
Damien is the founder and elder
of the Vampire Church
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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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