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 AANR-SW FUN IN THE SUN EVENT PLANNED FOR NATURE’S RESORT THIS WEEKEND!
I hope many of our members seize the opportunity to attend the AANR-SW “Fun in the Sun” Event planned by the great folks at Nature’s Resort in the beautiful (and warm!) Rio Grande Valley. The fun festival is planned for the weekend of March 5, 6, and 7 – see our website for more details and to sign up for the games and meals. This has been a highlight of our Spring activities for several years now and it just keeps getting BETTER every year!! Unfortunately, due to my husband’s recent surgery, we are unable to attend this year, but we certainly hope that everyone has a great time and we also hope that Nature’s Resort will host the Fun in the Sun event again next year.
MIDWINTER BOARD MEETING NEWS
My sincerest thanks goes out to our Vice President Jim Bishop for stepping in for me and conducting our AANR-SW Midwinter Board meeting at Bluebonnet Resort last weekend. A full agenda of work was covered and the 2010 Budget was approved, which allows us to conduct the business for which we are responsible. Good leaders don’t “preside” – they SERVE. I believe the entire group of Officers and Directors did an excellent job of serving our members by completing and reporting on their committee assignments and acting always in the best interests of our members and clubs. Several important issues were decided this year:
The Scholarship Committee has been dissolved and scholarship applicants are now directed to contact the AANR Education Foundation to apply for a scholarship. My thanks to Committee Chair Randy Attaway (and his assistant on the committee) for their hard work over the past few years.
The suggested Convention Contract revisions were not approved, and for good reason: they really don’t “jive” with the existing bid documents and other language in the contract. Further study will be made and perhaps these and/or others will be made in the future. My thanks to Jim Bishop for heading up the ad hoc Contract Review Committee.
A fiscally responsible Budget was approved. Funds were set aside for Membership Growth, Regional Advertising and Public Relations, Government Affairs, Co-Op Reimbursement to Clubs for advertising to the non-nudist public, and Convention expenses. Ways and means were determined to assist and encourage the Regional President to visit as many clubs in the Region as possible in addition to attending the required AANR meetings. When the President (or his or her designate) visits your club, please feel free to ask questions and make suggestions and comments on how to make our Region a better place to be.
This year, the Region will not sponsor a Youth Leadership Camp, but use of money from the Youth Fund was approved to conduct an enhanced Youth Convention during the week of our own Regional Convention, June 20-27 at Armadillo Resort.
A special “Convention Satisfaction Survey” is being developed for inclusion in this year’s registration packet. The short survey will ask for feedback from convention attendees on several topics. We ask that everyone who receives this survey at convention fill it out and turn it in. We strive to make our Regional Convention better every year and we are very interested in hearing what members would like to do, see and have on site during convention.
Have You Submitted Your Nomination Form for the AANR (National)
Board of Trustees??
There are only a little over three weeks left for nomination forms to be submitted for AANR officer and trustee positions. The deadline is March 15. No late submissions can be accepted. Questions? Contact Nanette Wickersham at execasst@aanr.com.
The E-Bulletin Sets Record
It’s a record of 14,104 subscribers who received the E-Bulletin recently. If you’re still on the outside looking in, sign up now on the home page at www.aanr.com for this entertaining bi-weekly online publication by Lynn Von Hagel.
BEXAR RECREATION SOCIETY SERVES SAN ANTONIO AREA
If you are a nudist in the San Antonio area and looking for some kindred spirits, then check out the Bexar Recreation Society. The Bexar Recreation Society, a non-landed AANR-SW affiliated club, is very active in serving the San Antonio area. They are a great bunch of fun-loving people, very friendly and will make you feel welcome! They enjoy house parties, hot tub parties and visiting landed clubs. Contact the club via their website, which can be found under the “Austin/San Antonio” heading under the “Clubs” tab at www.aanr-sw.org. I highly recommend this nice group of AANR members.
REPORT FROM AANR-SOUTHWEST NOMINATIONS CHAIR
We would love to see a large number of candidates for office this summer at the AANR-SW Convention. If you have been a member of AANR-SW for the past two years, you may qualify to run for office. We need and want interested members to serve on our Board and I encourage all members to step up and Get Involved! Please see the report, below, which I received from Brad Mak, Nominations Chair. Contact Brad at info@armadilloresort.com for more information. Forms are available on our aanr-sw.org website under the “Documents” Tab. Nominations can be made at the meeting as well, prior to the elections. You need not be present to be elected, but it’s more fun that way!
From: Armadillo Resort
To: Lucy Heide
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 10:54 AM
Subject: nominations
After the board meeting on Sat. Feb. 27, I did get somewhat of a list and I was told that this one or that one is thinking about it so if you could send me any nominations that you have so I can have a updated list and I will send it out to everyone when I get them all in. This is what I have for sure as of right now.
Directors:
Mary Howard (Creek Mary) Associate
Dennis Duncan, Oak Lake Trails
Jim Bishop, Oak Lake Trails
Don Hammett, Armadillo Resort
President:
Brad Mak, Armadillo Resort
Dale Felton, Lone Star Resort
Vice President:
Lucy Heide, Natural Horisun
PROPOSITION TWO REGARDING LOUISIANA
Please read the proposed Bylaw Amendments on Page 5 of your February issue of The Bulletin. Then read the Letters to the Editor in the March issue. Some erroneous information is being presented and my letter in the April issue will seek to clarify this issue. Proposition two is especially important to the Southwestern Region of AANR, since if it passes, the SW Region will then become responsible for the entire state of Louisiana. (Currently, Louisiana is “split” north and south, with the southern portion being part of AANR East.) The “Pro” statement was written by a member of AANR-SW who happens to live in AANR East. The “Con” statement was written by the Vice President of AANR East, Tim Thomsen, who lives in Tennessee. If you would like to weigh in on this issue, you can send a letter to Linda Berry, the editor of The Bulletin, OR you can log onto the communication venue known as The Alltogether, on the AANR website at www.aanr.com. Either way, this proposed legislation has brought awareness of the need for service to a group of great AANR members and I have pledged to the AANR East President that AANR SW will continue to reach out to and welcome our neighbors and friends from Louisiana.
Please be assured that the research was done on this issue and last September, a letter went out to ALL AANR members across Louisiana, asking for their opinion on the issue. It was only right to ask them first, before any action was taken to change the status of regional alignment. The response that AANR received was enough to make the decision to place the issue on the ballot, where you will see it later this spring. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO CAST YOUR VOTE WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR BALLOT.
What an opportunity for Service!! At the present time (actually, since last summer), there is NO chartered AANR club whatsoever in Louisiana! LaPines, a landed resort in southern Louisiana, suffered the death of its founder and owner last summer and is now only a private, family campground with no ties to AANR. I have been contacted by former members of LaPines who are interested in being involved in a landed club if another one can be developed. Meanwhile, they are forming a non-landed club called the “Southern Skinny-Dipping Society.” The interest in growing nudist participation in Louisiana is strong and ALL the nudists across the state deserve our attention and support!
NUDE RACING SERIES NEARS KICKOFF!
The Nude Racing Series is getting ready to be launched once again this year. Check our website for a list of the Races and Race Dates, then make plans to enter!! You get a chance to have a lot of fun, meet some great people and you could even win a Major Award at the end of the Year!
[On a personal note, I would like to thank all of you who have sent cards and messages of hope and goodwill to my husband, Slim, as he has been and still is undergoing treatment for lung cancer. So far, all the signs are positive for a complete and total recovery and we still plan to visit clubs this spring and our granddaughter’s graduation in Atlanta, GA, in May. And of course, we hope to see all of you at Convention in June!]
Until next time…..
Lucy
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