Voices of the Vampire Community (VVC) Global Vampire Community Discussion (Public) – August 2, 2009 Attendees (171): Acrophobic Pixie* DarkRev Adam Gallagher Dis Adara Diss Adya Dlos Aeris Draconic DoniGrey Ahram Durga Dorall Aiden DRAKO Akesouku Dude Jay Alec Elo Pokie11 Amalgam Elvakiel Amber Psionic Empath Amikeco Enraptured1 Ancient Arcane Ephraim Angel Equals Zer0 Annahksunamun Eternitys Dark Rose Anshar* Etheros Twilight Antares Explosive Spear Archeron Faralla Ariel Firekitten ArynChris FoxDemon2 Asar Gangle FuryFeva Ausar24 Gabby* Azazel4 Garth Knight Bane Ghirin Baby Belinda Ghostheld (Lenxecan) Bloody Pink Lady* Guest1 Broken Angel Guest2 bwitchnvamp Guest3 Camazotz Gwenyn CantBAngel Hablion Cette Herrellia Chainbreaker Ibrambal Christopher Icedrac Ciunas Insatiable Vampire Codec1 Ioshua Cole St. Valentine* Isealdor* Corpus Jackie Hippie Cynsanity* Jade Green Damion Jay Ray Dark Writer Jehan Dark Element Julianna Jyu Dragon Sadora Kai* Samilyn Kalie Sanguinarius* Kasada Sarasuomi Kiazishiru Sexygirl Kiddo Shadowsong Kire09 Sher Kragy Shroud Krev Zabijak Sinnamon Kyuubi No Kitsune (Ren) Slinky* Lady Vittoria Sookie LaSombra SophieAnn Lexa Sovereign* Lilith SphynxCatVP* Lono* Sqwearl Lord Taka Succubus Sang Loxfin* Synovess Lucien von Wolfe* Tha Oracle Malaclypse The Eldest Thanatos Malevolence The Crimson Crow Marcus Noir* The Mistress Matthius The Mystical Dark Phoenix Melkia Typhoeus Merticus* Valens Miizturi Vampire Love MikeFuture* Vampyress TGirl Moonzblood Vengerax Morrivann Viola Geek Morticia Vyrdolak* Motoko Noir Wicked Maraya Myrbree Wifeyboo510 Niaviro WingedWolf Nightchild Witchlitz NyteMuse* WolfLover54 Oomps Xajer Parasina Xeurika* Petit Mort Xylia Tzigane Pommedeson Sang YoungChild Purple Wolf Z1V2 Qintown Zhenechka Quiest Zimmerchild* Rath Zodiana RaVeil Zoelle Ravena* Raznkn * = VVC Member RevDevon Discussion Agenda: I. Discussion Information Welcome to the second Global Vampire Community Discussion hosted by Voices of the Vampire Community (VVC). The transcript from tonight’s meeting is being logged and will be made publicly available. Unlike the transcripts of our Public Agenda VVC Meetings, these Global Vampire Community Discussions are generally not edited for grammatical errors or the discussion restructured to align in sequence for question and answer responses. Topics will be presented in the order they appear on the agenda. Please do not skip ahead and please do not suggest discussion of items not on the agenda until at the end of each major discussion topic. Feel free to speak your mind on any and all topics in a civil manner and offer any supporting information, links, or material as needed. II. Background & Introduction VVC was founded January 2006. The purpose of the Voices of the Vampire Community (VVC) is to develop friendly relations among the various Houses, Covens, Orders, organizations, and individual leaders of the vampire community; to encourage cooperation in solving community related problems and in promoting respect for the views, ideas, and opinions of others without seeking to establish a unifying or governing body; and to be a center for harmonizing the actions of groups in attaining these ends. – August 8, 2006 Voices Of The Vampire Community (VVC) does not assert itself as the exclusive organization of leaders or notable persons in the vampi(y)re community nor do we view ourselves or our actions as legislative or authoritarian. The members of the VVC are representative of multiple groups, Houses, Orders, paths, beliefs, and segments of the vampi(y)re community who meet and are able to put aside personal differences to work together to discuss, suggest, implement, and support projects, ideas, and other intellectual works that help to improve the overall community. For more information please visit our web site at: http://www.veritasvosliberabit.com/vvc.html We are available to answer questions through the community feedback form available at the site above. III. Discussion a. Discrimination: Have you or your friends and family been discriminated against or threatened because of your vampirism? If so, how have you coped and what advice would you give to others in similar situations? If not, what precautions do you take in your community involvement to prevent facing legal, professional, financial, or personal repercussions in your life? b. Open Vampire Community Discussion: Any topic you’d like to bring up for discussion is welcome. <Merticus> <<<<<< BEGIN DISCUSSION LOG >>>>>> <Merticus> Voices of the Vampire Community <Merticus> Global Vampire Community Discussion - August 2, 2009 <Merticus> Pre-Discussion Conversation Highlights <Merticus> ** We're at the 10 minute mark. If anyone would like to promote a web site, group, forum, book, twitter, other "vampire" related item please go ahead and do so. Feel free to exchange contact information and also post where you live for social networking purposes ** <Merticus> <- Atlanta, GA USA <Merticus> Contact = [email protected] * Web Sites = www.merticus.com + www.atlantavampirealliance.com + www.suscitatio.com <Merticus> Voices of the Vampire Community RSS Feed: http://www.veritasvosliberabit.com/newscalendar.html + http://www.veritasvosliberabit.com/vvc.xml <Merticus> Twitter *Vampire Community News* = http://twitter.com/VampireNews <Adya> <- Topeka, Kansas USA <Adya> <- AIM Nekogoddess007 <Adya> <- Travels often back to NYC USA <Slinky> <- Greater Seattle Washington USA <Slinky> www.VCMB.org <Zimmerchild> <- Bremerton, Washington USA <Zimmerchild> Reachable though [email protected] and [email protected] and pretty much any Zimmerchild you see around the web, except for that tennis player. <viola_geek> <- Rochester, NY USA <viola_geek> <- Often travels back to NYC or Long Island USA <viola_geek> <- Twitter: viola_geek, AIM: SanguinMusicNote <jyu_dragon> <- East Anglia, UK <ancient_arcane> www.houseofancients.com - We teach Energy-Working: (Ranged-Energy send/receive, Scanning, Shielding, Healing, Sparring, Aligning Chakras, Clearing, Grounding, Constructs, Centering, Meditation, Energy-Types) <Ren|BRB> <- Columbia, SC USA <Lenxecan> <- Dunnellon, FL USA <Cette> <- Stillwater, OK USA <Miizturi> <- Chicago, IL USA <Isealdor> <- Joplin, MO USA <Isealdor> I can be reached at [email protected], http://vampires.nu, or in #vampirerealm here on Dalnet <AcrophobicPixie> Twitter: AcrophobicPixie, Blog: AcrophobicPixie.wordpress.com Website: www.blackswanhaven.org/forums <diss> <- Geneva, Switzerland; donor blog at mizzdizz.wordpress.com <Brokenangel242> <- Salt Lake City, UT USA <AcrophobicPixie> <- Western Pennsylvania USA <ancient_arcane> <- Florida USA <Marcus_Noir> <- Boston, MA USA - www.myspace.com/marcus_noir <Lenxecan> <- Florida USA <Amikeco> <- Berlin, Germany <Ren> [email protected] facebook.com/ren.saiyuri <Ausar24> MySpace = www.myspace.com/jsallalone <ColeVonCat> <- San Francisco, CA USA <amber_psionic> <- Toronto, Canada <amber_psionic> http://www.myspace.com/_amberswan_ <Camazotz> Nice to have other UK peeps here <Quiest> <- Toronto, Canada <SophieAnn> <- I'm in the UK <Loxfin> Contact Info = http://www.myspace.com/loxfin http://twitter.com/loxfin <Loxfin> North and South Carolina USA / Meetups out of Charlotte, NC / House site being revamped @ http://www.houseobsidian.com <Z1V2> <- Cincy, Ohio USA <Merticus> For those just joining us please post your location and any contact/advertisement for vampire related materials you'd like. <Merticus> The main discussion will begin in approximately 5 minutes. <Lono> <- Florida USA <Lono> http://www.psivamp.org <Empath> <- Texas USA <NyteMuse> <- San Francisco (ish), California USA <NyteMuse> http://www.kherete.org <Ciunas> <- UK <Ciunas> [email protected] <jade_green> <- Houston (Area) Texas USA <enraptured1> <- Kansas City, MO USA <Merticus> New Book From Corvis Nocturnum - Allure of the Vampire: Our Sexual Attraction to the Undead: http://www.amazon.com/Allure-Vampire-Sexual-Attraction- Undead/dp/1448658942/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1 249243098&sr=1-4 <Merticus> New Book From Joseph Laycock - Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampirism: http://www.amazon.com/Vampires- Today-Truth-Modern-Vampirism/dp/0313364729/ref=sr_1_1 <Kai> This is quite a large meeting <amber_psionic> Notices there are 69 people in here now <AcrophobicPixie> Whoa, it's above 70 <Sanguinarius> Wow, 74 people in here! <Miizturi> Wow, 75 users now. <VVC> Post Discussion Note: 81 attendees at the peak of the discussion + more were filtering in and out for a total of 171 unique attendees over the course of three to five+ hours. <Merticus> *************************************************** <Merticus> I. Discussion Information <Merticus> Welcome to the second Global Vampire Community Discussion hosted by Voices of the Vampire Community (VVC). The transcript from tonight’s meeting is being logged and will be made publicly available. Unlike the transcripts of our Public Agenda VVC Meetings, these Global Vampire Community Discussions are generally not edited for grammatical errors or the discussion restructured to align in sequence for question and answer responses. <Merticus> Topics will be presented in the order they appear on the agenda. Please do not skip ahead and please do not suggest discussion of items not on the agenda until at the end of each major discussion topic. <Merticus> Feel free to speak your mind on any and all topics in a civil manner and offer any supporting information, links, or material as needed. <Merticus> II. Background & Introduction <Merticus>