<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hello my fellow Exiles members!<br><br>Well, it's definitely Decem-burrrrr! And with that, comes <a href="http://theexiles.org/program.html">The Exiles' Carnal Carnival</a>! Yup, this Friday at the Women's Building on 18th Street in San Francisco.<br><br>I wanted to take a moment to confirm the location, as a number of folks have mentioned to me that they heard the Carnival would be held elsewhere this year. Not sure how that rumor was started, but rest assure, the Carnival is in our regular place for programs! <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"> </span><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" face="Times New Roman">The Women's Building,
3543 18th St., SF</font><br><br>Also, I wanted to remind everyone that if you should bring a toy or two to donate to<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"> <a href="http://www.mamasfamily.org/mamas2008toydrive.htm"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mama's Toy Drive</span></a></span>, you'll receive a free raffle ticket for EACH toy! Yay! Thanks to Vixen Creations and a host of other awesome vendors for donating the amazing prizes this year! <br><br>Lastly, nominations are currently being accepted for the<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;"> ICF Community Awards.</span> I will be at the door during the Carnival, please come by to let me know who you would like to nominate for the following:<br><br>Woman of the Year<br>Man of the Year<br>Entertainer of the Year<br>Impersonator of the Year<br><br>For each of the above, please tell me who you'd like to nominate and why (I have to put
the reason on the nomination form!) We can nominate up to 5 people in each category!<br><br>We also have some In-Town Awards:<br><br>Best Community Charity Benefit<br>Best Street Event<br>Best Bay Area Leather Contest<br>Best Bay Area Leather Event (that is NOT a Contest or Street Event)<br><br>Please stop by the table at the Carnival to let me know who you'd like to see nominated. OR... email me at <a href="mailto:membership@theexiles.org">membership@theexiles.org</a> with your thoughts. Nominations must be in by the end of the weekend!<br><br><br>Hope to see you at the Carnival, Happy Holiday Season to all.<br><br>-D.<br>DJ Mora, The Exiles' Membership Officer & ICF Representative<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>A note from Mama regarding the Toy Drive: <br><h1 align="center"><font size="3"><span style="letter-spacing: 1pt;">Note:<br>
For all toy drive events: any <u>new, unwrapped</u> toy is acceptable. We also need
gift cards to music or clothing stores for the teen group. Sorry, but <u>
we cannot take previously used toys</u>.</span></font></h1><br><br><br><em style="font-family: verdana;"><font color="#ff0000"><strong></strong></font></em><em style="font-family: verdana;"><font color="#ff0000"><strong></strong></font></em><font style="font-family: times new roman; font-weight: bold;" size="2"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span></font><font style="color: rgb(64, 0, 127); font-family: arial;" size="1"></font><br> <em style="color: rgb(64, 0, 127); font-family: verdana;"><strong><br></strong></em></td></tr></table>