Jordan Addresses Concerns From Nudists About AANR

My last article Bill Schroer Goes on the Record About Being Fired by AANR started up a wonderful discussion and lively yet positive discourse (YAY!!!). In the comments section, there were a number of points brought up by a few different folks that I thought should be addressed all together in a fresh article. So now that Weren't offended or upset or anything so it was cool. has settled a bit, I will address these additional concerns here one by one.

So after approaching several others, I was left without official AANR voice which was depressed, but not surprising.
Now, here are some of the chief points / issues that people brought up.
Concerns by Naturists About AANR


Since I 'm no longer an AANR member, some people had said that I don't have a right to talk about this problem.
Just like I 've the right have an opinion about the NRA, I see no reason why this same reasoning wouldn't use in a field that I'm very proactive in.
Some had said that I 'm just out to get AANR.
For the record, I'm not anti anything. AANR, in its preceding cycle, has had many wonderful accomplishments. I just wish I could say precisely the same about today's AANR. Nevertheless , once they do, I will function as the first (I trust) to point those out!
I do, however, have powerful ideological issues with the manner AANR has been run, managed and encouraged together with specific policies they apply (and undoubtedly the ones they choose to ignore).
For people who are claiming that I 'm out to get AANR I 'd only like to say when you would have read my coverage of the Bill Schroer dilemma, you'd have seen that I spent a ton of time researching, keeping an open mind and doing my absolute best to pass along the facts as best I could.
Why even bring up the AANR dilemma?
Since AANR themselves did not care to address or educate their members on the particulars, I merely sought to learn what occurred. Many FKK'ers are also AANR members and I for one, feel it is essential for us and them to understand what AANR is doing.
I decided to share those findings on our website because I'm in favor of foil. Aside from any issues you may have with me personally, if you failed to like the issues in the article then you can take up your concerns with AANR - stop shooting the messenger and begin focusing on the real issues!
Some said that I / FKK have not tried to help AANR.
For those of you who called me out for not supporting AANR let me simply point out a couple of facts:
For the last three to four years, I've been trying to get AANR to do a positive piece about their accomplishments and future aims.
I 've offered to help them with their online issues. The places I felt I could really affect their organization would function as facets that pertain to AANR and the net. It is no big secret that AANR has difficulties in communicating, PR, advertising, online standing, social networking and membership outreach. FKK also offers a more extensive reach and I thought I could help AANR reinforce their base as well as grow it.
While I believed AANR would be happy to get any help they can, the answers I've gotten from them were less than enthused. A number of times they mocked my offer, other times they merely said they valued the offer and would keep it in mind. I additionally, on a number of occasions, had to email them a few times only to get someone to e-mail me back (an on-going problem of theirs).
For people who may not understand, the net is where I thrive. I've worked along side firms such as google, yahoo and bing and even beta test their products when they ask me to. So when Family Naturism - Angie and the Cannibal Tribe - Growing Up Naturist offered to help AANR, I was somewhat befuddled by their answer. So I just stopped offering.
And also:
We've generated good money for different clubs and haven't asked for anything in return. We also signed up a number of our members to AANR.
We provide nudist clubs to advertise on our website, yet very few see the worth is spending the $60 / month. I find this odd because we have an extremely targeted audience and if we were to charge $0.03 per click, we would be making a ton more money! If this were any other business, we would be making quite a bit of money only from advertisement sales (and we'd never be charging this type of minute amount).
We are now helping one club develop a fresh website for a fraction of what it should cost and we do so happily. They see the value and we need them to succeed!
'FKK just gripes but offers no help to the nudist community.'
If you ask me, the biggest offenders for why Naturism / Naturism is falling in the U.S. are the resorts and clubs. Many are not promoting their business and others are going about it in the most back-ass-wards manner potential.
While they do have legitimate reasons for concern, they're not willing to purchase the time and work we do. A person's time has value, especially if they have been doing something for someone else. If nudist clubs are not willing to put money into the drastically reduced costs we offer, then why should we help? Yes, we would be sad to see them go but we do need to eat.
And a side note about Nudism and the Internet:
I 'll keep hammering this message until people start to shift their strategy.
The internet is the cheapest and best way to grow any following. Particularly since many resorts still charge us their day fees even when we go only to write about them or even when we've events and create several thousand dollars for them while making pretty much nothing for ourselves).
So with that in mind, I'm just saying that if organizations, naturist clubs and nudist resorts don't start changing their strategy, they will not endure. While better! If its your first visit, you decide when or even if you want to disrobe! may lash out at X or Y, they really have no one to blame but themselves.
That said, Naturism and Nudism in and of themselves will survive.
I expect I had been able to say myself and address the largest worries that came about in the Bill Schroer/ AANR problem. That said, please comment and I'd like to know if I missed anything.
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Jordan Blum is a lifelong nudie and co-founder of Nudist Portal.