AANR Tomorrow

[Action Nude]

I read in the Bulletin that AANR Tomorrow didnt pass.I was just wondering how many thought this was a good ideal?

[Action Nude]

I read in the Bulletin that AANR Tomorrow didnt pass.I was just wondering how many thought this was a good ideal?

[Guest]

It was a bad idea. They pulled it before the vote because they got so many bad opinions from members. AANR needs to become the members oriented organization it was meant to be and we need to take it back from the clubs.

[stephen russell]

Solutions for debacle:
AANR & INA Merge???
Build more clubs.
expand clubs.
More field offices??? select sites.
Online marketting more
Events for families & singles.
Revive oldie nudist publications maybe???
Scrap the club admin BS & pettiness.
(feel that when Im there).
Groups for couples, singles, families.
More swimming pools built IF needed
& more Resorts.
(Mex, Caribbean, Pac Mex, HI? Fiji).
Alone can revitalize AANR.
& new names:
National Assoc of Naturisim
American Naturisim Assn
No American Naturisim Assoc.

Below new club locales:
Palmdale CA
Palm Springs CA Rancho Mirage
Hemet
San Diego
Along I15 Hwy S.
Angeles Natl Forest area??? So CA.
Agoura Hills CA.

Resorts:
Cabo San Lucas Mex
La Paz Mex
Cancun Mex
Puerta Vallerta
Cayman Is?
Pensacola FL Area.
Mobile AL???

& estd these unique centers:
NATURISIM LIBRARY CENTER
DIANE WEBBER NATURISIM PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER
NATURISIM HISTORICAL SOCEITY?????

[Croydon]

quote:

Originally posted by stephen russell:
Solutions for debacle:
AANR & INA Merge???
Build more clubs.
expand clubs.
More field offices??? select sites.
Online marketting more
Events for families & singles.
Revive oldie nudist publications maybe???
Scrap the club admin BS & pettiness.
(feel that when Im there).
Groups for couples, singles, families.
More swimming pools built IF needed
& more Resorts.
(Mex, Caribbean, Pac Mex, HI? Fiji).
Alone can revitalize AANR.
& new names:
National Assoc of Naturisim
American Naturisim Assn
No American Naturisim Assoc.

Below new club locales:
Palmdale CA
Palm Springs CA Rancho Mirage
Hemet
San Diego
Along I15 Hwy S.
Angeles Natl Forest area??? So CA.
Agoura Hills CA.

Resorts:
Cabo San Lucas Mex
La Paz Mex
Cancun Mex
Puerta Vallerta
Cayman Is?
Pensacola FL Area.
Mobile AL???

& estd these unique centers:
NATURISIM LIBRARY CENTER
DIANE WEBBER NATURISIM PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER
NATURISIM HISTORICAL SOCEITY?????

what's AANR tomorrow

[usuallylurk]

quote:

Originally posted by Croydon:

what's AANR tomorrow

To understand what AANR Tomorrow was, you have to understand the internal political structure of AANR.

AANR has a board of trustees and directors. Underneath the AANR structure, there is a set of six regional associations - one in the east. One for the midwest. One for the southwest. One for Florida. One for western Canada. One for the far West.

Each one of those has their own political infrastructure. So you have another set of trustees, directors, officers, ambassadors.

AANR Tomorrow would have scrapped, for the most part, the regional structures. Also, up until 2005, there was a body that met at the AANR convention called the "General Assembly" -- kind of like the Congress of AANR club members. Where individuals purchased a "direct" membership, they were represented by a rep at the General Assembly that they elected.

It was (presumably) an attempt to cut down the red tape and various political structures.

It didn't go over at first, because it would have eliminated the regional structures. A scaled-back version was proposed and approved in 2004, and the General Assembly is no more, and AANR is now governed by a board of trustees, some who are elected by members, others by club owners. And the regional structures are still in place.

[usuallylurk]

quote:

Originally posted by stephen russell:
Solutions for debacle:
AANR & INA Merge???

Very unlikely.

quote:

Build more clubs.
expand clubs.

AANR is actively supporting and encouraging investment in new clubs. On the other hand, AANR does not "own" the clubs, no more than AAA owns hotels.

quote:

More field offices??? select sites.

There already are officers (not offices!) on a regional basis. You can find them and contact them.

quote:

Online marketting more
Events for families & singles.

Clothes-free.com does a great job on online marketing. TNS has some awesome events, and AANR is now trying to take the politics out of their conventions and actually turn them into fun events.

quote:

Revive oldie nudist publications maybe???

NO. The cheesecake pubs are a thing of the past. Thankfully.

quote:

Scrap the club admin BS & pettiness.
(feel that when Im there).

Those happen at the clubs. Not AANR's concern.

quote:

Groups for couples, singles, families.

Clubs establish themselves and their membership composition by their own rules. But -- check out TNS and their special interest groups (SIGs).

quote:

More swimming pools built IF needed
& more Resorts.
(Mex, Caribbean, Pac Mex, HI? Fiji).

Again, AANR doesn't own and build clubs. Private groups and individuals, and cooperative groups do. However, they certainly encourage investment in clubs.

quote:

Alone can revitalize AANR.
& new names:
National Assoc of Naturisim
American Naturisim Assn
No American Naturisim Assoc.

AANR just had a name change in 1993. Some have suggested AANL - American Association for Nude Living... but a name change, re-branding, etc. would be awfully expensive. Use of the word "Naturist" or "Naturism" could also lead to other difficulties (there is a Naturist Society)...

quote:

Below new club locales:
etc.

Sure. All you have to do is find investors who will take a multi-million dollar flyer on that prime real estate, and hope that there will be enough nudist action to make it pay.

quote:

& estd these unique centers:
NATURISIM LIBRARY CENTER
DIANE WEBBER NATURISIM PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER
NATURISIM HISTORICAL SOCEITY?????

Already is one. American Nudist Research Library in Kissimmee, Florida. Has been there for years.

[Walt Iliff]

quote:

Clothes-free.com does a great job on online marketing. TNS has some awesome events, and AANR is now trying to take the politics out of their conventions and actually turn them into fun events.

In that spirit (and to the tune of the Gilligan's Island theme song):

Come sit right back and you’ll hear a tale
A tale of a White Tail Trip
That will start from the Ivor, Virginia port
On a forty four acre ship.

With Bob Roche leading as our Captain fair
And a brave and a faithful crew.
The AANR East convention of 20 aught 6
Will be exciting, fun and new.

Our cruise ship theme has never been tried,
We know it’s gonna be sweet.
With games and sports, music and dance,
Drinks and food to eat.

So make your plans to join us then
In July we’re going to sail
We hope to see you all aboard
Convention ship White Tail.


What: AANR East Convention
Where: The SS White Tail Park
Ivor, Virginia
When: Tuesday 7-11-06 through Sunday 7-16-06

Call 1-800-WTP-NUDE for information and reservations….Book Early.

[Bob S.]

steven:"Solutions for debacle:"

What "debacle" are you referring to, steven? I think lurk did a good job explaining the points.

I will say one thing about the proposed name change to American Association for Nude Living that lurk referred to: The idea went nowhere because of the pronounciation problem of AANL. It suffers from the Uranus problem.

Bob S.