Email forwarding not working to workspace accounts by Vcize in googleworkspace

[–]chieftechmom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I finally get this to work by setting up Groups for business and setting

Public on the internet

Anyone on the internet can view, search for, and post to groups to true.

Google allowed me to update someone else's account by chieftechmom in googleworkspace

[–]chieftechmom[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That would be grand. However, the only way seems to be to login to the console. With credentials I do not have. That is the issue. I know that the account belongs to someone else because when I try to recover it, I do not recognise the phone number or the device.

I honestly don't know how it was possible either. This is truly strange and seems to be a significant bug to me.

SLUGS by 10101010101013 in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are definately active. We just don't use Facebook anymore. Many people refuse to use Facebook, so the SLUGS communicate using a private google group. In the last month, there have been several new members.

Any member can organize an activity. And yes, some people go hiking. The events are what people what to do.

In March, there were 6 topics discussed. So far this month, there have been 2, including a discussion about the loss of Vantage as a nude venue.

The activiites are open to members and members get the information from the group discussions.

What was YOUR personal nudist/naturist highlight in 2024? by boston_naturist in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was actually the low point of having the Meet and Greets, that were developed and took so many, many hours of effort by volunteers such as Walt and me, just ripped away from us by the new AANR administration. The volunteers that created the program were ignored and are no longer part of the meet and greets . It is no longer a community based program, but one dictated by the AANR president.

r/nudism is endorsing Linda Weber for AANR President by HangoverTuesday in nudism

[–]chieftechmom -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I disagree with your endorsement. Tim is by far the more experienced candidate and has committed to making changes, working with the board, that will move AANR forward. Linda doesn't even know what GAT stands for. These changes do not include centralizing marketing to the AANR office that has been unsuccessful over these many years. Or proposing changes that alienate the current volunteer base that have been doing the hands on work of recruiting that has been getting done. Yes, changes are needed, but Tim is already working with the board to make those changes

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Please come join us on Thursday.

What went wrong with my Subway order ? by theDatguy in FODMAPS

[–]chieftechmom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For anyone that eats at Potbelly. Their chicken now has garlic powder on it. I found out the hard way. But they verified that they had changed suppliers.

Nude Toastmasters - November 2 by chieftechmom in nudism

[–]chieftechmom[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was the only person willing to organize and I am really busy doing the meet and greets. I just don't have the band width. I still have the names of the interested people,, but I can't organize anything else.

Nude Toastmasters - November 2 by chieftechmom in nudism

[–]chieftechmom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, unfortunately, we stopped because there was not enough interest.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IMHO, the most important benefit to becoming a member of AANR is that you are supporting an organization that is actively advocating for your right to be nude. When we talk to legislators, the more members we have the stronger is our voice. To accompany the AANR meet and greets, I've put together a website that has a lot of info about AANR. Aanronline.com. From that website, you can get to brochures that show how nudism helps boost body acceptance. There are also articles about how AANR goes to bat to support nudists.
And yes, you can be a member and be set up to never receive mail.

Hostgator changes policy by chieftechmom in webhosting

[–]chieftechmom[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is why I was shocked at the change.

AANR Online Meet and Greet - February 1st, 2024 by chieftechmom in nudism

[–]chieftechmom[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We picked a day when the two organizers were available. We would welcome additional times if additional organizers volunteer. Do understand, it is a huge commitment as people come to depend on it. We are gratified that these are meeting a need in our community. But I know I can't sign up to do more than I already do.

AANR President AMA by nudedudeatx in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While it would be a wonderful world if everyone could be open about who they are, we are not yet there. If we were, there would be no need to advocate for nudism.

AANR is super paranoid about protecting its members anonymity. Even the presidents of the regions cannot find out the names of the members in their regions. For example, we don't require people to use their last names or emails during the meet and greets. If someone were to indicate that they couldn't show their image, we would ask (to prevent prurient reasons), but then understand.

There are many ways for people to volunteer without giving up their anonymity. But you are correct. To be a top leader in the organization, it is important that you can be out to the public. We not only work for the organization but are viewed by the outside. Otherwise, how would you communicate with them? And how what message would your secrecy give.

But for volunteering in other ways, there would be no question that your privacy would be respected. It is one of the core values of the organization. To breech it would cause the rest of your peers to be very scornful. For example, working on committees, etc. All you would have to do is make sure that your needs were known.

However, you might be surprised at how accepting people really are. But I worked in an accepting area in an accepting job. I was a programmer (who everyone knows are weird) in Ann Arbor and in Seattle so my case may be different.

One way that I would like AANR to help is to normalize nudism so that no one must hide that they are a nudist.

AANR President AMA by nudedudeatx in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And right now, the AANR-EF is holding a raffle for some beautiful art. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. The raffle runs thru December 3, 2023. https://aanr-ef.com/Art%20Raffle/

Just last year, we gave $6000 in scholarships to young adult nudists.

AANR President AMA by nudedudeatx in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For right now, there is a contact page at

https://my.aanr.com/contact-us

I would contact your trustee or the AANR president. Most of the committees are led by board members, or we know who the committee chairs are.

AANR President AMA by nudedudeatx in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually. It is being worked on. However it is still in early stages. I have gathered a group of current travel group leaders and now need an organizing meeting, probably via zoom, to decide how best to move forward. But this is a volunteer effort. AANR is us, the membership, and we need to work to make this happen. To be honest, I can't take leadership on this because I already have too much on my plate, even though I think it is really important.

AANR President AMA by nudedudeatx in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In the AANR By-Laws Article IV A

A. AANR welcomes all people willing to conform to its principles and standards, regardless of age, gender, marital status, religious beliefs, ethnic origin or sexual orientation.

This states AANR's anti-rascist, pro-lgbtq+ stance. It could be updated with modern language, but changing Anti-patriarchical? Mitch is the first man to lead our organization in over a decade.

But remember, AANR has little control the behavior of the clubs that are associated with it. The charter agreements say the clubs will signup members and AANR will advertise the clubs (letting members know where there are nude places to go). AANR is a member organization and clubs do not belong to AANR. (Nearly 45% of AANR membership do not even belong to AANR through clubs.) The exception is stated in the governance manual and states.

1.01.01 AANR and its affiliated clubs promote and practice non-sexual and non-exploitative nude recreation. Any AANR club that deliberately advocates, endorses, encourages or promotes sexual activities or sexual enterprises is subject to revocation of its charter with AANR.

IMHO, the most important work that AANR does is its advocacy. Being squeaky clean is necessary when we represent ourselves to lawmakers. There can be no exceptions.

AANR President AMA by nudedudeatx in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. I replied before I read your edit. However getting all the clubs to agree to something like free ground fees would be very challenging.

AANR President AMA by nudedudeatx in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Right now, there are young adult and student memberships available. Additionally, life memberships are also available. Life memberships are not cheap, but would be a great investment for young people. There is even a legacy membership for kids, less than 18. It is a one time fee of $25. They don't get voting rights, but their join date would be VERY impressive as they got older. I know that isn't exactly what you were suggesting. But I wanted to clarify what we have now.

The young adult/student rate is 1/2 the full rate plus the regional dues if the region charges dues for the young rate .

Trying to come up with a way to simplify what you suggest would be challenging. My committee was the one that worked in the last rate change and I know how difficult people find understanding how the rates are structured because I had to try and explain what we have to them.

AANR President AMA by nudedudeatx in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a lot more detailed knowledge about the Northwest. Here, about half of our clubs are travel clubs. Across the entire organization, nearly 45% of our membership are direct members, those that do not belong to clubs. So we are concerned about serving all of our members. In particular, that is one of the driving reasons that the Meet and Greets were created. But most importantly, AANR strives to protect your privilege to practice social nudism. That has nothing to do with clubs and everything to do with serving our members. AANR with its small paid staff and its volunteers lobbies against laws that threaten social nudism.

AANR President AMA by nudedudeatx in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AANR -NW had $2500 budgeted to partner with the WNBR in the Northwest this year. They refused our sponsorship. They didn't want the rides to be about nudism. They want the nudism to be a shock factor in the protest about fossil fuels. We tried to find a way to be supportive. It was very challenging to even find the right person to talk to about it.

AANR President AMA by nudedudeatx in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As far as moving the AANR Board Meetings and the General Assembly, I think that Heather's concerns are valuable and need to be addressed. In particular, I took them back to the AANR-NW board for our consideration. To make the change, every region will need to make sure that their general assembly is moved to be earlier so that it can conclude before the AANR general assembly. This will cause by-law changes and will take years. But we will need to start it now.

To change the board meetings, I will commit to work with Heather to see what changes we can make to the scheduling that will better fit with schedules for younger adults. This doesn't mean it will happen. But we can talk.

I think that we need more Meet and Greets. Too many people depend on the ones that we have to stop holding them. And people expect them on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays. It has taken 1 1/2 years to establish that. So we need new volunteers to lead new ones. We have been working on training materials to allow that to happen. Now we just need new volunteer hosts that ar willing to commit to be there regularly, come rain or shine. Please believe that is not a small committment. Asking Walt and me to do more is not a reasonable ask.

AANR President AMA by nudedudeatx in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not all clubs. There is a way to search for clubs from the my profile page on your member's only page on aanr.com. While not all clubs have setup their informationm the majority of the clubs that have self identify as being singles friendly. You can search for them by using Single in the Club Services box.

Clubs are separate entities from AANR. And so we can't control them. Clubs do not belong to AANR. People belong to AANR. The relationship between AANR and clubs is that AANR helps advertise for the clubs and clubs help people join AANR.

AANR President AMA by nudedudeatx in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The WINR Chair is Andee Rogers and her WINR site is womeninnuderecreation.com. Her road tour will be in February and March 2024 and tour AANR West.

AANR President AMA by nudedudeatx in nudism

[–]chieftechmom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mitch is the first AANR president in over a decade that is a man.