<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Dear Exiles Members and Friends,</font></div><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="sans-serif" size="2"><span style="" original_font_attr="14px" original_line_height_attr="">As of October 7th 2018, the current co-coordinator position - which runs until our next election in March, 2019 - has been vacant... But vacant no longer! </span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="sans-serif" size="2"><span style="" original_font_attr="14px" original_line_height_attr=""><br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="sans-serif" size="2"><span style="" original_font_attr="14px" original_line_height_attr="">We are excited to announce that Kea Lani has been appointed as our other Co-Coordinator! </span></font><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kea will be working alongside Ms. Cat to implement a wider outreach with focus on folks who are hugely underrepresented within our community, creating club visibility and networking opportunities, enthusiastically continuing growth of our membership, inviting newbies and alumni alike to a lineage of radical leatherwomen and leatherdykes that ARE The Exiles!</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="sans-serif" size="2"><span style="" original_font_attr="14px" original_line_height_attr="">All about Kea...</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="sans-serif" size="2"><span style="" original_font_attr="14px" original_line_height_attr="">This brickhouse of a bashful mutt dove into the BDSM scene in 2013. Becoming devoted to volunteering, Kea quickly discovering an affinity for being of service to community. They were then patched into The Exiles in 2016 where shortly after was mentored into the Public Relations and Outreach Officer position. In 2018, Kea was honored to be recognized by The SF Leather Alliance with "The Next Generation" award. Kea has served as The Exiles' PR and Outreach Officer and Doorkeeper since 2017 and is currently on the PR and Social Media team of Ms. SF Leather and IMsLBB. </span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="sans-serif" size="2"><span style="" original_font_attr="14px" original_line_height_attr=""><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2">Congratulations Kea!</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Sincerely and Respectfully in Leather,</font></div><div><span style="font-size: small;">Ms. Cat Ondriezek, Co-Coordinator </span></div><div><font size="2">The Exiles</font></div><div><font size="2">www.theexiles.org</font></div></div></div></body></html>