Community participation is essential to the success of the Cultural District.
All our meetings are free and open to all. Unless otherwise noted, all meeting locations are ADA compliant and wheelchair accessible. Meetings and other events of importance to the Cultural District are posted on our Calendar. See more info at the bottom of this post.
Come participate, help out, and be a part of our historic Cultural District!
Board Meetings
Community Meetings
Membership Meetings
Minutes of Community Meetings
Committees
General Information
Board Meetings
Meetings of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Board of Directors are open to all, and your attendance and participation is welcome. Time is included on each agenda for public comment. When necessary, Executive Sessions may be held during which non-Directors will be asked to leave.
The next meeting of our Board of Directors is scheduled for Wednesday, April 15, 2020, from 6 to 8:30 pm.
This meeting will be conducted online. To participate, use this link: meet.google.com/ize-mzab-tbh . You can also join by phone at +1 323-942-0666 (PIN: 157033531). Please contact manager@sflcd.org for full information.
The proposed agenda an be viewed here.
Future Board meetings are tentatively scheduled for the third Wednesday of each month, and will be held either online, or at the SF LGBT Center. Please double-check this Web site for updates and confirmations.
For future reference, note that The SF LGBT Center is fully ADA compliant. Please use public transportation to access the Center. Street parking is limited. The SF LGBT Center is accessible by MUNI J,K,L,M,N or F, as well as bus lines 6,7,61,71. Please be considerate of our neighbors and do not block driveways or park in blue, yellow or white zones.
The minutes of the meeting of August 24, 2019 can be viewed here.
The minutes of the meeting of September 18, 2019 can be viewed here.
Minutes of the meeting of October 16, 2019 can be viewed here.
Minutes of the meeting of November 20, 2019 can be viewed here.
Minutes of the meeting of December 18, 2019 can be viewed here.
Minutes of the meeting of January 15, 2020 can be viewed here.
Minutes of the meeting of February 19, 2020 will be available soon.
Board minutes are posted once they are approved (typically at the following Board meeting). Unless otherwise noticed, Board meetings are not recorded or live-streamed.
Community Meetings
Prior to the election of the Board of Directors, Community Meetings were held monthly; since the adoption in August 2019 of the Cultural District Bylaws and the election of a Board of Directors, there are now “Membership Meetings” held at least once each year, plus other community-wide events, including “Open House” and “Town Hall” events, as appropriate.
Our most recent Open House was held on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, at the SF LGBT Center in San Francisco. You can view the video of that event here!
A Town Hall will be scheduled soon. If you want your voice in the leather community to be heard — If you want to offer your ideas about what the Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District should be doing, now and in the future — THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE! The entire community is invited and encouraged to attend. More info is here and on the Facebook event.
Membership Meetings
Although anyone is welcome to attend and speak at our monthly Directors meetings, only Voting Members get to vote to elect Directors at the Annual Membership Meeting in August, or to vote on critical matters presented at Special Membership Meetings.
The next election of Directors will happen at the Annual Membership Meeting in July or August of 2020. Special Membership Meetings may be called at any time.
Please click here for more information, and to become a Full Voting Member of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District.
If you have any questions about our meetings and membership, please write to info@sflcd.org.
Minutes and Videos of Past Community Meetings
The minutes of the August 21, 2019 meeting can be viewed here. A live-stream of that meeting can be viewed here.
The minutes of the July 19, 2019 meeting can be viewed here. A live-stream of that meeting can be viewed here.
The minutes of the June 19, 2019 meeting can be viewed here. A live-stream of that meeting can be viewed here.
The minutes of the meeting of May 15, 2019 can be viewed here. A live-stream of that meeting can be viewed here.
The minutes of the meeting of April 17, 2019 can be viewed here. A live-stream of that meeting can be viewed here.
The minutes of the meeting of March 20, 2019 can be found here. A live-stream of that meeting can be viewed here.
The minutes of the meeting of February 20, 2019 can be found here. You can view a live stream of that meeting here.
The minutes of the meeting of January 16, 2019 can be found here. You can view a live stream of that meeting here.
The minutes of the meeting of December 19, 2018 can be downloaded here. You can view a live stream of that meeting in two parts, here and here.
The minutes of the meeting of November 14, 2018 can be downloaded here. You can view a live stream of the last 90 minutes of) that meeting here.
The minutes of the meeting of October 17, 2018 can be downloaded here. You can view a live stream of (the first 45 minutes of) that meeting here.
The minutes of the meeting of September 19, 2018 can be downloaded here. You can view a live stream of that meeting here.
The minutes of the meeting of August 15, 2018 can be found here. You can view a live stream of that meeting here. (Note: The recording starts with about 8 minutes of dead air, and is cut off abruptly after roughly 2 hours. Apologies for these glitches.)
The minutes of the meeting of July 18, 2018 can be found here. You can view a live stream of that meeting here.
You can view the minutes of the meeting of June 20, 2018 here. You can view a live stream of that meeting here. The Board Structure that we approved at that meeting can be seen here.
The minutes of the meeting of May 16, 2018 can be found here. You can view a live stream of that meeting here.
Minutes of the Community Meeting of April 18, 2018 can be found here.
Notes from the Community Meeting of March 14, 2018 can be seen here. You can view the live-streamed video of that meeting here.
Notes from the Community Meeting of February 19, 2018, are available here. You can view the live-streamed video of that meeting here
Notes from the Community Meeting of January 6, 2018, can be viewed here. You can view the live-streamed video of that meeting here
Notes from the meeting of November 29, 2017, are available here. Another set of notes are available here.
Notes from the meeting of November 20, 2017 can be viewed here.
Notes from the meeting of November 14, 2017 can be viewed here.
You may view video of the community meetings — live streaming or recorded — at our Facebook Group here.
Committees
At the Open House event on February 12, 2020, the Board presented its new list of Active Committees, and invited interested folks to sign up. Full information on those new Committees can be found here.
To join any Committee, just attend any meeting and sign up. To receive emails announcing meetings, and other important information, please click here to join the mailing list. If you are already on our mailing list, you can click here to adjust which Committees you wish to be kept informed about.
General Information
All our meetings are free and open to all. Unless otherwise noted, all meeting locations are ADA compliant and wheelchair accessible.
For all General Community meetings, and most Committee meetings, ASL interpreters will be provided if requested at least ten days in advance. Please send requests to the Committee Chair, or President@sflcd.org.
All Board, Membership and Committee Meetings, and other events of importance to the Cultural District, are posted on our Calendar. (Information on importing and using this calendar can be found here.)
We also invite you to like and follow the Cultural District’s Facebook Page, drop by our Web site from time to time, join our Group on Fetlife, follow @sfleatherdist on Twitter or Instagram, and contact us any time with questions, suggestions, or just to keep in touch.
Come participate, help out, and be a part of our historic Cultural District!
