
   > may be other campaigns underway to save [the] show that request a   
   > monetary donation. We would urge caution before you part with your   
   > money as these groups have no connection to Paramount, nor are their   
   > activities condoned in any way by the studio."   
   >   
   > Trek United has been telling fans that it is in secret discussions   
   > with Paramount representatives about keeping the show alive, and   
   > that   
   > the reps have left open the possibility the show may return.   
   >   
   > On April 12, Brazeal, the head of Trek United, confirmed to SCI FI   
   > Wire that he had received Wentworth's letter, adding that he   
   > responded   
   > saying that as the group was incorporated, they were not viewers and   
   > should be treated as a corporation. Brazeal maintained that the   
   > group   
   > is in talks with other Paramount representatives.   
   >   
   > Earlier, a Trek United spokeswoman said that it was possible the   
   > Paramount spokesman wasn't aware of Trek United's talks. "I think   
   > it's   
   > probably a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is   
   > doing," Candice McCallie, the Houston-based spokeswoman for Trek   
   > United, told SCI FI Wire last week.   
   >   
   > In other developments, the message boards on the official Star Trek   
   > Web site had removed Trek United's prominently displayed   
   > solicitations   
   > for funds as of April 11. Last week, the message boards for Trek   
   > Nation/TrekToday did the same, citing in part Trek United's   
   > aggressive   
   > fund-raising tactics and the resulting rancorous debate surrounding   
   > them.   
   >   
   > Trek United has raised nearly $3.14 million in pledges and   
   > contributions from fans eager to finance a fifth season of   
   > Enterprise,   
   > and McCallie said that donors are promised their money back if the   
   > show doesn't come back, "except for the 5 percent handling fee to   
   > cover the banks and Paypal and all that kind of stuff."   
      
   It gets even worst. They've never reveal the name of the person they   
   were supposedly talking two.  In fact nothing they have posted on   
   their sites as had any independent verification.   
      
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