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The Top Ten Reasons to Celebrate Work Naked Day on February 1

Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin

By Tom Mulhall, AANR Public Relations Chair

10) You don’t have to worry about getting pet fur off of clothing before going to work.

9) Casual Friday is every day of the week.

8 ) Your boss will never say to you again, “I want your ass in here by 9am sharp!”

7)  IT guys won’t try to position themselves to look down your blouse.

6) Makes forgetting to turn your webcam off when you Skype more interesting.

5) No one will steal your office chair.

4) Birthday suits replace double-breasted power suits.

3) Saves company money on air conditioning.

2) Will help book sales for Nudist on the Late Shift.

1) Working naked is just another day at the office for telecommuters, telemarketers, sole practitioners, workers at a nudist resort, retirees, or a stay-at-home moms doing chores around their nest.

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Your Chance To Make A Difference

Posted on January 19, 2012 by admin

By Rene Niquette, AANR Nominations Chair

This coming year there will be plenty of opportunity for you to step up and show your support for AANR in a whole new way. Take the initiative and make a difference in your life and the future of nude recreation. AANR is a democracy, run by members like you, who donate their personal time and expertise in areas that benefit us all. How exciting it would be to have you run for office!

This year we are seeking qualified candidates for AANR President, AANR Vice President, AANR Secretary/Treasurer, seven Club Trustees, and seven Member Trustees. What does this mean for you? This means instead of sitting on the sidelines and saying “I wish things could be this way” or “Wow, I would have done it this way,” you could actually take part in something that is bigger than you. Now is the time to take action. March 15, 2012, is the deadline to turn in your nominations with the proper endorsements that are required.

What does this entail? A solid commitment to AANR is a great start. Your continued voting membership in AANR at the minimum of two years is the first qualification. If you are thinking of running for the illustrious spot of AANR President and/or Vice President, then you must also have the minimum experience of two years as an elected Association official, or elected regional official or member of the board of trustees or a member of a regional board.

The Secretary/Treasurer is required to be a committed AANR member with the minimum of two years consecutive membership.

To be put onto the ballot, if you are going to run for AANR President, Vice President or Secretary/Treasurer you will need no less than three club endorsements and also no less than 10 endorsements from AANR members in good standing.

As AANR represents both members and clubs equally, the AANR Board of Trustees is evenly divided with seven Trustees representing clubs and seven Trustees representing the members of the seven regions.

If you are an owner, manager, officer, board designee or paid employee of your club or a spouse of one who holds such a position in your club or cooperative, you can run for one of the Club Trustee positions.  The nomination process required for this position requires no less than three endorsements from officers of other clubs to be put on the ballot for election.

To be a Member Trustee, you must be a member of good standing in the region that you are planning to represent. You cannot be an owner, manager, officer, or paid employee of any chartered club nor a spouse of one who holds such a position.  The Member Trustee nomination process requires no less than 10 endorsements from other AANR members in good standing.

All positions are for two year terms with a limit of three consecutive terms held.

In the years that I have been a member of the AANR-Florida Board, I have gained an immense respect for the members of the AANR team that work tirelessly for you, our AANR members. You are the reason that AANR is still here after years of hard work and dedication from members just like you, who stepped up and said “Yes, I can make a difference.”

For more information on our election process and positions that are open, log in to the Members section of AANR.com for the required forms and qualifications for each office.  Or, you may call or email Linda Berry at 800-879-6833, ext. 235 or email editor@aanr.com.

Stay tuned for more information. The sooner you get yourself on the ballot for election, the sooner you can start promoting yourself by creating a candidate profile that will be shared with all our voting members.

Good luck, and thank you for considering this challenging role to help support and promote the credible voice of reason for nude recreation, the American Association for Nude Recreation.

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Benjamin Franklin: Founding Father, Inventor, Statesman, and Nudist?

Posted on January 10, 2012 by admin

By Chet Kresiak

Known as “The First American,” Benjamin Franklin is certainly one of the most revered figures in American history. From his inventions such as bifocals and the lightning rod, his accomplishments as a politician and diplomat, to his stature as a Founding Father of the United States of America, Franklin lived a colorful and highly influential life.

But did you know that this revolutionary man was also fond of spending time in the nude as part of his daily routine? In a 1927 article “The Air Bath” published by Gerald B. Webb, MD, of Colorado Springs, it is noted that Franklin wrote the following to a medical friend in 1750: “You know the cold bath has long been in vogue here (London) as a tonic, but the shock of the cold water has always appeared to me as too violent, and I have found it much more agreeable to my constitution to bathe in another element, I mean cold air. With this in view I rise almost every morning and sit in my chamber without any clothes whatever, half an hour or an hour, according to the season, either reading or writing.”

Dr. Webb, a tuberculosis specialist, also noted in his article: “It was a sad day when Adam and Eve got to use fig leaves and then putting skins on their bodies. It was shown by Nansen that the survival of the Eskimo race was due to skin bathing, while those who didn’t adopt the air bathing gave up their health. There is one thing to point out, and that is the extreme atrophy of our skin from wearing clothes.”

In addition, Benjamin Franklin taught himself to swim, is the only Founding Father in the Swimming Hall of Fame, and was known to have in his library a copy of the Art of Swimming by Melchisédech Thévenot, which featured illustrations of nude swimmers. Ben was a natural skinny-dipper.

Franklin is only one of a number of famous nudists (or naturists) in history. Others known to have enjoyed skinny-dipping or other nude activities include John Quincy Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Walt Whitman and Henry David Thoreau. In popular culture, Helen Mirren, Drew Barrymore, Alanis Morissette, Elle McPherson, Alicia Silverstone, Woody Harrelson, Heidi Klum and many others have indicated  that they enjoy shedding their clothes.

Today, nude recreation is one of the fastest growing segments of the travel industry. The American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) is the largest, most long-established organization of its kind in North America. With roots dating to 1931, we have grown from our humble beginnings to an organization that has served 213,000 individuals throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and beyond.

You, too, can enjoy an “air bath” just as Benjamin Franklin did 260 years ago, not just in your own backyard and pool, but also at over 260 nudist resorts and affiliates. There are AANR clubs to fit your needs from upscale resorts with all the latest amenities such as fitness centers, pools, hot tubs, restaurants and Wi-Fi, to rustic campgrounds for that back to nature experience. The AANR website also has a section for finding legally sanctioned nude beaches where you can experience the joy of clothes-free recreation.

So what are you waiting for? It’s Benjamin Franklin’s birthday on January 17, so why not honor his life and legacy by spending some time in your own birthday suit!

 

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Cape Cod Beach Volunteers Seeks New Coordinator

Posted on January 10, 2012 by admin

The sponsors of the Cape Cod Beach Volunteers are interested in finding a new Coordinator for the clean-ups. At last year’s clean-up Bill Falconer indicated he would be stepping down as coordinator. After many years of  negotiating with Cape Cod National Seashore officials the clean-ups became a reality in 1997 due to the persistence of leaders such as Lee Baxandall – TNS, Leonite Moore – AANR, Gregory Smith – ESA, Morley Schloss – NAC, Bill Falconer – Sunchasers Travel Club, and Dennis Kirkpatrick – Pilgrim Naturist.

The original mission is the same: repeal or modify the 1975 CCNS ordinance banning nudity, continue positive communications with CCNS and reduce harassment thru the education of rangers and beach users. Bill Falconer was selected to co-ordinate the Clean-up in 1997 and has done so for 15 years. Many local and regional organizations have participated and or sponsored this worth while event for which Bill is very grateful.

It’s time for a fresh face to lead the project.  Do you know someone that wishes to save the Cape Beaches?

Contact Bill  Falconer at  mrcapp@charter.net or phone 413-583-6877.

 

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What Are Your Nude Year Resolutions?

Posted on November 21, 2011 by admin

I know, it is only Thanksgiving week but we’re already looking ahead to the new year. AANR is compiling a list of the Nude Year’s Resolutions of our nudist members and friends and we want to hear about yours! Funny, touching, motivational, advocational–let us know!

A list of all the resolutions received from our website visitors, E-Bulletin readers, and Facebook and Twitter friends will be posted here in time for New Year’s.

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Take the Huffington Post Top-Free Poll

Posted on September 16, 2011 by admin

Huffington Post, the influential political and media blog, has a new poll “Should women be allowed to go topless at public beaches?” So far, voters that approve this action are at almost 59%.

Recently the media has focused on stories about celebrities talking about body acceptance and their positive views on nudity.Supermodel and Project Runway star Heidi Klum has long been a proponent of nudity in appropriate settings. The German-born star has often commented in articles about how nudity is treated differently in European countries and how she and her husbad, pop singer Seal, have treated the subject of nudity in their home.

In a recent article posted on CafeMom, Klum describes what she tells her children about appropriate settings saying, “See, you teach children that there is a proper time, place and etiquette to nudity. There are social reasons you CAN be naked HERE but CAN’T be naked THERE.”

Demi Moore recently tweeted a top-free self-portrait to urge body acceptance.

Take the Huffington Post poll here.

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Nudists Dream of Nude Beach on Coney Island

Posted on July 20, 2011 by admin

The Brooklyn Paper reports that a group of skinny-dippers want to set aside a portion of Coney Island Beach as a designated nude beach. So far, the city says nudity is not allowed. but the idea is gathering support.

In a recent survey on AANR’s The Alltogether blog, Coney Island Beach was voted as the top spot where skinny-dippers would like to see a nude beach in an area that does not already have one. Charles Denson, who runs the Coney Island History Project, told The Brooklyn Paper that “nude sunbathing has always been a part of Coney Island culture.”

Stay tuned. We’ll keep you posted on further developments.

Click here to read the Brooklyn Paper article.

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Nude Phishing

Posted on June 8, 2011 by admin

By Mark Strickland

Chief Software Engineer

SimplyBASICsoftware.com

Yep some of you have probably done “Nude Fishing” … but hopefully you have not responded to any “Nude (or otherwise) Phishing.”

Phishing is one of the must subtle and dangerous tricks on the Web. We have all gotten emails from unknown sources asking us to do something but when it comes from what looks very much like a valid source that you know you may be tempted to click a link in those emails.

Phishing (a play on the word “fishing”) is generally an unsolicited email normally asking you to click on a link and login to some seemingly known website like your bank. What really happens is the link takes you to a rogue site that looks just like the one you expected and you enter your login user ID and password. The login fails (because it is not the real site) but the rouge site records your input then carefully redirects you to the real site so you can try again.

Danger, danger, you just revealed your login information to somebody you don’t know.

This is so dangerous because it looks so normal. You will likely think … “Oops I must have done a typo in my password”. Now the rogue site has your user ID and your password. They now can login to the real site. If this was your bank account they would possibly have full access. If the perpetrator does a good job you may not even recognize what has happened.

Some banks are now adding additional checks to help avoid Phishing. Some allow you to enter some personal questions you must answer in addition to your user ID and password. If the rogue site is sophisticated enough they will collect this information also. Other banks will show you a picture that you previously selected or maybe even uploaded BEFORE you enter your password. If the picture does not match then you should know it is not the real site and not enter your password and complete the login. The Phishing site won’t be able to know the correct picture you previously selected.

So beware if you get an unsolicited email. If you think it is real then browse to the Website yourself and login but DO NOT use the link in the email. Many Websites have a place to report Phishing attempts or other security issues. If you get “Phished” try to report it.

Remember to use your most important security tool … your brain. If it seems suspicious check it out.

Mark Strickland developed AANR’s iPhone app, AANRmobile.

 

 

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Cape Cod Beach Volunteers Announce Annual Cleanup

Posted on May 31, 2011 by admin

The CAPE COD BEACH VOLUNTEERS announce the 15H ANNUAL CAPE COD BEACH CLEAN-UP At Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on 9:00 a.m., Saturday, June 18, 2011.

Greetings Officials, Media, Beach Enthusiasts and Volunteers,

Your presence is requested at a celebration of volunteers on Cape Cod. For fourteen years volunteers have gathered from throughout New England and beyond for this annual Beach Clean-up. The event is open to nudist, naturist and all their families and friends who wish to help.

Cape Cod National Seashore Rangers have repeatedly expressed their belief that there is room for a clothing-optional zone on the 40+ miles of shore. However, their hands are tied by a regulation dating to 1975. You are invited because we think the regulation at least deserves a second look.  We would appreciate your help and any assistance you can lend us in making that happen while promoting clean Cape Cod Beaches for our summer visitors and their families while maintaining a rapport with the Rangers.

More than 500 volunteers have given their time over the years to make beaches on the Cape Cod National Seashore cleaner and safer. For many, their story actually goes back to 1975. That’s when a federal regulation was invoked banning a long tradition of skinny-dipping and sunbathing on the seashore. Many disagreed with ending that tradition. But rather than disobey authorities, they resolved to work constructively to bring the tradition back. That’s why, in 1997 they teamed up with National Park Service Rangers to help pick up trash and weather related debris. While the regulation remains unchanged to this day, what started as a small group has grown to hundreds who make the cleanup an annual event. In addition it has come to be recognized and honored by the US Dept of Interior as part of their “Take Pride In America” program.It’s our hope that you can volunteer this year with these committed individuals as they gather again to clean miles of Herring Cove and Race Point Beaches on Saturday, June 18th.

This year we’re extending a special invitation to Federal, State and local officials to join us during this project. This Cape Cod Beach Volunteers invitation is being extended to all on behalf of the sponsors, The American Association for Nude Recreation, The American Association for Nude Recreation – East Region, Sunchasers Travel Club, Sandy Terraces, Bare Bottom Beach Club, Naturist New Hampshire, CMR and affiliated New England clubs who love the Cape Cod Beaches.We are expecting an above average turnout this year and want to be sure to have enough refreshments on hand for all who will attend.

Therefore, we respectfully request that you RSVP to:

William Falconer

Cape Cod Beach Volunteers

Ph/fax (413) 583-6877

mrcapp@charter.net

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

THANKS and THINK SUN!!

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Bare From the Toes Up!

Posted on May 12, 2011 by admin

A message from AANR President Susan Weaver:

If you are like me, you have a couple of perfectly good running shoes in the closet that didn’t quite fit as comfortably as you hoped.  Or maybe a pair of hiking shoes when you have more or less given up trail hiking.  Or a couple of nice dress shoes that you never wear anymore. Maybe your children or grandchildren have outgrown all those cute shoes that fit so perfectly just a few months earlier.

There are people who can use and would welcome all of these.  Over 300 million children in the world do not own a pair of shoes. The American Association for Nude Recreation is partnering with Soles 4 Souls, a charitable Foundation that supplies shoes to needy children and adults throughout the world.  To date, various schools, organizations and individuals have provided over 3 million pairs of shoes to those in need.

Soles4Souls has designated June 1 as National Barefoot Day  and is enormously excited with AANR’s fundraising slogan — “Bare From The Toes Up!”  The Foundation has created a donations profile specifically for AANR on their website. Regions, clubs and individuals can give virtually by visiting AANR’s profile page.

But there is also an opportunity here for us to give in actuality.  Bring gently used shoes to your club’s Memorial Day event, to be collected and donated to Soles 4 Souls.

Already, donations have started to come in. To read more, donate to Soles4Souls from the AANR page or to view AANR’s donation tally, click here.

 

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