Location: Video Conference Room | NonProfit Center | 89 South Street | Boston, MA 02111

Agenda

7:10 PM – Welcome and Introductions

7:15 PM – Department Report Reviews and Updates

• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Programming
• Outreach
• IT
• FFF Con-Chairs
• Chair

7:45 PM – Current/Open Business

• Open Positions
  • Director of Associates
  • Director of Communication
    • Social Media Coordinator
    • Accessibility Coordinator
    • Pride Events Coordinator
• Board Meeting Schedule
  • June, November, December – TBD
• PRIDE Schedule

8:15 PM – New Business/Open Forum

• Seeking Associates’ feedback for activities/events
• Other – New topics, questions, concerns, etc.

New England Leather Alliance (NELA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to making a safer world for BDSM practitioners through advocacy, education, and charitable giving.

NELA organizes and hosts New England’s largest kink event: the Fetish Fair Fleamarket which brings in 3,000 attendees, 75 presenters, and 85 vendors under one roof for 48-hours of classes, shopping, and entertainment. Throughout the year NELA also puts on a smaller Fetish Fair Fleamarket, participates in numerous PRIDE events, and hosts classes and seminars throughout the region.  NELA further supports the community by sponsoring sister organizations and events such as Mr. Connecticut Leather, The Network La Red, Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Bay State Marauders, Mr. New England Leather, Rhode Island Drag Kings, AIDS Care Ocean State and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom.

NELA is a completely volunteer-based organization. All donations and income earned from events go directly to supporting NELA’s mission.

Whether you’re interested in organizational leadership, IT, accounting, education, community relations, event planning, communication, social media, photography, and/or artistic creations there can be a place for you in NELA. Giving your time and energy to an organization such as NELA that supports the kink community is fulfilling on many levels.

Effort, time, skills, patience, professionalism, dedication, and perseverance are needed to be a part of NELA to help better serve the community, build better events, and achieve its mission.

Please consider applying for one or more of the open Board of Director or Coordinator positions.

Applications will be accepted through March 31, 2019.

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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.