Damien is the founder and elder
of the Vampire Church



Question: Is there a place one can go, within the community, when there is a conflict with another member of the community? Do we, as vampires, have a place to turn to report actions of misconduct? and if not, are there plans in the works for it?

Greetings,

This is a very good question. I have been online and been a part of the online vampire community for near ten years, but I have witnessed during most of this time the fracturing that occurs between so many online vampire groups due mostly to petty and insignificant disagreements. I am sad to say that there is little one can do in the online world with too many who work with aliases behind a keyboard. There are better opportunities for reporting problems with others or other groups offline. I make available offline contact information that makes me available for contact, and I also attend meetings offline as well as attend events in the real world where people of vamp communities can discuss differences and have better chances of resolving conflicts and finding solutions to misconduct. Having worked in the offline world for many years has given me an opportunity to meet many people of different backgrounds and from different groups. I beleive this helps facilitate trust and discussion. There may never be a real forunm in the offline community where enough will agree to enough action that is appropriate for misconduct or the mistreatment of others, but I have seen in recent years the desire of more people who are active in the community to come together and seek solutions for people who have legitimate problems cause by the actions of others in the community. I know that in my experience we have to continue meeting off the internet if we are to hope to agree on actions that are appropriate. Some groups have drawn up codes of conduct for real vampires, I think these could be useful but only if enough in the community agree to them and wish to help those who have been mistreated. The problem has always been getting different people in the vamp community to agree to get along and keep an open dialogue, for we must do that if we hope to help those in distress due to the misdeeds of others among us. We must continue to have regional meetings and try to work to have workable codes of conduct within the regional communities we live in. That is where we will have the most success.

Dark regards,
Damien Daville
Elder and Founder
The Vampire Church

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