May 2 - May 4

Vince A

Vince has been actively involved in the Midwest leather community for almost 7 years. During this time he has volunteered his services and dedicated his time to a broad range of projects. He was one of the founding members of the W.O.O.L.F. organization in Kansas and resided as their publicist for a year.

He also served as President of the KC boys of Leather in 2004, restructuring the organization and revitalizing them in the KC community. He currently servers the needs of the membership of NLA-I as President. He has also helped various leather clubs throughout the country with their diverse formation and structuring needs. He has helped with tasks like designing club logos, creating or revising by-laws, and the creation and distribution of published media to publicize organizations and their events. Vince has participated in many educational leather classes and is known for being very passionate about education in the leather lifestyle.

Bio Current as of 12-1-06

 

2008 Presentation:
Leatherboy/boi Gathering - with T J
This gathering is unique and different from previous years at Tribal Fire. This year the leatherboy/boi gathering will be a round table discussion. The round table will consist of different types of leatherboys/bois both traditional and non-traditional. These leatherboys/bois will give their thoughts, experiences and feelings on topics and questions submitted by the audience. Submissions will be given as the audience enters the door on paper, to insure even the most sensitive subjects will be addressed in a comfortable environment. Questions can range from relationships, leadership, loneliness and protocols. The purpose of this gathering is to provide leatherboys/bois with information from different perspectives and types of leatherboys/bois that exist in the lifestyle to help them form their own opinions and take away a stronger understanding of what to do when confronted with issues in their journey.

2007 Presentations:

Boot Blacking / Worship -
This class is geared to not only go over the basics of boot blacking and how to care and preserve the leather of your boots, it also covers tricks of flash and flare. The class is broken into two parts, the first covering the basics of boot blacking. It covers supplies, tools, tricks, repairs, and gives answers to accommodate any person, male or female, that may be in the chair.

The Second part will focus on Worship, there are many that just worship and nothing else during the scene. This workshop will cover incorporating sex and worship in varying ways. Giving insight on how to incorporate their own fetishes to the act of Boot Worship. There are also many things to keep in mind when doing worship scenes and this part will
provide answers to the many questions to help any submissive determine how to approach each person in the play space. It will also give them keys to ask themselves in each scene to help them gage what will satisfy the person in the chair.

Future of NLA-I Forum -
This is a forum more than anything, allowing people that were members, are members, or have never been a member of NLA-I to discuss and talk about the new directions that NLA-I will be making. Information on the changes made and the proposed changes by the Board of NLA-I will be available to keep and give insight on NLA-I's new goals. People will be able to talk freely about how they feel NLA-I should focus themselves in our lifestyle and give their input on what direction they feel would benefit their local community and the community as a whole. The purpose of this workshop is to give voice to the many spectrums of people in our lifestyle to add to the already diverse environment of NLA-I, so that we can grow to incorporate all the needs of the community.

 

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