Mr. Towsner-
> A candidate has been prevented from entering this election because the
> Club Director chose to violate the Membership Handbook and bar him from
> the election even before his appeal was heard and because the RST chose
> to ignore the Domain's official request that his appeal be heard before
> proceeding. In the event that his appeal is successful, Jon and
> Charles' actions will have deprived him of his right (under the
> Camarilla Constitution) to run for office, and our right to choose a
> DST.
I won't comment on your statements above regarding the Club Director; however, your statements regarding myself are incorrect. I have not "ignored" the Domain's request; there are simply no provisions for enacting the Domain's request under the Membership Handbook.
If the Domain voted to approve you to play a Gethsemani, and Mr. Sheldon did not allow you to play such a PC, would you declaim that he had "ignored" the Domain's wishes? The situation is similar in that in the hypothetical case, your ST would have denied your approval based on the rules of the game, and those rules are not subject to Domain vote. Similarly, I have not cancelled the election midway through because that is not in keeping with the Membership Handbook, which is also not subject to a Domain vote.
I have, however, made every effort to extend the election to allow for as much recognition of the Domain's wishes as possible. In fact, the Domain has received an amount of time unprecedented under my tenure as RST to address this matter. It seems apparent that my efforts are not to your liking. That is unfortunate, but the fact remains: I have not ignored the wishes of the Domain of Pittsburgh, but quite the opposite- I have made every effort within the boundaries of the Membership Handbook to address those wishes.
You are entitled to your opinion. If you wish to restate the above as your belief, rather than as a statement of fact, then that would be appropriate. Stating the above as fact, which is simply not the case, is false, and I would very much appreciate it if you would issue a clarification between matters of fact (e.g., Mr. Patton was removed from office by the Master Storyteller) and your personal opinion.
Thank you,
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Jon "Do one thing; say one thing" Herrmann, US2002021241
East Central RST
ORIGINS '05 ST Lead (Columbus, OH, Jun 30- Jul 3)
GENCON '05 ST Lead (Indianapolis, IN, Aug 18-21)
"If the thrill is gone, then it's time to take it back" - Jim Steinman
"We must be the change we wish to see." -Gandhi