An Interesting Survey: Very Good News.

[Walt Iliff]

I came across this press release today. Good news for our future, and also your AANR dollars at work:

http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/060510/0128342.html

[Walt Iliff]

I came across this press release today. Good news for our future, and also your AANR dollars at work:

http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/060510/0128342.html

[tinner666]

The larger numbers of younger folk at WTP seem to bear this out. http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/happy.gif

[Walt Iliff]

Hey Frank,

I'll see you and Lou day after tomorrow.

Walt

[DoctorSurferDude]

Very interesting survey http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/happy.gif

There is hope....

[Nude in the North]

Wow! My Daughter is an Xer and my Son is an Echo Boomer. And they are only 3 years apart.
http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/eusa_dance.gif

Steve

[Walt Iliff]

Who would have thunk it??

[NakedGary]

AANR's guestimate of 50,000 members in 267 clubs/resorts has remained the same since I can remember.

I guess as many older members’ passes away, people move, or leave clubs as new members join year after year.

They say almost 50,000 but other guesstimates indicate that total membership of AANR is actually slightly decreasing each year.

Reason? Many resorts do not allow singles or have a gender balance restrictions’ or a spouse without the other being present are not allowed.

Many resorts do not encourage or have programs for the younger and college aged, sports, or active recreation events and competitive events, give discounts for students or first time visitors.

More and younger people go in groups and travel or meet at Naturist recreational spots, rivers, beaches, and federal lands, join non-landed clubs and travel to various places set aside where it's legal to be nude, and no one bothers them or has restrictions on what they can't do.

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[Jason Lee]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Nude in the North:
Wow! My Daughter is an Xer and my Son is an Echo Boomer. And they are only 3 years apart.
http://oakhurstonline.com/icon/eusa_dance.gif

Steve </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Xer and Echo Boomer ? (explanation)

[Walt Iliff]

Hi Gary,

Be that as it may, regardless of AANR's numbers, or potential reasons for changes, positive or negative, in those numbers, the point of this posting was that there is now empirical evidence of a shift in the pendulum swing. More and more younger people are accepting and trying social nudism. Whether or not they become members of AANR, TNS, INA or for that matter, the AFL-CIO is irrelevant.

Walt Iliff

[Naturist Mark]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> -- 23% of Echo-Boomers (born since 1979)
-- 18% of Xers (born from 1965 through 1978)
-- 15% of Boomers (born from 1946 through 1964)
-- 12% of Matures (born before 1946) </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Interesting that the media now considers "Xers" - short for "Generation X" to be those born from '65 to '78.

The label "Generation X" was created by writer Douglas Coupland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Coupland) to describe his own generation - those of us on the trailing edge of the baby boom, living in the shadow of our boomer older siblings or parents.

Douglas was born in 1961. He has often commented on the irony that he is no longer considered a member of his own generation, the generation for which he provided a name.

-Mark

[NakedGary]

ANNR and the media have always quoted their highest numbers for years at 270+ clubs, 50,000 members, and the nudist travel and cruise business at being at 400 million dollars.

Figures surely have changed but their hesitant in revealing that over attrition they have failed to promote, and get new and younger members to join or promote singles and college aged group of younger people or others to maintain or increase membership. There has been several new clubs this and last year join the membership ranks, but more others that are leaving AANR and thus a declining Club roster.

The last I’ve seen from reliable groups in 2006 is that ANNR clubs is down from 270 to around 238 clubs, and their membership has declined over the years from 50,000 to 43,471 as of July 6th, 2006. I have not seen any figures other than the nudist travel and cruise business stays at 400 million. It must have increased as the cruise ships are getting bigger and newer, and hold 2,000 to 3,000 passengers.

The decrease in membership is mentioned in this reposted "Rix Place" nudist group Post:

~~~~ RixPlace News/Views ~~~


Dear Charles,

> From: Charles Daney <cgd02@earthlink.net>
> With 50K members (maybe)

With ongoing losses, current membership is 43,471 as of July 6.

> it should be very easy for AANR to have
traffic on its boards. But, AFAICT, they do nothing at all to promote the boards, so for all practical purposes they don't exist

Correct. Few care about the association and what it does, as proven most recently by the 7.85% voter turnout in the historic election, the first
time(?) the democracy allowed its members to vote in its ( falsely claimed)
75 year history.

Bill Pennington


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Your personal subscriber panel can be found at:
http://rixplace.com/mailman/listinfo/rixplace_rixplace.com
and other information is at http://www.RixPlace.com

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There are a couple of Non-Landed travel clubs that exist only on paper by signing up 10 family members and friends and applying for AANR sanction, then promoting their web site with the AANR Logo as a AANR Club. These non functional clubs rarely have meetings, or travel out side of their or friends houses that have hot tubs or swimming pools.

On another forums age Poll in "Miscellaneous" I made a comment that I contacted AANR at their listed contact email "try-nude@aanr.com asking as a member if they had data on the average age of their membership.

They never answered, or have on other correspondence to them. There either short handed, or just don't care about membership Questions, over club listings and $$$ coming in from memberships, renewals and 100% AANR Clubs.

Is AANR a membership or Club friendly association? I don’t see much support or promotion for younger and new members, or promotion for themselves or new clubs, and maybe the reason they have declining numbers and following.
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