<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div id="yiv1902204555">Hello Exiles members,<br><br>Here's an exciting opportunity for all interested members blessed with graphic design skills! The San Francisco Bay Area Leather Alliance needs a logo. The Alliance is the new umbrella organization for our Leather Community; it was formed through the merger of The Leather Forum of SF and the SF Inter Club Fund, two long standing stalwarts of the community. The logo chosen will get a great deal of exposure in the area, as a full on branding campaign is planned and the designer will be credited with the design of the new logo in all of the campaign literature!<br><br>Anyone who is interested, please shoot me a quick email at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:membership@theexiles.org%20">membership@theexiles.org </a>so that I can be your advocate to make sure your submission is received
and considered.<br><br>Good luck!<br><br>-D.<br><br>DJ Mora<br>The Exiles, Membership Officer<br>The Exiles' representative to the SFBA Leather Alliance<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>Here's the call for proposals with pertinent info from the president of The Alliance:<br><br>Below is a list of requirements for a new logo for the SF Bay Area
Leather Alliance (SFBALA). Please feel free to forward this to anyone
you know who may have an eye for graphics and who may be willing to
make a design proposal, whether or not they are a member of one of the Alliance organizations.<br><br>The deadline for submissions is Friday March 13th, 2009.<br>Submissions should be made via email attachment to both:<br> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bootlvr@yahoo.com"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1234814551_0">bootlvr@yahoo.com</span></a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://us.mc01g.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sfdom@earthlink.net"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1234814551_1">sfdom@earthlink.net</span></a><br>with renderings in either jpeg or pdf format.<br><br>SFBA Leather Alliance
will retain all ownership/copyrights to the logo without pay, though we
will include a designer credit with all uses for 2 years as well as a
link to the designer's website/contact info (if desired). <br>The final decision on a logo will be made by the Board of SFBA Leather Alliance. <br><br>SFBALA Logo/Graphic information & requirements:<br><br>The <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1234814551_2">San Francisco Bay Area</span>
Leather Alliance is a nonprofit organization who's mission is: to
educate the community on safety and health issues, promote awareness,
and to encourage & promote the formation, growth, viability &
cooperation of member organizations within the San Francisco Bay Area
Motorcycle & Leather/Fetish communities. <br>We also provide subsistence grants to community members in financial distress due to accident or serious illness.<br>We are open to membership regardless of gender or sexual orientation.<br><br>We
are looking for a logo that can adapted to a variety of uses, from web
to printed materials to pins and patches for members. <br><br>The graphic should be <br>1. fully scalable<br>2.
reproducible in either B&W or Color<br>3. non-gender specific <br>4. not overtly sexual in nature, tho may contain adult elements - must be suitable for sponsorship solicitation<br>5. representative of our mission<br>6. graphic separable from Organization's name text for use in sponsoring materials/posters <br>7. Organization name may be abbreviated on smaller versions:<br>smallest: SFBALA<br>small-medium: SF Bay Area Leather Alliance<br><br>More information:<br>The
names we use verbally in community are primarily 'Leather Alliance' or
'The Leather Alliance'. SF and Bay Area are included in print/web uses.<br>We are interested in a design that is graphically up-to-date.<br>We
are a new organization that comes from a merger of two longterm
umbrella groups, the SF Leather Forum and the Inter-Club Fund of SF,
both of which had logos dating from the 1970s.<br><br>Our current 13 member Organizations are:<br>Alameda County Leather Corps<br>Bears of <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1234814551_3">San
Francisco</span><br>Citadel of SF men's group<br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1234814551_5">Golden Gate Guards<br></span>Journeyman III Academy<br>Leathermen's Discussion Group<br>SF Boys of Leather<br>SF Dykes on Bikes/Women's Motorcycle Contingent<br><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1234814551_4">Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence</span> SF<br>The 15 Association<br>The Defenders of SF<br>The Exiles<br>The Phoenix Uniform Club of SF<br><br>In addition, we have a number of individual community members on our Board.<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);
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