<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-d024ce46-7fff-9f5a-c37b-5ff23d2f0625"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Good evening Exiles Members!</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We’ve missed you!  Your Steering Committee has been hard at work getting</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> all our ducks in a row and are excited to update you on progress that has been made.  First and foremost, we finally heard back from the California Attorney General’s Registry of Charitable Trusts and are pleased to announce that our status has been updated and we are back in good standing.  Which means we can operate!  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A deep heart-felt thank you goes out to the Leather Cultural District. They generously paid to allow us to speak with their lawyer regarding non-profit tax law.  During this consultation, we were able to learn about the required legal paperwork to file in order to ensure that we remain in good standing as a current 501c3 non-profit charitable organization in the State of California.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">During this process with the California Attorney General's Registry of Charitable Trusts, on August 1st, we extended membership dues an additional two months, for a total of five months from when we ceased operation. As a huge thank you for sticking with us and being patient, we will not be charging for renewal membership dues again until November. At this time, you will receive an email with the opportunity to opt into a recurrent yearly payment. If you have questions regarding membership, please email our Acting Membership Director, honeycrisp, at <a href="mailto:membership@theexiles.org">membership@theexiles.org</a>.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are also excited to announce that the Secretary of State's Business Programs Division approved our application for a non-profit name change (Amendment of Articles of Incorporations)! Your Steering Committee is working hard to update all registries to reflect our corporation as </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Exiles. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Folsom is this weekend, September 23-25, and while The Exiles are not holding an event, we encourage our members to take a moment to promote and support the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1148240956043623?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22search_results%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark_search%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(74,110,224);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Playground at Folsom Street Fair</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> this Sunday from 11am-6pm PST. They are still actively looking for volunteers to help run this amazing space! </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe4h7LFQsb5HkgvKL7Ic7V6YqkpNJdTmV6nIVI3fDycZqDSng/viewform" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(74,110,224);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Click Here to Volunteer</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are looking for ways to connect to the greater community, we are happy to plug the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/742099810286838" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(74,110,224);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Women of Drummer Contest Weekend</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> that takes place September 29th - October 2nd in Ramblewood, MD. A few Exiles members are bunking together in a cabin to enjoy the contest weekend! It’s not too late to join!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are ecstatic to conduct our Beer Bust fundraiser scheduled for October 16th at the SF Eagle.  The Beer Bust runs from 3-7 PM PST, and needs hyped-up volunteers to help.  If you are interested in volunteering and coming out to support our first in person official event since returning to operations, please email us at </span><a href="mailto:exiles.cocos@gmail.com" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">exiles.cocos@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Keep your calendar open because we are jumping right back into it! November will also be kicking off our munches and programming.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">November 2nd: The Exiles Online Munch 6:30-8:30 PM PST</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">November 6th: Exiles Business Meeting 5-7 PM PST</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">November 18th: Exiles Program TBA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">November 25th: The Exiles Happy Hour 6-9 PM PST @SF Eagle</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">December 4th: The Exiles Online Orientation BDSM 101 2-4 PM PST</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are so excited to see you all again and cannot wait to reconnect, grow and thrive! Please feel free to contact us with any questions, comments, or concerns. We welcome collaborative dialogue.</span></p></span><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#9900ff"><i style="">In Leather Service,</i></font><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#9900ff"><i>The Exiles Co-Coordinators</i></font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#9900ff"><i style="">Kara & Reika</i></font></div></div></div></div>