DCN Darkpaths Coordination Network
Welcome

OK, there's an unfilled niche. Darksiders who want to communicate with others of their kind, want to be provided resources, and don't want to deal with dogma of any kind. Why should we have to pledge allegience to a philosophy? Aren't we sufficiently independant to think for ourselves? To devise our own paths.

This is what I had in mind with DCN. An organization for darksiders based on utility, not dogma. A pooling of resources, asking relatively little from it's participants and providing much. An organization for darksiders, done in a darkside manner.

Many of us seek to collaberate and communicate with other darksiders on our own terms, but resources have not been provided for this purpose. Our dark paths intersect at DCN. We provide resources and a kind of community to enable us to advance along our own spiritual paths in our own specific ways.

I started DCN for largely selfish reasons. I discovered that not only other independant darksiders felt similar urges, but affiliated individuals sought to expand their resources even farther.

This is what I felt I needed:

  1. An easy way to meet people in my region.
  2. A compendium of local and national laws involving my rights.
  3. An easy way to correspond with folks of similar interests abroad (and locally).
  4. A protocol for assembling disparite mindsets in coherent ritual.
  5. A simple protocol for resolving organizational disputes.
  6. A reading list, also in database format, with reviews of occult-related books covering broad territory.
I also felt that a darksider network environment would by it's very existence perform three very useful functions. Firstly, it would enable darksiders to stand together on common desirable goals- such as religious, expressive, and sexual freedom. Secondly, it would encourage the kind of silent aid freemasons and members of nearly every mainstream religion provide via church and synagogue socializations. In my opinion such aid should not be underestimated, as it's a key nexus where religion influences society through political and economic means. Lastly, the crosspollination would increase the overall diversity of darkside occultism, thus boosting the overall activity level and vitalizing all involved systems.

DCN is a volunteer organization dedicated to providing these resources. It's organization is simple and not spiritual in nature. The triumvirate is not a spiritual authority, but a union of those who choose to serve for mutual benefit the local and national darkside community. A national triumvirate regulates local chapters which distribute resources to the national triumvirate and back to the individual members.

The authority of each triumvir is based on a group assessment of who seems best suited to the tasks of the position. The primary position is Regional Coordinator (RC), followed by Regional Treasurer (RT), and lastly the Regional Secretary (RS).

The Regional Chapter is to provide:

  1. Local and national resource links.
  2. Local and federal laws bulletins.
  3. Regular meetings for freeform discussion.
  4. A local bulletin.
  5. Information on online access to Internet resources.
The National Organization is to provide:
  1. The DCN national resource/reading list, and a guide to maintaining a local resource list.
  2. The DCN National Member Contact Roster.
  3. The DCN Book Review Database and indexed print version.
  4. The Federal Law Overview, and a guide to maintaining and distributing State and Local Law Overviews.
  5. The national DCN Journal, and a guide to maintaining and distributing a local bulletin.
  6. The guide/bulletin for the RC, the RS, and the RT.
  7. The national DCN Internet resources.
  8. The official DCN convention, held yearly in various US cities.
  9. The IRC national coordination sessions.
  10. The internal governance document.
  11. The ritual coordination document.
  12. The official letterhead, logos, paraphernalia etc.
50% of the local dues are distributed to the national organization, and it's triumvirate.

The RC, RT, and RS can appoint short term and long term staffs as needs dictate, all of which are to defer to the general authority of the entire regional triumvirate.

No preferential treatment should be given of one perspective over another- it is the reader/listener's job to be discerning, not the coordinators (as much as is deemed practical). However, some form of recommendation resource lists to guide people to reputable (not necessarily true) information will be provided.

To facilitate trust, as much of the Network's financial records and conference transcripts will be available to fellow members as possible.

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