Woodshed, and is always willing to do whatever he can for his club. Tim was the 2014 recipient of the "Daddy Bill Honor and Service Award" and received the 2015 "Stice Memorial Community Service Award" at SouthEast LeatherFest. Tim has held the offices of President, Vice-President, Road Captain and Member-at-Large for the Tradesmen. Member since 1998, Tim is one of the longest current members of the Tradesmen.
He enjoys traveling for other club events and playing rugby when time allows.
Jeff spends his free time watching TV and hanging out with friends. Member since 2010, Jeff serves as our current Treasurer and was past Vice President as well as Mr. In his free time, scott has been known to sell the occasional raffle ticket. Additionally, he is a staff member for the Leather History Conference. scott was the 2015 recipient of the "Daddy Bill Honor and Service Award" and is active in the southeast community. His club brothers fondly call him the “Nazi Secretary from Hell” or “boy adolf”. Member since 2013, scott has served the Tradesmen as Secretary and was the "Tradesmen of the Year" for 2013-2015. Stephen enjoys watching TV, hanging with friends and rugby. Stephen has been a very supportive member of the Tradesmen and enjoys supporting other clubs by traveling to their events and bar nights when not working. Member since 2012, Stephen currently serves the Tradesmen as Vice President. He has an interest in constructing bondage and suspension equipment which leverages his engineering background and fondness for woodworking.Īll along the way, he has continued to grow along his Leather journey and knows that he will never stop learning, investigating, and exploring. Over the past several years, he has constructed a workshop that will enable him to begin working on equipment for his personal dungeon / play space (as well as other activities). He definitely wants to expand his travels to the West coast, Canada and farther to Europe and also would enjoy participating in the rodeo circuit to tap into his Leather Western fetish. Now that he resides back in Atlanta, he supports local Leather events with the Panthers, Atlanta S/M Solidarity, SouthEast Leather Fest and others. He has been an annual attendee of MAL from 2002-2011 and hope to get back soon. He has also traveled extensively to leather events, representing The Tradesmen throughout the SouthEast, and has ventured as far as IML and CLAW. Since his move back to Atlanta in 2004, he continues to make monthly pilgrimages back to Charlotte to participate in club activities. He is now a Tradesman, and he always will be. After spending a good amount of time getting to know the brothers of The Tradesmen, he joined in 1999. As anyone who knows him can confirm, when he commits to an activity, he is in it all the way. It was there that he found The Tradesmen and discovered the portal to his Leather family. That is when he decided to walk into his first gay bar (The Brass Rail), and never turned back. His move from Atlanta GA to Charlotte NC precipitated this major step in his life. To date, the Tradesmen have raised over $90,000 for our charity, the House of Mercy!Ĭhuck is a bit of an anomaly, in that he came out directly to the Leather community a bit later in life at the age of 27 in 1997.
Be check out our Membership page for the different types of membership, the requirements, and to download a membership form to bring to one of our monthly bar nights at the Woodshed Lounge - every first Saturday of the month at 10:00PM. The Woodshed helping to raise funds for our local charity, the House of Mercy. You will be able to find us the first Saturday of every month at our home bar, The Tradesmen believe in the equality of brotherhood regardless of race, religion, national origin, or sexual orientation. To accomplish this, The Tradesmen endeavor to promote better communication between individuals, and to promote and support charitable causes. Who are the Tradesmen? We are a fellowship of individuals having a common character and interest, dedicated to the development and improvement of brotherhood. The Tradesmen are happy to celebrate 32 years in the Leather community!
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