LEATHER CONTINGENT
SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE PARADE
2010
Thank you for your interest in the Leather Contingent for the San Francisco Bay Area. The Leather Contingent consists of individuals and groups from the Leather and Kink Communities and their supporters from the Bay Area and further afield.
The Leather Contingent is one of the largest contingents in the San Francisco Pride Parade.
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NEXT MEETING OF THE LEATHER CONTINGENTThe next Town Hall Meeting for the 2010 San Francisco Leather Pride Contingent will be held, tentatively, on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 2:00 PM at the Eagle Tavern.
SAN FRANCISCO LEATHER CONTINGENT LEADERSHIPJay Hemphill and Michael Holeman are Chairmen of the Leather Pride Contingent for 2010.
Email contact:
Jay - cuirhomme@hotmail.com
Michael - michaelholeman@hotmail.com
Our first meeting of 2010, held on Saturday, February 6, was well attended. See the minutes below for a look at what went on at the meeting.
In Leather,
Jay Hemphill and Michael Holeman, Co-Chairmen
San Francisco Leather Pride Contingent
First meeting - Saturday, February 6
The February 2010 Leather Pride Contingent Town Hall Meeting was held on February 06, 2010, at the SF LGBT Community Center in San Francisco at 2:00 PM, and was well attended.
Welcoming remarks were given by Jay Hemphill, Chairman, and Michael Holeman, Co-Chairman.
NEW BUSINESS:Number of vehicles - Jay will need to know the number of vehicles requested by March 20, 2010, so he can let Pride know how many permits are needed. So far, requests have been put in for 3 vehicle permits. Those desiring a vehicle must provide their own vehicle, provide 4 trained wheel monitors, and a licensed driver. All current titleholders are welcome to have a vehicle. It was also decided to accept Mistress Liliane's offer to provide the pony carts again this year for the Leather Marshals. Jay will coordinate that with her.
Fundraiser - It was decided to again have a fundraiser the first of June to offset the expenses of the contingent, i. e. sound truck, sound equipment rental, registration costs, etc. Jay will contact Scott Peterson at the Powerhouse to see if we can again have it at the Powerhouse.
Leather Marshals - At the next meeting, tentatively on Saturday, March 20, 2010, nominees for Leather Marshal will be accepted. The committee voted unanimously to accept nominees only from San Francisco and the Bay Area.
The committee also voted unanimously to have our next meeting at the Eagle Tavern on Saturday afternoon, March 20, 2010, if the Eagle will allow us to do so.
The committee voted to have a better sound system than last year. Jay will go to JK Sound to reserve the sound system and investigate the possibility for that, and reserve it.
Jay will again work with Pride to set up a monitor training class at the Pride Community Center immediately following our June meeting.
Mark Paladini will serve as our SF Leather Pride Contingent parade MC.
We will again ask San Francisco Boots & Breeches to be our color guard, as they have done an excellent job for the past several years. Jay will contact them.
We would like one of the clubs to carry the banner, which leads our contingent.
The meeting concluded at 2:51 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael Holeman, Co-Chairman & Acting Secretary,
San Francisco Leather Pride Contingent
Please click on the link below to join our Parade Discussion Group, if you haven't already! In between meetings we can talk about subjects regarding the parade, Leather Contingent, etc.
Email address for Dykes On Bikes: secretarysfwmc@aol.com
Photos from the 2009 Parade and Post Parade FestivalYou Tube video of San Francisco Leather Pride Contingent in the 2009 Pride Parade:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi1a5KKd2vIPhotos from the 2008 Parade and Post Parade Festival
Photos from the 2007 Parade and Leather Alley
Photos from the 2006 Parade and Leather Alley
Photos from the 2005 Parade and Leather Alley
Sorry... no photos are available from 2002