I think the defining aspect of TMP was that it took a concise and visually evident break away from the television series. It allowed the viewer for the first time to be overwhelmed in the spectable of seeing Star Trek on the big screen. This meant gloriously detailed models that held up in close-up shots and even down to using custom made serif fonts in title cards.

A definitive fan edit of TMP should take cues from the Adywan Star Wars edits for single scene enhancements, fixing bad mattes, subtle though plot relevant additions to the shot and then go forward through alot of discussion about how to re-edit, re-pace and re-imagine the film.

I always felt TMP was a good movie that had a great movie lurking within, and from what I've read here and in the initial blueprint and pre-planning webpage, I honestly believe an 'eighteen month refit' will allow the first Star Trek film to sit alongside it's even numbered counterparts as one of the defining late 70's science fiction stories.

For the record, I would love to be part of this.