January 16, 2009
Erich Schuttauf, Executive Director

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
As you know, Monday honors this slain civil rights leader. On an occasion like this, it is worth noting that the nudist community has long advocated equality of all persons. For example, I am proud of the ASA/AANR’s long history of men and women serving in the position of president. Similarly, the ASA prohibited race discrimination by clubs before federal and state laws legislated equality. We have often said that one does not know a bank president from a bus driver without their clothes.
In observance of the King holiday, our office will be closed on Monday, January 19, and reopen during our regular business hours on Tuesday.

Executive Director’s Report
I look forward to meeting with the board and regional presidents next week. I will give a full report on the “state of AANR” at that time.

No Report Next Week
There will be no e-mail report next week. The AANR Board of Trustees meeting will be in session at Cypress Cove Nudist Resort & Spa, January 22-24.

Linda Berry, Director of Publications

The Bulletin
The February issue is printed and will start mailing today.

CAROLYN HAWKINS, PUBLIC RELATIONS COORDINATOR

January Board Meeting Transportation Information
If you need transportation from the airport, please give me your flight arrival information: date, time, flight number, and airline. You can also contact the shuttle driver Ed Thurman at 407/922-1112 to arrange for pickup directly.

Gasparilla Festival
For those of you who might want to bring a costume, Cypress Cove is having a Gasparilla Pirate Festival. Bring your favorite Pirate outfit and enter into the contest on Saturday night.

Cruise
The cruise is only three weeks away. If you have club brochures you would like me to take, please send about 30 brochures to Carolyn Hawkins, AANR,1703 N. Main Street, Kissimmee, FL 34744. If you will be on board the cruise you can take them with you and just bring them to the AANR table.

Positive Publicity
Pine Tree offers rooms for the inauguration.
http://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/YeasandNays/A_buff-et_of_housing_option_at_Maryland_resort_0113.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28641055/
http://www.tmz.com/

Check out the link below from the Columbia City Paper regarding the 2009 Nude Chili Cook-Off at Cedar Creek Park.
http://columbiacitypaper.com/index.php/News-Commentary/Commentary/Nude-Chili-Cook-Off.html

Terry Justice, Club/Member Liaison
We only have one Directory change this week.
Sandpipers Resort in Texas has a new e-mail address:
enjoylife {@} sandpipersresort dot com

Please make the necessary change.

Debra Sue Stevens, Government Affairs
REQUEST: Print the following in your Club Newsletter or send to your members in your E-News, when timely and appropriate. We want the members to know what GAT does for them!

ARC President Offers Weekly Insight on How the Presidential Transition Relates to the Recreation Industry

In this week’s “Monday Morning Washington Updates,” American Recreation Coalition (ARC) President Derrick Crandall shares the eighth post-2008 election report, focusing on the nomination hearings and Congressional action on recovery and economic stimulus measures. Derrick reports, “… it is a busy time in Washington. And the stakes are certainly high. My next report will focus on agenda-building in the tourism community and other key developments — stay tuned!” To view the reports, visit the ARC Web site at: www.funoutdoors.com

A Nudists’ Bill of Rights – What Do You Think?
The Nudist Bill of Rights was presented to the Board of Trustees at the 2008 AANR Convention, and two open forum sessions were held to discuss the document and gather feedback. The Nudist Bill of Rights has been highlighted in The Bulletin as well. AANR’s public relations firm, Y Partnership, agrees with our consensus that the adoption of such a proclamation has multiple benefits for nude recreation. Government Affairs plans to use the Nudist Bills of Rights when having introductory discussions with lawmakers and public lands policy makers to name a few. We will continue to work on this document and would appreciate your continued support and feedback to debra_sue@mindspring.com.

A Nudists’ Bill of Rights

As law-abiding citizens, we proudly affirm that we have and are entitled to exercise the following rights. We believe that these rights are self-evident, and that they are also based in the Constitution of the United States and Canada, court rulings, and the laws of our countries:

Ø Nudists have the right to hold our system of values and beliefs…
Ø Nudists have the right to petition and be heard by our government…
Ø Nudists have the right to responsibly enjoy nudity within our homes and property…
Ø Nudists have the right to be parents, and to exercise reasonable decision-making in the upbringing of our families in a manner consistent with our beliefs and without interference by others…
Ø Nudists have the right to assemble in the nude within appropriate settings…
Ø Nudists have the right to have decisions about what constitutes “acceptable nudity” made free from considerations of race, gender, religion, or national origin…
Ø Nudists have the right to responsibly enjoy private property in a state of nudity…
Ø Nudists have the right to responsibly enjoy being nude on public lands, within appropriate locations…
Ø Nudists have a right to be free from adverse or retaliatory actions by their employers as a result of their lawful enjoyment of nudity when away from work…
Ø Nudists have a right to have wholesome nudity accurately portrayed in human history…
Ø Nudists have a right to experience life-affirming portrayals of the human body in all its stages as depicted by the performing arts, the fine arts, and in literature…
Ø Nudists have a right to be treated as law-abiding citizens rather than as criminals…

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