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hi i know some people have contact addresses for people like rick sternbach, mike okuda and so on but i was wondering if you could either post their e mail addresses or links to their websites. thanks in advance.
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You have to be joking...right?! There is no way.
Only under special circumstances would they be contacted. The few fans that have their details would be cut off immediately, and any chance of future contact compromised, if their contact addresses were posted on public boards for fanboys to bombard them with inane question.
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I think it is because some here do have a relationship, with the people you want to contact, which can give them and sometimes us some insight into what is going on. If they were to just post their addresses then this insight would be lost to all of us. Besides it is just plain rude to post someones address without their permission.
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try to get in touch with them through a message board or newsgroup theyve been known to post on. in the past, when the email addresses of people involved with the show become public, they get inundated with mail from stupid fans and then cease answering emails.
we're just acting like we always do. by majority rules, you're the one who's being difficult.
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Perhaps it would be better, Anyeurism, if you post your questions here first. As a new guy, many of them will very likely have been answered here already, or known by someone who has. That's what the forums are here for in the first place.
Having asked questions to several production people before, I know for a fact that they hate stuff like a) people asking for stuff that they've already written in their books; b) asking for writer-created tech questions that they really don't know the answers to; or c) people asking to include their ideas or designs in a story/explanation in their work. Especially with that last one, since it practically insults their own creativity, which is extremely important to their profession.
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Anyeurism: For all the reasons aforelisted, I say "That's why." I wasn't necessarily saying that it was bad to give that info to you , I was saying it would be bad to simply post that info in a forum for lord knows who to get ahold of and completly cheese these people off.
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Nobody here has the exclusive right to talk to a production person unless that person decides so, and they normally don't. I encourage everyone to e-mail whomever they want to.
However, in the sheer interest of efficiency and respect, always search the web first. I've talked to about a dozen production people without ever having to ask another person for an e-mail address. Everything I needed I found with Google or in online forums -- that's how easy it is.
Not only will you easily find addresses of people you're looking for (they're all over the place), but you'll also have a chance to see the kind of questions they responded to already, and might be able to refine yours or ask a new one.
Right now, Rick Sternbach hangs out at TrekBBS and sometimes at rec.arts.startrek.tech. He obviously isn't stopping anyone from e-mailing him through his website either. If you're not willing to research, post a message on one of these fora and see if it gets answered. However, it really helps to search the web.
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Boris, you are absolutely correct. People like Rick Sternbach, who don't mind receiving e-mail from fans, are perfectly happy to have their e-mail addresses listed on their websites, etc. You can find someone's website fairly easily by search engine or simply by looking at their profiles on message boards and the like. If you look, you can find a whole lot of public addresses that you need not have any guilt about making queries to.
Over at the TrekBBS, (http://www.trekbbs.com) you'll find a number of individuals who post regularly, including Mr. Sternbach, Geoffrey Mandel, and Shane Johnson.
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I've written to Rick Sternbach. Andy Probert, and Geoffrey Mandel through addresses on their websites ( I found them myself and did not ask other members). I got answers from all. In particular, Mandel answered within an hour of sending. They all seem like nice guys. However, I remember when Ed Mirecki got really pissed off after getting flooded by nearly identical email questions, from members of this forum I believe.
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Yes, and that's why research is important. I usually follow these steps:
1) Research. Make your questions so specific that they realize how much you know and can give a specific answer. Focus on what's most important to you, because they don't need to reply the second time around.
2) Make it clear that you're just a fan doing this as a hobby, and if you ever plan on posting their replies on websites or discussion forums, say so immediately to avoid the situation of knowing something you can't tell anyone else.
3) Keep in touch. If you really, really like something they recently did, tell them without bothering them with questions. I like to chat and even joke around with these guys on occassion. After all, most of them are former fans.
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There's nothing former about their fandom. These guys love this stuff every bit as much as we do!
Personally, I find it quite enchanting that folks like Geof Mandel, Anthony Fredrickson, Doug Drexler, and Rick Sternbach were followers of the original show and got to actively put together stuff like the Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual and Star Trek Maps in the 70's and eventually got to WORK on the actual production of the later shows. Quite amazing, and inspiring. I'm more than a little jealous of them...
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