<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4">20%</font></span></strong></p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><br></font></p><p style="text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><font color="#0000ff">Alert</font><font color="#073763">.</font><font color="#0e101a">  Alert.  </font><font color="#ff0000">Alert</font><font color="#0e101a">.  </font><font color="#0000ff">Alert.</font><font color="#0e101a">  Alert.  </font><font color="#0000ff">Alert</font><font color="#0e101a">.   Alert.</font></font></span></strong></p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Only 20% of the Exiles have voted on the Proposed Articles so far.</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Reminder: Voting Ends February 1st. </span></strong></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">We Need Your Vote!</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Voice your opinions about the Articles, the formal lifeblood of our organization! A committee of fierce brains, big hearts, and some serious cleavage came together, fought, and flirted about commas, tax law, identity, and how best the Exiles can show up to ourselves and our communities. </span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">And now it's your turn to get Sexy with Syntax and Mouthy about Membership. We NEED your voice.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://forms.gle/UgizNegBRqLBWzWe8"><b><font size="4">VOTING BALLOT</font></b></a><br></p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b>YOU MUST VOTE BY FEB 1st @</b></span><b> 5 pm PST</b></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i>Big brains are hot. </i></span></p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i>Caring about queer perverts is hot.</i></span></p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i>Voting is hot. </i></span></p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i>Therefore vote - cause YOU ARE HOT.</i> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b>THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU</b></span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">If you have any questions about voting, don't hesitate to get in touch with us at <a href="mailto:exilesarticles@gmail.com">exilesarticles@gmail.com</a></span></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">In leather,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Kara, Rio, and the Articles Committee </div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#990000"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Kara <font size="1">(she/her)</font></font><br><font size="1" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Co-Coordinator, the Exiles<br>Member of the SF Leather and LGBTQI+ Cultural District<br>Member of the Lesbian Sex Mafia<br>Ph.D. Student, Architecture and Sexuality, Princeton University </font></font><br><div><div><div><font color="#674ea7"><a href="http://theexiles.org/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">Website</a> <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">| </span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theexilessf/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">|  </span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/theexilessf" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">| </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://fetlife.com/users/2319325" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">FetLife</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">  |  </span><a href="https://www.patreon.com/theexilessf" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">Patreon</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">  </span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>