I finally finished updating the website with all the discussion that's happened recently. It may not matter much if the Council is about to reach a ruling, but there were a few pieces of misinformation that got stated several times by various people, so I thought I'd try to clear those up.
1) Camarilla rules require that the domain be disbanded/that our venues be shut down if we don't report for 6 months
This is purely an informal, unwritten guideline. That means it somewhere less binding than the rule that prohibited Charles Bailey from barring Jason from office or the guideline that prohibits the penalty from taking effect until his appeal is done. It would not be a "special exception" for the Cam Council or Jon to not enforce this; in fact, it requires active, positive action for either of these things to happen-- the default state is that nothing happens, even if the Domain goes into the black.
Furthermore, I'm not aware of any precedent at all for shutting down VSS' due to a missing DST. Perhaps there are cases I'm not aware of, but in the cases where the Camarilla Council has not shut down a domain for lack of reporting, it's my understanding that the RST's have not interfered. Given that, it would be a new policy, not enforcing an old policy, for Jon to close our venues. (Again, I'm not familiar with all the precedent, so perhaps there are cases that would support this action.)
This is not to say that it's necessarily wrong for the Council or Jed to take those actions, and they certainly have the authority to do so. I just want to be clear about the distinction between things people are obligated to do, things people should do, and places where they are free to exercise discretion.
2) The Domain is about to enter Black status
Assuming no reports are filed, we enter Black status on November 7. That means that we could vote None of the Above in the current election, hold a third election with the same schedule, and elect someone with a week and a half to write reports. So, while we should of course be aware of that possibility, it's not particularly imminent.
3) The Domain is responsible for the first election being dragged out
At the Domain meeting, we voted to ask Jon to extend the application period. No indication was given that we wanted to extend the rest of the election. As far as I can tell, there was some kind of miscommunication along the way, and Jon instead delayed the wrong part of the election. I'm fairly certain that this was a genuine accident, but in no way does the Domain hold responsibility for the election being so delayed (indeed, several people clarified what the Domain wanted after the schedule was announced).
Henry Towsner
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Now I need to update the stupid website again...