THE LEATHER LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE II (LLCll) April 17, 18, 19, 1998

SPONSORS BACK LLC2

Sponsors include many SM/Leather groups from around the country including: Black Rose, TES, GMSMA, Society of Janus, NLA-International / Living In Leather XIII, Leather Pride Night, NLA:New England, Orlando Munchgroup, Dark Shadow, Knot For Everyone, and Arizona Power Exchange.

Businesses and individuals have also rallied to support the event. They include Diversified Services / Boston Dungeon Society, Jack McGeorge, Hellfire/ Manhole, Brush Creek Media, David Samuel Menkes Custom Leather, PurplePassion, The Leather Man, London Boutique, Butchmann's, John Weis, Z Triad, Michael Horowitz / The Accounting Group, House of Inneract, CHROME, LeatherWeb, Lolita Wolf / Exemplar Printing Co., Donald & Susan Degnan - The Q's, Lucifer's Armory, Glove, Peggy aka O, Dee, Betty & Chris, Alternate Sources, Out-FM and NY Leather S/M.

Building on the success of last year's conference, LLC2 is being produced by New York S/M Activists (NYSMA), an ad hoc group of NYC s/m activists consisting of men and women of all orientations. The primary goal of the Leather Leadership Conference is to develop and strengthen leadership skills for existing and potential new leaders in the s/m-leather-fetish community. Those attending this conference will participate in a wide variety of workshops that will address skills-building topics.

Workshops for the conference may include Volunteer Management, Board Leadership Development, Public Speaking, Learning To Talk Politics, Lobbying, Seeking Diversity, Coalition Building, Advertising, Community/Grassroots Organizing, Time Management / Avoiding Burnout, Running An Effective Meeting, The Ins and Outs Of Running An Organization, and "So, You Want To Be A Titleholder."

The cost of the weekend conference is just $75 To register, make your check payable to GMSMA and write LLC2 in the memo line (LLC2 thanks GMSMA for the use of it's bank account, however this is not a GMSMA event) and mail to: LLC2, 332 Bleecker Street, #432, New York, NY 10014.

Promotional brochures (both hard-copy and on-line versions) are available. Info: http://www.mcsp.com/smcop/llc/llc.html

For any reader who wants to create change in their own life or in thier community, we invite you to share in, and contribute to, our resources, ideas, energy and vision.

Friday 7-10pm Registration, Orientation, Meet & Greet - Opening Remarks at 8:30pm

Saturday 10am-11:30am Hosting A Succesful Leather Event Coming Out Effective Presentations Effective Lobbying For Leather

Saturday 11:45am-1:15pm Organizing & Operating A Leather Group Effective Leadership How To Give A Good Interview Community Organizing

Saturday 2:45pm-4:15pm Fundraising Volunteers! Media Skills Part One Working With AVP and Police

Sunday 10am-Noon SM Education Policy Think Tank Domestic Violence & Abuse Think Tank

Sunday 10:30am-Noon History Of Our Community

Sunday Plenary 12:30pm-1:30pm Policy Presentations 1:30pm-2:30pm Ongoing Projects 2:30pm-4:00pm Community Issues & Feedbackl

Conference includes Friday Night: Snacks Saturday & Sunday Morning: Bagels, Doughnuts, Coffee, Juice Sunday: Box Lunch

Some of the non-LLC events on Saturday night include: GMSMA Dungeon Demo 3rd annual LoL Women's Play Party TES Novice Excursion to a NYC SM Club plus the regular line-up of fabulous NYC nightlife - leather bars and SM clubs....

Some Important Contacts: LLC2 Registration Coordinator: Susie Q at Kurly1264@aol.com LLC2 Housing Coordinator: Susan Wright at KBeaton919@aol.com

Lolita Wolf

Play Safe, Play Hard, and Play Real!

As for a place to stay. Contact the Chelsea Savoy at 200 W 23rd Street. I dont have the number handy but it is a decent hotel for about $132 a night. Or contack John Weis, and he may have other suggestions [212-255-4161]

Susan Wright is handling housing for LLC2. kbeaton919@aol.com