Location: Video Conference Room | Non-Profit Center | 89 South Street | Boston, MA 02111

Conference Call Info: Uber Conference | Join by Phone: 720-835-5603 ( PIN: 87096 )

Agenda

7:15-7:20PM – Welcome and Introductions

7:20-7:45PM – Department Report Reviews and Updates

Secretary

Treasurer

Programming

Outreach

IT

Fetish Fair Fleamarket

Chair

7:45-8:15PM – Current/Open Business

By-Law Status

Consent Violation

Open Positions

• Director of Associates
• Director of Communication
  • Social Media

Feminist & Queer Happy Hour Collaborations

IT Task List

• Website updates (Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting schedule, other?)

Outreach Advertising Opportunities

8:15-8:45PM – New Business/Open Forum

Fetish Fair Fleamarket 53

Leather Leadership Conference

Requests for NELA Funding Process/Protocol

Boston Pride 2019

Other – New topics, etc.

8:45-8:50PM – Break

8:50-9:20PM – Executive Session

 

NELA Board Meeting

October 24, 2018 7:00PM

Join Remotely:
Phone: 720-835-5603 | PIN: 87096
Computer: https://www.uberconference.com/nelaonline

Location: The Conference Center at Waltham Woods, 860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA

Agenda

7:00-7:05PM – Welcome and Introductions

7:05-7:45PM – Department Report Reviews and Updates

• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Programming
• Outreach
• IT
• Fetish Fair Fleamarket
• Chair

7:45-8:15PM – Current/Open Business

• By-Law Status
• Consent Violation
• Open Positions
  • Director of Associates
  • Director of Communication
    • Social Media
• Feminist & Queer Happy Hour Collaborations
• IT Task List
  • Website updates (Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting schedule, other?)
  • Application for Board Position: Review
• Freedom for All Massachusetts
• December Board Meeting/Associate’s Appreciation Party

8:15-8:45PM – New Business/Open Forum

• Requests for NELA Funding Process/Protocol
• Other – New topics, etc.

8:45-8:50PM – Break

8:50-9:20PM – Executive Session

Three reasons why NELA says “Yes!” to protecting transgender rights:

1. If discrimination and pain comes to one community, it hurts every community. People who are transgender are also your friends, family, and neighbors. We must stand together to protect each other.
2. The transgender community is incredibly vulnerable. They are nine times more likely to attempt suicide in their lifetime, eight times more likely to have experienced severe psychological distress in the last year, twice as likely to be living in poverty, and five times more likely to be living with HIV than the general US population. It is essential to work together to protect the rights of the transgender community.
3. It is crucial to protect the transgender community in New England because it affects transgender people everywhere. States with similar laws will see them challenged, and will hesitate to introduce new protections. If we cannot keep transgender people safe, their community will be threatened everywhere else.

Get a Great RACK w/Thista Minai & Dr. Graham

When: Saturday, September 22, 2018 12:00pm AND 2:00pm
Where: Arts at the Armory, 192 Highland Avenue #1C, Somerville, MA 02143
Purchase Tickets: NELA Tickets

In this two-part intensive, national presenter Thista Minai and infectious disease specialist, Dr. Camilla Graham, team up to help you stay risk aware in your consensual kink. They’ll give you the latest medical information to keep yourself and your partners protected with your delightful perversions.

First session (12:00pm): Discuss a variety of toys from sexy to sadistic, examine what precautions we might consider when using them, and learn how best to care for them between scenes.

Second session (2:00pm): Dive deep into medical play, exploring safety protocols and aftercare procedures for needle play, sounding, micro-branding, and more. Come learn which common kink practices help mitigate risk, which ones don’t, what might actually make things worse, and what you can do to keep your risk profile exactly where you want it.

Knowledge is sexy so let’s get busy!

When: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 | 7:00 – 9:00pm
Where: Non-Profit Center | 89 South Street | Boston, MA 02111
(2 blocks from South Station and multiple parking garages)
Join by Web: www.uberconference.com/NELAonline
Join by Phone: 720-835-5603 | PIN: 87096

7:00-7:05PM – Welcome and Introductions

7:05-7:45PM – Department Report Reviews and Updates

1. Secretary
2. Treasurer
3. Fetish Fair Fleamarket
4. Programming
5. Outreach & Diversity
6. IT
7. Chair

7:45-7:55PM – Pride Business

1. New London, CT (8/25/18)
2. Hartford, CT (9/8/18) – Ad Content?
— Worcester, MA (9/8/18)
— Vermont (9/8/18)

7:55-8:25PM – Current/Open Business

1. By-Law Status
2. Consent Violation
3. Open Positions
— Director of Associates
— Director of Communication
— Social Media Coordinator
4. Mr. Connecticut Leather
— Gift basket for Raffle
— Ad content – Done!
— NELA Contingent
— Hotel rooms

8:25-8:40PM – New Business/Open

1. Summer Flea Wrap-Up Meeting w/Hotel
2. Feminist & Queer Happy Hour Collaboration
3. IT Task List
— Website updates (Meeting Minutes, Board Meeting schedule, other?)
— Application for Board Position
— Also reference Director of IT report
4. Requests for NELA Funding Process/Protocol

8:40-8:45PM – Break

8:45-9:15PM – Executive Session