<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><div>Next Sunday, August 9, is the Exiles New Member Orientation in Oakland. Please pass the word on to your friends and other women you know who might be interested in learning more about BDSM and/or becoming an Exiles member. Info below may be copied and pasted into an email from you -- thanks for helping us to spread the word!<br><br>Suzanne<br><br>*******************************************************************************<br><br><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana;"><font color="#000000" size="4">BDSM SAFETY: FROM TOP TO BOTTOM <br style="font-family: Verdana;"></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana;">
<font color="#000000" size="4">THE <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">EXILES</span> NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION – OAKLAND EVENT</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana;"><font color="#000000" size="4">Sunday, August 9, 2009, 2-4 p.m.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana;">
<font color="#000000" size="4">Niebyl Proctor Marxist Library</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana;"><font color="#000000" size="4">6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland</font></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana; text-align: right;">
<br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana; text-align: left;"><font color="#000000" size="4">Please contact </font><br>
</p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana; text-align: left;"><font size="4"><a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:orientationofficer@theexiles.org" target="_blank"><span>orientationofficer@theexiles.<wbr>org</span></a> <br>
</font></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana; text-align: left;"><font size="4">with any questions. <br>
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<font color="#000000" size="4">Want to know more about kinky sex? Interested in experimenting with BDSM and need some basic safety tips? Come to <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204);">the Exiles</span>' New Member Orientation on </font><font size="4"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204);">Sunday, August 9th</span>.</font></p>
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<font color="#000000" size="4">The Exiles is the SF Bay Area's premier women's BDSM organization. </font><font color="#000000" size="4">We are open to all who are 18+, </font><font color="#000000" size="4">who don't ID as male</font><font color="#000000" size="4">, </font><font color="#000000" size="4">and who have an interest in risk-aware BDSM between women. </font><font color="#000000" size="4">Attending the Orientation is a requirement for Exiles membership.</font></p>
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<font color="#000000" size="4">Our main focus is education
and safety, so if you just want some good information and aren't
interested in joining the Exiles, that's okay. </font><font color="#000000" size="4">In
the Orientation, we'll cover the basics of several different kinds of
BDSM play. While this by no means will make you a BDSM expert, we want
to emphasize that keeping you safe - and keeping those you play with
safe - is an important goal of the Exiles. <br>
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<font color="#000000" size="4">We start on time and do not admit latecomers, so please plan accordingly. The orientation </font><font color="#000000" size="4">costs
$10.00 to help with the rental cost for the room (no one turned away
for lack of funds). In exchange, we'll give you a free pass to an
Exiles monthly program. To make things faster and easier on everyone,
bring small bills if you can. You <span>must</span> bring a legal picture ID with you, for age verification.</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana;">
<font color="#000000" size="4">You don't have to be a member to attend our monthly <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">educational program meetings</span>,
held every 3rd Friday at the Women's Building in San Francisco.</font><span style="font-size: 16px;"></span><font color="#000000" size="4"> Come to learn,
cruise, and have fun. To find out more about our organization, our BDSM
Safety Essentials: Trom Top to Bottom Orientation, and to get the scoop
on our upcoming programs, please visit our website: </font><font color="#000000" size="4"><u><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theexiles.org/" target="_blank"><span>theexiles.org</span></a></u></font></p>
<font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="4"><br>The Marxist Library is
wheelchair accessible. Parking is plentiful in the surrounding blocks,
but hard to find right on Telegraph. </font><br><p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Verdana;">
<br></p><font style="font-family: Verdana;" size="4">If ASL interpretation is needed, please notify <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:orientationofficer@theexiles.org" target="_blank">orientationofficer@theexiles.<wbr>org</a> at least one week before the event.</font><br></div></div></body></html>