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• Upcoming 15 Association Events
• Message from the Chairman
• December Holiday Party
• 2025 Annual Membership Dues
• Anniversary 45 Celebration Events & Pricing
• Silent Auction 2025 Donations
• Bootcamp XXXV
• Other News and Events

Upcoming 15 Association Events

Get out and play with your brothers! Mark your calendars for these upcoming 15 Association Play (and other) Events:

• Sun Dec 15th 2pm – 6pm (Doors Close: 4pm) — Holiday Play Party — Stopgap, 
  1277 Mission St, SF (At 9th Street), $15 for Members; $20 for Guests. Advance Ticket Recommended.
• Sat Jan 18th 6pm – 11pm (Doors Close: 9pm) — Play Party — Transform1060, 1060 Folsom St, SF, Advance Ticket Recommended.
• Thu Feb 20th - Sun Feb 23rd — Anniversary Weekend, Advance Ticket Recommended, and Required for one event.

For Advance Ticket Recommended events, tickets can be purchased in advance on the website, but can also be obtained at the door if they are still available (however the only payment allowed is credit/debit card, i.e. no cash).

The Calendar on our website is more current than the Inquisitor.

Message from the Chairman

Happy holidays brothers, As the end of the year approaches, your Fraternal Committee has been hard at work planning our annual February anniversary celebration and next year’s Boot Camp. This year, we will celebrate our 45th anniversary with a refreshed format offering more play opportunities as well as more social time to spend with your leather brothers. Details will be announced by the end of this month with tickets scheduled to go on sale December 6 at Noon PST. If you are making travel arrangements, the weekend will kickoff on Thursday, February 20, and conclude on Sunday, February 23. Jim Ward has designed a special run pin for this year! For a schedule of events and pricing, please look further down in this issue of The Inquisitor. Boot Camp co-chairs Jeff Garner and Mike Walker are planning out another fantastic Boot Camp. In 2025, we will be offering some new lodging options and hope to expand upon the optional events that proved popular this past camp. Details will be announced as they become available, with tickets going on sale for members on January 1, 2025. The new year brings some changes on the Fraternal Committee. Joining me as Co-Chairman is Eric See. We will be working together to search for the next Chairman and Treasurer. In the role of Vice Chairman, Rob Callbeck is stepping up. Jack Garcia remains our Treasurer and Jeff Garner our Secretary. I would like to give a very special thank you to Jack for his long tenure as Treasurer. Without his expert skill and dedication, the Club would have struggled far more than it did through the tough years of the pandemic. I also extend my thanks to Mike Walker who has generously served as Vice Chairman for the past four years. His work schedule is rough right now and he will be focusing on that while remaining on the committee as well. During 2025, I will personally be focusing on expanded social events for The 15. Eric will continue his outstanding leadership on evolving our parties. Our newest Fraternal, Feather, will be assisting him with new and exciting enhancements to our parties. Finally, we will be holding our holiday party at a new venue in an old location. (See ‘Holiday’, below.) In leather with love, Christopher “Elf in a Cage” Wood Chairman, The 15 Association

December Holiday Party – Sunday December 15th

Come celebrate with us at our legendary holiday party. The December party is often an &lquo;away game”, and this year is no exception. We will be taking over the Stopgap Dungeon (at the old Mission St Citadel space). We will have snacks, cookies and other food as well as a fully stocked dungeon for you to explore and play in. Never played at Stopgap? Now is your chance. This is one party not to be missed.

— Eric See, Party Chairman

2025 Annual Membership Dues

Membership runs from January 1 – December 31. Renewal is online. Log onto the15association.org, click on Renewal Page in the green box. $75 can be paid with credit card online or check sent in the mail.

If you need financial assistance from the Jones Fund, check the box “I will need assistance...”

Anniversary 45 Celebration Events & Pricing

Tickets go on sale on 12/6/2024 at noon PST. Weekend Package includes all ticketed events at $110 Member/$130 Guest. Advance sales only.

* The Awards Social & Silent Auction is catered with small plates and substantial hors d’oeuvres. Selections include garlic butter steak with parmesan cream, BBQ pulled pork sliders, stuffed mushrooms with artichoke dip, and rum truffles among a dozen and a half items.

** The Sunday (2/23) party is more casual than the other parties. No Dungeon Monitors and limited snacks.

Silent Auction 2025 Donations

Mitch Enfinger is coordinating our popular Anniversary silent auction. You may contact him using the Contact Us button on the web site, or emailing him directly at Mitch.enfinger@gmail.com. Donations may also be mailed to: The 15 Auction, c/o Christopher Wood, 577 Noe St, San Francisco, CA 94114

Bootcamp XXXV

Save the dates! Bootcamp XXXV will be June 20 – 25, 2025. Members can register at 12 Noon (PST) on January 1, 2025. Guests can register on February 1, 2025. The Pricing List has been updated from the 2024 prices. More details will be shared soon!

Other Events

Sober Leathermen – Find Recovery at Leather Events

The soberleathermen.org website was born out of the desire to connect people to sobriety at leather events. While the focus is on gay leathermen, we hope that people of all gender identities will find the website helpful when navigating sobriety in leather spaces.

This website is not affiliated with any event, meeting, or fellowship.

Leather 12 Step Recovery

For those who are in recovery from addiction, there is a Zoom Leather Recovery group that meets several times a week. Not affiliated with AA/NA/Al-Anon and established over the pandemic, it is an open 12-step meeting for those who are in our community and wish to meet with and be supported by like-minded individuals who understand their kink & fetish interests and how those can interact with recovery.

To inquire, email zoomleatherrecovery@gmail.com for more information.

The group meets on:
Monday @ 5:30pm
Tuesday & Thursday @ 6pm
Sunday @ 10am

Patreons

Transform1060! Check out the website www.Transform1060.org for donation opportunities and description of the facility.

The Leather Journal — NOW back to paper print! Still recording our history and the greater Leather, Kink and Fetish community for over 35 years!
https://www.patreon.com/theleatherjournal
https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-the-leather-journal-going

Got News? We want it!

Do you have News or Events our members would have interest in or enjoy outside the Dungeon?! Whether you are producing an event or just attending one others may not be aware and wish to participate. Our Community has much to offer and a variety of tastes so don’t hesitate to e-mail by the 25th of the month for publication in the following month’s issue. Inquisitor editor: Tyler Fong tazpuppy15@gmail.com.