LLC SIX CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Subject to change without notice
Presentor	Title	Track	Type	Description	Bio
Pat Baillie  International Ms. Leather 1995	Political Activism and Titleholders	Activism	Round Table Discussion	The leather community sought the brightest, best, hunkiest and the most outgoing to create an image of what we are as a community and to take leadership positions.  This was vital in the 70's and 80's when many of the male leaders were lost to AIDS.  In 2002  there is a sense that we don't need titleholders anymore.  Look at the increasing number of contests at all levels and yet only one or two contestants compete for the title.  The most experienced leaders in our community shy away from the titleholder spotlight.  So many new titleholders are the up and coming leaders, not already established.  Their time as is spent finding a broader perspective of the leather community and defining their personal issues and passions.  Yet these titleholders are the ones who are called to represent the community and most frequently invited to be our spokespersons.  Criticism comes quickly if  they are not knowledgeable. How do we move these new titleholders into political activists?  Some are already there and just need to connect to the political part of the leather community.  Others need the chance to learn and grow.  All perspective are welcome.	Pat first connected with the leather community back in 1979 while stationed in Phoenix  Arizona.  The now disbanded Phoenix Levi and Leather club were willing to open their hearts and show this budding pervert the ropes  chains  whips  whatever.  The key for them was service - fundraising and having a good time.  She continued to work in the background of leather events while on active duty and was able to see not only traditional leather life but also what was new and growing around the country.  Once the military prying eyes were gone  Pat decided to become a more public leader in the leather community and use all those organizational skills she had been trained in for a higher purpose.  She held the title of Ms Leather Master 1995 and Ms San Jose Leather 1995.   Winning in Chicago at the first International Ms Leather (IMsL) contest produced by Amy Marie Meek/Bare Images gave Pat the opportunity to act as bridge between the first 9 and the next 5 IMsLs and gain a deeper understanding of the worldwide leather communities.  She was Pantheon of Leather's Woman of the Year in 1997 and part of Couple of the Year in 1999.      '
Richard Chatterton	SD6 - Final Rap Up from San Diego	Activism	Panel Discussion	A follow-up to the October 1999 Club X play party raid. Various presenters will give an account of what has transpired since the incident and how this has effected the San Diego Leather Community.    Patty Zwolinski will tell pre and post SD6.  Madoc Pope will present a full description of the SD6 incident; how the incident took place  what Club X did in response to the incident  and efforts that were used to raise money.  Andy Zmurkiewicz  Esq  will present his defense of the SD6 incident and how he helped revise the Club X play party entry forms. Dave Schulz will present his efforts of his continued liaison with the San Diego Police Department and the San Diego Leather community in making both parties educated and aware about safe  sane and consensual adult play. Richard Chatterton will follow-up the presentation with a full narrative of how Club X has moved forward since the SD6 incident  including various liaisons with the San Diego Police Department  the NCSF and the San Diego Leather Community.  He will also provide a summary of all the events that Club X has conducted since the SD6 incident.    Q&A to follow.	Richard Chatterton - President  Club X 2001-2002. He has been involved with the San Diego Leather community for 6 years.  Richard was instrumental in maintaining the liaison with the San Diego Vice Department in order to improve relations between the police and the leather community after the SD6 incident.    Madoc Pope - Co-Chair/President  Club X 1999-2001. He has been involved with the San Diego Leather community for well over 10 years and is a founding member of Club X San Diego  Inc.  He was Co-Chair of Club X. when the SD6 incident occurred and has presented the SD6 discussion at past LLC conferences.    Dave "Volta" Schultz; Board member of GLO San Diego and various other leather organizations around the country. This forum encourages dialogs between the police department and community organizations in an attempt to assure that unfortunate situations such as the SD6 incident do not reoccur.    Patty Zwolinski - Co-Chair Club X 1999-2001  One of the SD6.  She has been involved in the San Diego Leather Community for over 8 years and is currently a board member of LASH (Leather and Sisterhood).  Andy Zmurkiewicz  Esq., Lawyer for the SD6. He has handled a number of sexually oriented criminal cases in San Diego.
Gregg Davis	How to Change Laws and Regulations Through Effective Lobbying	Activism	Panel Discussion	'Representatives from Baltimore AT EASE and the NCSF will discuss lobbying  drawing on experience gained in dealing with various government officials in order to change law and/or public policy.'	'Gregg Davis is a founding and current member of the board of directors for Baltimore AT EASE (created in response to the closure of all Baltimore BDSM venues in November of 1999). Baltimore AT EASE successfully lobbied for changes in Baltimore City zoning regulation to allow BDSM venues to be open for business again.    Judy Guerin is the Executive Director of the NCSF.'
Uncle Kellan	"Activism on a Shoestring - Independant Activism and Unfunded Groups"	Activism	Other Lecture/workshop	'Based on personal experience of 22 years of human rights activism  kellan farshea will address the issues and problems associated with independant activism  of working within more general groups for specific issues and of how small groups of activists can work and campaign on non-existent budgets and organise themselves effectively when they have access to few  if any resources. Part lecture and part workshop  this session is aimed mainly at the isolated or independant activists  people living in small towns or in places without a formal bdsm community.  And for people who find it difficult  politically or for other reasons such as childcare or disability  to take part in formalised centralised structures. And for people looking for alternatives to the traditional committee structure'	'Kellan Farshea has been involved in human rights activism for 22 years. From peace to antifascism  housing to social care  queer/bdsm sexuality to anti-racism  he has been activly involved in grass roots political activism on wide range of issues  often working on his own within wider groups or in small local or poorly funded groups. As well as wiriting columns for various newspapers and magazines  including 2 years for ProjetX  the european queer bdsm magazine  he was press officer for ACT UP London  co-founded the UK sisters of perpetual indulgence and in 1992  aged 26  he founded The Spanner Campaign and SM Pride. He wa shortlisted in 1994 for the David Ennals/Liberty Award for "outstanding contibution in the field of human rights" coming third runner up. He was diagnosed with chronic arthritis in 1996 and lives on welfare/disability benefits. He is single and lives in London UK  with two cats and a garden'
Fetish Diva Midori	Independent Activism - or How to Raise Hell Without Attending a Single Committee Meeting"	Activism	Lecture	'Investigate and discuss the various ways in which an individual can alter the perception and treatment of sexual minorities locally and globally and most importantly  within one’s own sub-cultural groups and communities. Individuals  without office  organizational authority  or title  can have tremendous power of persuasion and change.'	"Midori a.k.a. Fetish Diva Midori    "Author of the book  The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage   Midori is an educator and writer on SM  fetish and human sexuality. Midori travels the world presenting to university  undergraduate clubs  SM clubs  and the greater society. She teaches classes as well as tutors individuals to help them improve their communications and play skills.    Born in Japan and raised in a feminist intellectual Tokyo household  she enlisted and was subsequently commissioned as a US Army Intelligence officer while earning her psychology degree from University of California  Berkeley. Active exploration and participation in the SM/Leather/Fetish communities combine with numerous years as a sex educator with San Francisco Sex Information complete the dynamic blend of experiences that give her such breadth and depth of knowledge in human erotic expression. Midori has presented at Berkeley  San Francisco State  U.C. Santa Cruz  University of Houston  Leatherfest  Black Rose  Society of Janus  The Eulenspiegle Society  Odyssey  GMSMA  LSM  Exiles  Beyond Vanilla  and more. Her writings and contributions have appeared many books and magazines.  She’s also appeared in many television  radio and live venues.
Rope Angel	What We Learned from Right-Wing Extremists	Activism	Lecture	The bondage group Michigan Rope, less than a year old  has 500+ members on its e-mail list and holds three munches per month in Southeast Michigan.  They co-sponsored two bondage workshops in 2001. In January of this year an extremist right-wing organization  the American Family Association of Michigan  targeted their planned two-day workshop,Bondage and Beyond; at which Jay Wiseman(author of Erotic Bondage; and S/M 101) and Deborah Addington (author of A Hand in the Bush) were to be presenters. The hotel canceled the group's reservation and Michigan Rope was forced to officially call off the workshop. This resulted in coverage in the local news and on TV and attention from police  and was widely discussed on the internet.  In this presentation  the leader of Michigan Rope will talk candidly about what happened  what was learned about the tactics of the far-right, what mistakes her group made,  what resources they found for support, how they brought off the workshop successfully anyway  what changes have been made in the group as a result  and how future threats from extremists like the AFA can best be handled.	'"Rope Angel" is one of the founders and leaders of the Midwest bondage group Michigan Rope. In her BDSM play she is a masochist/sub/bottom who usually answers "Tighter  please" when asked how the rope feels.  In her past life she was active in the anti-war movement during the Vietnam era and more recently in the gay rights movement.  In her vanilla life she is a financial advisor specializing in working with clients from the gay and lesbian community.  '
Andrew Park	Consent and Sex:  Your Eyes Say Yes, But the Law Says No	Activism	Round Table Discussion	As activists  one of the most difficult areas of sexual freedom policy has been the issue of consent in sexual situations.  From the San Diego Six to Attleboro to Spanner  leather sex and BDSM has been prosecuted as assault and battery by district attorneys who refuse to recognize the role of consent.  The workshop is structured around the reading of depictions of various sex acts by volunteers from the audience.    This workshop deeply examines the role of consent in sexual behavior.  This workshop will try to sort out and make sense of the different rules about consent.     This workshop asks the more important question:  What position should leather activists take?  Based on experience of having conducted this workshop before in other parts of the country  we know that the conclusions of audience members  along with areas of agreement and disagreement  might surprise us.    The workshop will indicate alliances in a sexual freedom movement  will touch on radical and liberal feminist notions of consent and autonomy  and will harken back to last century when the queer movement created institutional responses to defend its own sexual freedom.  '	'Andrew Park  former Administrative Judge  founder of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights  lecturer  Univ. Penn. Law School  a member of the Chicago Hellfire Club.  John Wirenius  Legal Counsel  NCSF  attorney in New York  counsel in case of Nitke v. U.S.  Melinda Chateauxvert  Policy Director  NCSF'
Guy Baldwin	"The Leather Restoration or Sacred Cows Make The Best Hamburger"	Community Issues	Lecture	"The Leather Restoration or Sacred Cows Make The Best Hamburger:  Re-thinking our  political and erotic goals.     Several critical assumptions have shaped our thinking and behaviors in this community since the  80's  and I  think there is ample evidence that it s past time to reconsider them for their usefulness in today s climate.  It is  my plan to briefly recount how we came to those assumptions  what strategies resulted  and then examine their  successes and failures. '	Guy Baldwin, M.S. is a Los Angeles-based psychotherapist who worked primarily with erotic minorities for 18 years in private practice.  In frequent demand as a speaker and teacher, he is primarily known for his numerous essays on the Leather/SM erotic style, many of which have been collected in his book, TIES THAT BIND.  His newest book, SLAVECRAFT, is scheduled for publication in April, 2002.  In 1989, he served concurrently as International Mr. Leather and Mr. National Leather Association. In 2001, Baldwin received both the Pantheon and Dominion Lifetime Achievement awards
Mari	Growing Roses, Thorns Optional: A Model for Nurturing Local Leadership	Community Issues	Lecture
Jack Rinella	Values: the Basis for Leather Community	Community Issues	Lecture	'A knowledge of shared our values helps bond us as a viable  if diverse community. This lecture focuses on our values as the prime force that unites us  protects us  and guides our decisions as a community. There is more to us than kinky sex. What are the values that we need to have among us  to teach our newbies  and to survive? From our common values we can derive the principles that under-gird our lifestyle and upon which we can continue to be successful.    A focus on values helps us to overcome the difficulties that we all have with rules and allows us to maintain a viable  flexible  and growing community. Values  though  are rarely passed on as such  so that over time they are forgotten  misinterpreted  or codified in such a way as to cause stagnation. What are the “Old Guard” values that helped create today’s present Leather phenomena and how can we uses them to sustain our growth?  '	'Jack Rinella  author of The Master s Manual and the forth-coming book  The Compleat Slave  is a free-lance writer  computer professional  and college instructor.  His company  Rinella Internet Services hosts his website at “http://www.Leatherviews.com.”  Born in upstate New York of Italian-American parents  he s been a high school and college teacher  a drug rehabilitation counselor  a cook  a computer salesman  a Catholic seminarian  a Pentecostal minister  an advertising copy writer  a graphic designer  and has done stints at printing  publishing  telemarketing  head-hunting  and computer consulting.   He has been active in the Leather scene since 1983  is a founding member of MAsT-Chicago  and has written extensively about our lifestyle for the past nine years. He is a weekly columnist for Gay Chicago Magazine and his writing has also appeared in Drummer  in The (San Francisco) Sentinel  and in Philadelphia Gay News.  He lives on the North side of Chicago where he passes the time writing  cruising  and falling in love whenever he can. You can contact Jack at mrjackr@Leathermail.com.  '
C. Keiki	Enough is Enough….Let s Get On With It	Community Issues	Round Table Discussion	'Lead by Keiki with support from Jeff  this Presentation/Workgroup will NOT be about gay versus lesbian versus bi versus trans versus straight versus poly. It s not about non-profit versus for-profit versus individual/personal. It s about how we  as a GLOBAL community  can come together to protect each other and our own so that we can grow as a community. How can we do that successfully? How can we stop the in fighting between various segments of the community or within segmented communities themselves? This is a PROACTIVE Round Table discussion to create a suggested list of "community standards" that can be referred to for assistance in creating SOLUTIONS.'	Keiki  after having been raised by loving parents of the 50 s that incorporated SM into their own lifestyle  considers herself still relatively new to the SM/Leather community. She s dabbled in & out of the SM/Leather scene since 1975. In 1989 she finally had a revelation for herself that enabled her to distinguish the difference between domineering and dominance  which unlocked her world to the beauty of living a SM/Leather lifestyle. Looking back as a Switch  Keiki remembers that she had spent much of life frustrated prior to this revelation and in terms of SM and any form of power exchange for herself. In July of 1998  Keiki met a wonderful Dominant/Top  known as Master Shaman online  who became her Master/Owner/Husband and who allows her to fulfill her own Topping needs.  "The last four years"  Keiki says  "our lifestyle family  their support and all their hard work is what has truly taken BDSM-Village from a little personal web page back in 1998 to what it is today  a legitimate business in the community  dedicated to the community  created by the community  and focused on supporting the community".'
Rick Storer	Dont Throw it Away! -Archiving for the Leather Community	Community Issues	Lecture	'The session will present the who  what  why  where and how of archiving the history of leather clubs and businesses.  The presentation wil begin with the uses and importance of archiving.  Some archiving theory will be discussed  but the majority of the time will be spent on  "getting your hands dirty" practical archiving techniques.  Issues and problems specific to our community  such as confidentiality and resource restraints  will be discussed.  The presentor will talk about a final resting place for the archives  such as the LA&M and other institutions.  A kit for leather leaders to take back to their communities will be distributed.  Time will be allotted for Q&A.   '	'Rick Storer is the Executive Director of the Leather Archives & Museum.  Rick replaced Joseph Bean as the director  and learned much of his archiving know how from Mr. Bean.  Before joining the staff of the LA&M  Rick spent several volunteer years managing the vertical files there.  Rick has lived in Chicago for 12 years  and  is an active member of its leather community.  He has created his own personal archive of leather people  places and events.  In addition to the LA&M   Rick has enjoyed working with IML  MAsT  and playing with Chicago Hellfire Club.  Rick is partnered with his slave  jeffrey.    Robert Ridinger is the co-founder and secretary of Trident International - Windy City.  He is also the historian for Trident International and the Mid American Conference of Clubs.  Robert has an M.A.  Anthropology  Case Western  1976.  He has written extensively in the field of gay and lesbian studies and on the leather community. Currently Rob is a Board Member of the Leather Archives and Museum.  '
Tristan Taormino	The "T" in Community: Trans Inclusion in "Same Sex" Spaces	Community Issues	Panel Discussion	"Same sex" space has been vital and important to gay  lesbian  bisexual  and queer leatherpeople. The emergence of a vocal  visible transgendered   community problematizes the whole concept of "same sex." What criteria is used to determine sex and gender --- is it pre-op, post-op, self-identification, the gender on one s driver's license? What do trans people do when they want to participate in women's or men's spaces  organizations and parties? What issues do leatherfolk face when we open "same sex" space to transfolk?'	'Tristan Taormino is the author of Pucker Up: A Hands-on Guide to Ecstatic Sex  and The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women. She is a columnist for The Village Voice  teaches sexuality workshops nationwide  and co-produces play parties for women and trannies in New York City. Her official web site is www.puckerup.com.    JB is a gay non-trans identified leatherman who has been part of the BDSM community since his "coming out" in 1985.  JB is currently Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Wetspot  Seattle s Sex Positive Community Center. He is a member  and serves on the Education Committee of Seattle Men in Leather.     Jack Rinella  author of The Master s Manual and the forth-coming book  The Compleat Slave  is a free-lance writer  computer professional  and college instructor.  His company  Rinella Internet Services hosts his website at http://www.Leatherviews.com. He has been active in the Leather scene since 1983  is a founding member of MAsT-Chicago  and has written extensively about our lifestyle for the past nine years.    More bios TBA'
Graylin Thornton	Leading the Leather World as a submissive	Community Issues	Lecture
Mindy Chateauvert	How to Strategize Effectively	Organizational Management	Other Workshop	How to Strategize Effectively    In this workshop  we'll turn ideas into strategically effective action plans. Designed for community activists, for title contestants (and judges) or for anyone with a dream, the workshop shows how to turn vague and idealistic ideas into become programs that really work. We'll review a variety of tactical methods from service programs and public education to self-help initiatives and political advocacy. We'll also debate short-term versus long-term political and social goals  and discuss strategic coalition-building  and fundraising and funding issues. The goal of this workshop is political empowerment so that we can win real improvements in people s lives.    "How to Strategize Effectively" looks at how you can do something and how to do it well.  Running for a leather title? How can you use your title year resourcefully? If you're a contest judge, how do you tell whether a contestant's plans are realistic or idealistic?  This workshop is for anyone who wants to see their ideas or their dreams become reality.'	Mindy is Public Affairs Director for NCSF,  a board member of the LA & M,  Among Friends  Inc. of Washington  D.C.  and President of the NCSF-Foundation. She is also a professor of African American Studies at the University of Maryland College Park  where she teaches  community organizing  public policy  civil rights  and sexuality. In her spare time  she consults as an expert educational/historical witness for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.    At NCSF  Mindy coordinates public policy programs according to the directives of community members from the SM/leather/fetish and alternative sexuality communities. Since joining NCSF as Public Affairs Director in 1999  she has traveled extensively to promote the organization's Law Enforcement Outreach Project and encouraged the formation of grassroots response coalitions to fight government harassment and unfair prosecution of alternative sexual communities in Baltimore  Maryland  Washington  D.C.  and Attleboro  Massachusetts. In 1999  she was a member of the historic NOW S/M Policy Reform Project that abolished the national feminist organization's homophobic anti-SM lesbian rights resolution. Club affiliations include the SikFux  ECBN  NLA-New Orleans  and the Philadelphians.'
Will Clark	Fundraising 101	Organizational Management	Lecture	'Will Clark  producer of the annual fundraiser  The Bad Boys Pool Party shares the ins and outs of producing a complicated event that includes stars  sponsors  local advertising  working within the non profit s budget and non for profit guidelines and various other constraints and still make it fun and profitable. '	'Originally starting out in the XXX industry as talent in front of the camera  Will Clark has successfully made the transition to columnist  party planner  activist and fundraiser. Five Bad Boys parties in four years have raised nearly $100k for Aid for AIDS and garnered national attention in the gay media.     Clark has been involved with the leather community since before he was awarded the title of Mr. Northeast Drummer 1997 and has thrown successful events at the Lure in NYC  Daddy s in San Francisco  the Gauntlet and Faultline in LA as well as making appearances at various leather bars and sex clubs as host  producer and entertainment in Detroit  Chicago  Seattle  Atlanta  Washington DC  Berkeley and many more. '
Jonathan Krall	Practical Policies and Successful Models for Democratic SM Organizations	Organizational Management	Lecture	In a democratically run BDSM organization priorities must include Openness for the members   Cooperation between the staff and the group  leaders  and Community support for the  organization.  Failure in any one of these areas  can significantly damage the organization.  Topics include safety and comfort  policies for group members  effective policies for  elected directors and appointed staff leaders   e-mail list policies for limited decision-making  and effective communication  and policies for  building mutual support with other groups in the  local community.  Much of the material for this talk  comes from the author s work with the Baltimore  Educational and Social Society (BESS)  which was  organized using materials presented at past  Leather Leadership Conferences.  BESS is a unique  group in that its elected leadership is distinct  from its appointed and somewhat independent staff.  Perhaps more importantly, BESS has a policy of codifying its policies and  procedures into "team handbooks" to facilitate  consistency and simplify the inevitable process of  staff turnover.  BESS has agreed to  make these handbooks available for other organizations  to use.'	'Jonathan Krall is a founding member of BESS   (www.bess-md.org)   Black Rose (www.br.org)  and   DCSMA (www.dcsma.org). He co-authored the Black   Rose Guide to Organizing a Leather Group  and has presented lectures at each of the past   four Leather Leadership Conferences.  He received   the Pantheon of Leather Mid-Atlantic Regional Award   for 2000.      Krall s past volunteer work includes service as  Board Member (1988-89)  Equipment Czar (1994)  and  Corporate Vice President (1998-2000) for Black  Rose  Board Member (1997-99) and Spokesperson  (1998-2000) for DCSMA  and Lobbyist (1997-98) and  Deputy Executive Director (1998-99) for the NCSF.     Jonathan Krall has lectured on SM-leather-fetish  topics throughout the US and has engaged in many  other projects  such as helping to organize a  seminar series for prospective Pro Dommes.     He presently serves as Director and Corporate Team  Leader for BESS  Group Liaison for Black Rose   Webmaster for DCSMA  and spends way too much time   on the sm-act e-mail list. '
Alan, Esq.	Large Event Planning:  Hard Lessons Learned from TES30.	Organizational Management	Lecture	In August of 2001  The Eulenspiegel Society celebrated its 30th anniversary  by hosting an event which boasted having 1 500-2 000 attendees at a large convention center in Central N.J.  During the first evening  the event was "visited" by numerous uniformed and non-uniformed members of the local and New Jersey State Law Enforcement.  As a result of this visit  State Police officers videotaped attendees in the midst of their scenes  so as to gather evidence of violations of the Alcohol Beverage Commission administrative code.    While the event was not shut down as a result of these violations  the raid served to embarrass hundreds of people  as well as harm the reputation of the event  and the organization of TES  itself.  As a result of this event  many people chose to leave the organization  and the organization became embroiled in potential criminal and civil liability.      This raid could have easily been avoidable.  With sensible and logical planning  it should have been avoided.      The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the mistakes that led to these events  and how those mistakes could have been avoided.	Alan  Esq.  formerly TES  Corporate Secretary  is presently the Parliamentarian of TES  which is a non-voting member of the Board of Directors  and Presiding Officer.  He has served on the TES Board for over 3 years  and been a member for over 5 years.    Alan is an attorney who recently passed both the New Jersey and New York Bar Examinations  and is licensed to practice law in both jurisdictions  .  In recent years  he has worked as counsel for TES in various legal matters including it s recent lawsuit in which a formal disgruntled member unsuccessfully attempted to obtain a copy of TES  Membership List.    Originally  Alan served as the Legal advisor for TES30.  He was dismissed from the position by the Executive Director of TES30  a decision ratified by the TES Board of Directors.  On the day of the TES30 raid  Alan was asked by the TES30 Executive Director to serve as a representative to the Local and State Authorities  which he did.  Now  he helps coordinate the post-TES30 legal matters  and serves informally as Counsel and liaison between the TES Board of Directors and TES  outside counsel.  '
Bob "Puppy" Pedder	Organizational Structure: The Concept of Community Consensus	Organizational Management	Round Table Discussion	A spirited discussion compares two different gay male leather organizations in Boston.  A look at the mistakes made in the late 80's by the presenter who attempted to enforce membership involvement through mandated requirements.  This historical perspective will be compared to a new organization that has adopted a different form of volunteerism and management called --- Community Consensus.  We will evaluate the pros and cons of membership requirements.  Discussion will focus on club missions and goals  by-laws  organizational structure  communication  and meeting formats.  How do we focus on the issues and avoid conflict and political maneuverings?  Attendees will discover ways to build bridges and remain positive while managing the personal agendas of individual members.  Respect  recognition and celebration are the key ingredients to the successful implementation of "community consensus"'	Puppy has been involved in leather community events and activities in Boston since 1984.  He was program director of Dreizehn  Boston s SM fraternity in the late 1980 s and has served as president of the brotherhood  a gay leathermen s social/play group since 1990.  He won the title of Mr. Boston Leather in 2000 and went on to win International Mr. Leather 2000 second runner-up.  He is a member of the Berlin Leather Fetish club and visionary founder of the Leather Friendship Fund.  His current project is the creation of the New England Council of CLubs & Organizations (NECCO).  I was born in Fall River  Massachusetts in 1956.  In 1995  I was diagnosed with AIDS and lost most of my vision from CMV infection.  I have stage managed most of Boston's major leather contests since 1988.  My life-partner Michael and I celebrate our 11th anniversary this past January.  My top  who is also responsible for naming me puppy  is Frank Theis from Philadelphia.  I enjoy some close brotherly friendships such as John (a confidant and second-lover) and my whip buddy and little brother Dan and my new boy Russ.'
John Weis	Volunteers -- We Cant Do It Without Them!	Organizational Management	Lecture	From envelope stuffers to board chairs  volunteers are the lifeblood of our organizations.  We'll look at ways to recruit  motivate and retain volunteers at all levels of commitment.'	John Weis is the founder of the Leather Leadership Conference and serves as its chairman.  He is also a board member of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom Foundation.  He's a past president and past chairman of Gay Male S/M Activists and is the founder of the organization's outdoor street festival  Folsom Street East.  Through his work with these organizations and others  he's fighting to make the world a safer place for those exploring the sexual frontier.'
Gina	So You Want to Host A Big Event -  Some Practical Advice	Organizational Management	Lecture	'So your group is thinking about hosting a big event!   Maybe you went to Black Rose or TES30 and you re thinking that you could host an event like that on a smaller scale!       As Kelly and Gina work on their third Ohio Leather Fest  get their real advice and information on how to deal with vendors  how to get your speakers  how to find a place to have your event  and how to get people to come!  Everything from feeding your staff and making sure they get enough sleep  to how to guess-timate how many attendees you can expect.    This workshop will not focus on the legal issues of running a large event  but the reality of the amount of work  the hours and the people involved.  We re not here to discourage you from running your own event  just to talk about some of the issues you might not have thought about when you first thought about hosting a large event!  An honest perspective from two people who ve learned as they went.    '	'Kelly and Gina are co-chairs for the Ohio Leather Fest.     Kelly is currently CEO of Mid Ohio Rose and Leather  a BDSM group located in Columbus  Ohio that Gina serves as Educational Officer for.      Gina is also past CEO of MORAL  and co-founder of the Central Ohio Spanking group  a member of Black Rose  a past member of NLA  and presenter for local workshops on caning and spanking.'
CuirAngel	Serving Our Communities by Educating and Caring for the Newcomers.	Outreach	Round Table Discussion	'Every month groups through out the world receive inquiries from dozens of people wanting information about some aspect of SM or DS or Fetish. Most of the seekers have never experienced a full healthy kinky relationship and when they reach out into our communities cause problems or even more often get hurt. Commonly  their misconceptions and goals spring from classical fiction  abusive partners  lifetimes of fantasizing in their heads  or slanted Internet information  which provides a limited scope of what we do  if not a totally wrong picture. We have the power to change this. This round table workshop will discuss existing successful programs and draw together the available options for groups and individuals to take a proactive stance in educating and equipping the newly arrived to have the best time possible  and so we may enjoy them as well.'	'CuirAngel is the co-founder and co-leader of the monthly San Francisco based BDSM Newcomers  Discussion Group  founder of RSA (Rope Sluts Anonymous) which does not promote recovery  past membership secretary and orientation director for the Society of Janus  and registrar for both LLC III and the Society of Janus’ 25th Anniversary in 1999. A rope slut  Angel has never met a piece of rope for which she couldn’t envision an erotic purpose. She wears  teaches and promotes rope bondage.'
Pete Fitz - Mr LA Leather 2001	Leather Contests as Outreach	Outreach	Panel Discussion	'This panel of titleholders  facilitated by author and International Mr Leather 1989 Guy Baldwin will discuss the facets of service to the leather community through leather titles.  This will include the new induction of titleholders  their service to charitable and philanthropic concerns and education about safe  sane and consensual BDSM play. Also on the panel  International Ms. Leather 2002 Jo Blas  Mr LA Leather 2001 Pete Fitz and California Leatherman 2001-02 Kevin Casey. '	'This respected panel of leather titleholders discuss thier experience and insight regarding the experience of leather titleholdership as it concerns outreach to the community - both to contestants and the communities they serve.'
Phillip Wolf aka Boymeat	The Next Generation (TNG) - Groups for People Under 35	Outreach	Lecture	'TNG (The Next Generation) groups are beginning to pop up across the country. These are groups designed to create safe spaces for the younger members of our community (under 35) to explore SM/Leather/Fetish urges. This class  taught by one of the co-creators of the idea  and a co-chair of TES-TNG  will demonstrate why such groups are needed  and how to organize it.'	Phillip Wolf  aka Boymeat  is a 25 year old bisexual poly switch from NYC. Although he is known for his large appetite for play and fun  he is also a strong volunteer in the SM/Leather/Fetish communities. Boymeat was one of the creators of the original TNG concept. In addition  he is the co-founder of two TNG groups (TES and GMSMA). In short  he is truly committed to meeting the needs of the younger generations of our community. In addition  Boymeat sits on the Leather Pride Night organizer committee  and is a staff member of the NCSF. A former TES board member  he is an active volunteer for the group. '
Jack Rinella	Managing a Successful Web Presence	Outreach	Lecture	'The Internet is a powerful tool for communicating with the world. Jack will share the experiences of his five year presence on the Internet. His website www.LeatherViews is a nationally-acclaimed source for information about SBSM. His Company  Rinella Internet Services hosts over 80 websites  many offering alternative lifestyle products and experiences. His weekly e-zine  LeatherViews goes out to more than 1 800 readers a week. He is also a founder and creator of www.KinkyBooks.com. From his Internet experiences he will share ideas on how to create  publicize and maintain a web presence for your organization or group. He will discuss web sites and their hosting  design and maintenance issues  newsgroups and newslists  e-zines  and chat rooms. He will also share ways to “market” your group over the Internet.'	Jack Rinella  author of The Master s Manual and the forth-coming book  The Compleat Slave  is a free-lance writer  computer professional  and college instructor.  His company  Rinella Internet Services hosts his website at “http://www.Leatherviews.com.”  Born in upstate New York of Italian-American parents  he's been a high school and college teacher,  a drug rehabilitation counselor,  a cook,  a computer salesman,  a Catholic seminarian,  a Pentecostal minister,  an advertising copy writer,  a graphic designer,  and has done stints at printing  publishing  telemarketing  head-hunting  and computer consulting.   He has been active in the Leather scene since 1983,  is a founding member of MAsT-Chicago,  and has written extensively about our lifestyle for the past nine years. He is a weekly columnist for Gay Chicago Magazine and his writing has also appeared in Drummer  in The (San Francisco) Sentinel  and in Philadelphia Gay News.  He lives on the North side of Chicago where he passes the time writing  cruising  and falling in love whenever he can. You can contact Jack at mrjackr@Leathermail.com.    '
Bill S.	College Outreach - What Works/What Doesn t	Outreach	Panel Discussion	'We change the world one mind at a time.  Where can we make the biggest difference in educating the non-scene community?  We believe that it is at the College level.  Here there is a maturing group of young adults who for the most part are just learning all about sexually.  We believe that this is where our community can have the greatest impact.  This is our unique opporunity to get our mesage out.  But it is critical how that message is delivered.    The members of this panel have spoken at over two hundred and fifty different college classes in the last 20 years.  Sometimes we have spoken together  but most time we have spoken with a vast array of other community members.  Most of the time the cemistry of the different panel members has been very good  occassionally it has not been so good.  We bear first hand witness to the good and the bad.  We wish to share our experiences with you so that you also can learn.'
Lorelei Shannon	Your Organization s Website	Outreach	Lecture	'Does your group  club or organization have an effective internet presence?  Experienced webmaster Lorelei will  discuss website problems for BDSM/fetish groups: meta-tag and searchword conflicts  common errors on outreach websites  problems with displaying images  content issues  updating  linkrot  URL rot  webhosts  and more.  Q&A time will be included.'
Ms Cynthia	"Mentoring- As a Group and As an Individual"	Outreach	Lecture	'On a 10 journey to mentor  teach and encourage others to express themselves  Ms Cynthia has had multiple opportunities to influence our community. How did she rise to the occasion and how did she pick herself up when she fell. How do you encourage others to become involved? What can you as a group leader do to mentor within your organization? What can you as an individual accomplish in this area? How has our community changed over time to meet the needs of the changing community?  '	Ms Cynthia   Aka   CM Hurt  Cynthia s involvement in our community extends to many areas. She has presented educational programs for bdsm/leather organizations all across the country.She has presented at are; Threshold (L.A.)  TES (NY)  APEX (Phoenix)  Society of Janus (San Francisco)  Avatar (L.A.)  Black Rose (D.C.)  NOPE (New Orleans)  Rubicon (New Orleans)  LA RAWW (L.A.)  Differences (S.F.)  OCLA (L.A.)  Club X (S.D.) Atlanta Bash at Sanctuary (Atlanta)  SM Odyssey (San Jose)  Wikked Women (P-Town)  Cat s House (Sacramento) and she has been a panel member at several national conferences. She teaches a series of on going bdsm/leather related Workshops at her studio for interested members of her local community.     She holds the position of Coordinator with Threshold in Los Angeles. She also served as a Senior DM for several years and as the Outreach Chair for Threshold for two years prior to her current position. She has written for Threshold s newsletter  Submissions  for 5 years. Cynthia currently serves on the board of The Leather Leadership Conference  Inc. as the Secretary and was one of the original founders of  ELF (Educational Leather Forum) in southern California.  '
maggie Allen	Cracking Open Breaking Up	Personal Skills	Round Table Discussion	What we often neglect at the beginning of a new relationship is a vision of its end.  Many of us are familiar with negotiation in the leather community.  It is a process of clarifying needs and expectations at the beginning of a relationship. Just like negotiating play  negotiating break-ups (or changes in the original intention of the relationship) is a fluid strategy for managing the chaotic realm of human feelings.     In a ninety-minute round table discussion we will lay out a model for negotiating these periods of change.   How do we change an agreement?  Who gets told, who tells?  What will the transitional period look like?  Will a ritual mark the change? This will include a discussion about identifying transformation as it emerges  determining expectations and responsibilities  breaking-up when you are in a position of leadership  and managing change within organizations.  Most importantly  we will discuss how to work these understandings into a relationship at the beginning  when communication is strong  instead of trying to answer these questions in crisis.'	slutmaggie is a blonde-bi-mostly-bottom-sometimes-cross-dresser-top-radically-honest-slut. In November 1997  maggie stumbled into a party in Denver and found her home. Since then  she s been active in the Denver community in a variety of organizations  including Uncommon Ground  PEP  COLLAR  b.e.g. and D.O.M.  Thunder in the Mountains has used maggie’s talents as Volunteer Director to organize and direct their 100+ volunteer staff.  Recently  maggie was one of six faculty of the Rocky Mountain Leather Leadership workshop. maggie has also represented her tribe by serving as Ms. Leather Colorado 2001-02.    maggie has a condition known as multiple personality order.  At last count  she’s discovered 13 personas residing in her skin  with different names to go with many of them (maggie… slutmaggie… slavemaggie… puta… slutprincess… Maggie  Sir… Max…).  Her bottom side is most experienced  and enjoys heavy humiliation scenes  canes and service  but has yet to find any areas of play that don’t make her panties wet.  Her Top side is less than a year old  and enjoys hurting boys and girls and making them suffer.  Her tag line is “Lover of Lust  Leather & Laughter” and she can often be heard giggling in the dungeon  in the midst of heavy pain scenes (top or bottom).    In her corporate drag  maggie is an attorney  specializing in employment  construction and OSHA law.   '
Naria Bullock Jordan  Ms. San Diego Leather 2002	"Nuturing The Spirit-Avoiding Organizing Burnout"	Personal Skills	Lecture	'"Nuturing The Spirit-Avoiding Organizing Burnout:  An  Organizers/Activists Guide To Inner Renewal Through Self-Care."    "Burnout" is *rampant* in the Progressive Queer organizing community.  Whether one is a volunteer organizer/activist  or a professional Queer   doing the work of social justice/progressive change is often times a  highly charged experience emotionally  mentally  intellectually  and  especially physically and spiritually.  All too often this is manifested  in organizers/activists by being stressed out  wrung-out  bitter  and  disillusioned--and sadly  on just about every level of their lives.  This workshop seeks to address these issues by providing the  organizers/activists  with the tools to transform their lives through the principles of "Sacred  Pampering".  (Sacred defined as "highly valued and worthy of respect").   Sacred Pampering stresses the importance of integrating joy into ones  life through "self-care" first--doing the things that brings one joy  in life--with the reasoning being that if one has balance in life  the  happier and more productive they are in the long run  both professionally  and personally.  Participants will share their stories  engage in various  exercises  and experience a new way of thinking and being.  '	Naria Bullock Jordan  Ms. San Diego Leather 2002    Naria Bullock Jordan is a Filipino/Mexican Queer organizer who came  up in the Old Guard traditions  and has worked in the Feminist   Progressive Queer political and SM/Leather communities for 20 years.    A native of Southern California  Naria considers herself a transplanted  San Diegan  where she has lived for the past 3 years.  She returned to  San Diego after doing an 8-year stint in Washington  DC.  Her work in  DC included Queer/Progressive and SM/Leather political organizing on  the local and national levels.    Naria was co-founder of Lesborados and S/Mazons  two women s SM groups  that were based in the DC metro area.  She is currently a member of  L.A.S.H.(Leather  and SisterHood)  the San Diego women s Leather club where she serves  on the Executive Committee as the groups Outreach Coordinator and she  is also the facilitator of the monthly Women’s Leather Rap.  She has  also spent a year each in the lovely cities of Chicago and Boston  where  she created mischief and mayhem!  A writer  national speaker   and Radical Sex Perv Daddy  Naria is a relentless sex educator  a misunderstood  yet flaming Pisces  absolute true Tiger  and always enjoys pushing the  envelope--as often as possible!    '
Ladee	"Whats In It For Me ... or ... Exploring Your  Bad  Side "	Personal Skills	Other Experiential	I don t know about your mom  but mine taught me that if I really want to GET something  I had to give something. Unfortunately  she left out a few key points. Like ... if you don t ask for what you want  you probably WON'T get it. And in order to ask for what you want  you have to know what it is you DO want.     So  you ve become a community leader  and you re out there  being a "good little girl or boy" giving and giving and giving ... and expecting something back. But SURPRISE! What you get s NOT what you expected. This experiential workshop will give you tips on GETTING what you want out of the experience  by being "bad" once in a while.     Much of this workshop will be based on Cameron Tuttle s  "Be a Bad Girl .. A Journal." Be prepared to WORK in this session ... this is a "hands-on" workshop.'	Ladee is a motivating force in helping people recognize their inner strength, and personal acheivement goals. She has a knack for helping folks realize what "makes them tick"  ... in their everyday life and fantasy world. Her greatest insights are recognizing others' strengths and inspiring the spirit. Her sage efforts in personal growth have brought many to powerful, rewarding relationships and career paths. Ladee has been involved in the San Diego Leather community since the early 1990's, helping to build the reputation of Club X and Leatherfest. She is a creative, enthusiastic participant in the Leather Community, and has recently discovered that she doesn't always need to be "a good little girl" to get what she wants in life.
Master Skip	"Heart Speak"	Personal Skills	Other interactive	'Every change in our lives--large or small--is a grieving experience.  Left unresolved  grief hinders our ability to communicate openly and honestly.  Instead  our interpersonal communication becomes flat and lifeless  resulting in an emotional disconnection from family  friends and co-workers.  Through a brief lecture and discussion  guided meditation and a simple yet moving written exercise  each participant will discover the healing wisdom bequeated to them by their loss experiences  remove the emotional barriers preventing them from being fully present in the moment and regain the ability to speak straight from their heart. '	'Skip Chasey (a/k/a Master Skip) spoke as an openly gay leatherman to a crowd of almost one million people at the Millenium March on Washington.  He has presented workshops on SM and spirituality at Avatar (where he is an active member)  Threshold  Orange Coast Leather Assembly and the Southwest District Conference of Metropolitan Community Churches.  At the invitation of his friend SlaveMaster  Master Skip co-facilitated "Path of the Obedient Heart " a series of retreats for leatherfolk and others open to utilizing SM practices as a tool for spiritual evolution.  Last year  Master Skip facilitated the Master/slave panel discussion at Club X LeatherFest  and participated on the leather spirituality panel as well.  He is a core instructor at Butchmanns SM Academy in Tucson  a frequent presenter at OCLA s annual "Sampler" weekend in Palm Springs and a regular instructor at the monthly Avatar "Leather Lab" in North Hollywood.  A certified Grief Recovery (tm) counselor  Master Skip lives in Los Angeles  where he heads a family of spiritually focused leathermen.'
Annie's girl sheryl	Leading as a submissive: On Being Heard from Our Knees	Personal Skills	Lecture	According to the  American Heritage® Dictionary a leader is one that leads or guides; who is in charge or in command of others; whereas a submissive is one who is inclined or willing to submit; to yield or surrender (oneself) to the will or authority of another. These terms appear to be conflictual. Respected authors have written about the strength of submission. Submissives are no longer viewed as weak willed; but skillful  graceful givers of their will. We are taking on and being appointed to higher levels of leadership. This lecture will focus on the submissive as a leader: how we lead  what we do  and how we manage the conflict of being a submissive leader.  Situations arise that are uncomfortable for many. Imagine the conflict for one who is innately submissive. These issues will be addressed in this presentation as well as time for opinions  comments  questions from the workshop participants.  '	Annie's girl sheryl holds a Ph.D in psychology and belongs to Ms. Annie Romano-Blas  Ms. World Leather 2001.  she found her leather sisters 11 years ago in a book hidden on a back shelf. It caught her attention merely for the boldness of the title  "Macho Sluts".     she moved from the world of the written word to that of cyber as the online community unfolded in the early 90's. It was her first experience of the leather community becoming divided and distracted. The debate between the online and real/time communities regarding what was "real" created rifts that lasted years.     In 1996 she moved to San Diego and mustered the courage to immerse herself in the real/time community. It was through all these experiences she found herself being called into a leadership role.    She was a participant on the women s submissive panel at San Diego Pride 2001 at the "Realm of the Leather Spectrum". served as a volunteer and panelist at LeatherFest XI  and judges girl for both the 2001 Ms. San Diego Leather and Knight of Leather Contests. she is a member of various clubs and organizations including LASH  Club X  and an associate member of the San Diego Boys of Leather.
Will Hildreth	Interpersonal Skills for Leather Leadership	Personal Skills	Lecture	Whether elected  selected or chosen as group leaders “by default” we often arrive in our roles with less than defined ideas of how to lead effectively.  Cultivating a mission for the group requires listening  letting go of our preconceived expectations  and stepping outside the “ego box” to find effective tools to really hear our constituents and therefore serve our community.     Organizations are colored by the tone of their leadership.  Helping an organization grow and flourish requires a defined purpose  honoring volunteers / members and therefore inspiring them to contribute to the group’s goals.      Leadership in the leather community can be a difficult matter because the dialectic of control / being controlled which many of us eroticize is often not the most effective way to lead groups.  The talk / discussion will attempt to identify common pitfalls and strategize ways around them in order to lead more effectively.   '	'Winner of the Pantheon of Leather 2000 President’s Choice Award for service to the leather community  he produced the American Uniform Association Review in Los Angles in 1999. Co-Owner of LA Pump distributing and leathersextoys.com  he serves on the boards of the LA Leather Coalition  and as Webmaster for Avatar Los Angeles. He has been Commander of the Regiment of the Black and Tans several times  and has also served the Regiment as Treasurer  Vice-Commander  Corresponding Officer and Webmaster as well.  He produces numerous events both within and outside of the leather community  and works with volunteers in many aspects of his life.  '
Frank Strona	Establishing Successful Guest Presenter Based Programs; Your Role as a Program Director	Personal Skills	Lecture	Through out the country most clubs  groups and agencies now identify a particular individual or team that will tackle the task of identifying presenters for Educational and Informative programs.  This lecture will assist the PD in the techniques and skills helpful to establishing successful programs and enticing top-level presenters while meeting the needs of the community  the limits of the venue and desires of the hosting group.    Wolfe and Strona two of the country's most respected leather/fetish activists and educators will offer the techniques that can help make for a clear and content driven program.  Topics covered will include; Investigating target population needs  recruitment of presenters  negotiation of content and compensation. Examples of contract and agreements letters and the role they can play in planning your program.   '	'Frank Strona is an expericed trainer  writer and speaker whose professional focus is on improving sexual expression in all forms. Frank has presented workshops on subjects ranging from SM burnout and body awareness topics to Substance Abuse Recovery to HIV/STI Harm reductions strategies. He is also a specialty educator and contracts with state and federal agencies seeking to reach hard to access populations. He travels nationally and internationally presenting workshops on the importance of increased information on improving sexuality  harm reduction and HIV education and has specialized in customized programs dealing with SM relationships  theory  and techniques to men and women one-on-one  in couples  and in groups.  Frank has dedicated his life to mentoring men and women in topics like intimacy  breaking taboos and fear  boundaries  communication  fetishes  dating  sex parties  and monogamy. Frank can be reached through www.mentorsf.com  '
MRNJLeather2002  rob carabelli	Changing Negative Stereotypes: A Proactive Aprroach	Public Relations	Round Table Discussion	Changing Negative Stereotypes: A Proactive Approach.  I will begin with the history and give examples of theses stereotypes. Next  I will discuss the psychosocial harm these stereotypes perpetuate--particularly in youth. Finally  i will discuss several proactive measures which we can do right now to overturn these stereotypes. First  is a media response team. Local leather clubs and organizations could have a task force who responds to the media immediately whenever a stereotype is perpetuated. Educating media with facts about gay-bashing and discrination can add credence. Second  is the establishment of a national "Sexual Freedom Month". This could bring awareness to the problem and provide outreach to those experiencing the impact of negative stereotypes. This utilizes the idea of a state-by-state proclaimation of any health related issue. I  will discuss my experience in developing another national health month and give recommendations on how this can be done including a budget.Thirdly  i will discuss education through lecturing on the college campuses and gay community centers.	'Rob Carabelli is MRNJLeather2002 and a member of Defenders-Philadelphia and Promethean Guard-NJ. He is a medical doctor who practices pain management and alternative therapies in NJ. He is a Assistant Professor with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ and has published numerous articles and a textbook chapter in pain management. He also has an article for submission in International Leatherman.'
Jake Danger