One of the many benefits of being a member of The American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) and AANR-NW is that the AANR-NW Government Affairs Team (GAT) represents you.

Currently several proposed pieces of legislation in Oregon have the potential for unintended consequences to impact family nude recreation. Our AANR dues contribute to finance StateNet, a legislative monitoring service. StateNet has flagged several Oregon bills using a vast array of key words pre-selected by the AANR GA Team in Oregon this legislative session.

Once StateNet flags a bill in Oregon an email is sent to the Oregon AANR-NW GAT Chair Shirley Gauthier. Shirley then researches the bill for potential impact, sponsors of the bill and pertinent information to address the process needed to proceed. Shirley then contacts the AANR-NW GAT Chair Steve Hubbard and a decision is made on the most productive process to address the proposed bills.

One legislator a “Friend of AANR-NW” and sponsor of one bill responded immediately to an email that he would address our concerns with the bill he had drafted. After contacting key legislators, appointments were made and Oregon GAT Chair Shirley Gauthier and Willamettans President Sue Ott were off to visit the Oregon Capitol in Salem. The AANR office staff in Kissimmee, Florida supplied informational packets and support.

A Senator and sponsor of another bill along with his staff addressed our concerns and assured us that they would share our concerns with committee members. These legislators have been receptive in the past to their constituents concerns and have always given AANR representatives their time. Legislators assured us that they would notify us of any scheduled hearings concerning the proposed bills. In addition to our scheduled appointments we were able to drop in on legislative staffers, hand out “AANR Nudist and I Vote” Buttons and continued our networking efforts.

AANR-NW GAT is not requesting any action or funds from our members on this issue at this time.