President Kevin M. | Turtle Lake

Vice President Bill D. | Fern Hills

As you might have heard – AANR Midwest has a new president!

I have completed my two terms and have had a wonderful four years serving the 13 state AANR Midwest Region, its resorts and members.

Trekking the region has been an adventure. Christine and I have made a lot of new friends, encouraged member involvement, and worked with some phenomenal people. I am proud of our efforts at spreading AANR goodwill and have enjoyed every minute of it.

I’ve been fortunate to be associated with our Board and Committee members who have helped me achieve my goals. Together we have increased attendance at summer convention and thus at our general assembly meetings during that week. If you have never attended such an event, I invite you consider making your plans for 2021. It’s exciting to know that we have possibly 4 clubs interested in hosting the event in the coming years.

AANR Midwest in the past 4 years has given away 9 - $5000 matching grants, 6 - $2000 scholarships and has earnestly support Kids Kamp and Jams and Yams.The people who run these programs are exceptional individuals and will need our support in the future.I give deserved recognition to Rick and Susan for their record setting Kids Kamp at Cedar Trails this year. All this has been accomplished while keeping our region coffers solvent, invested, and by being watchful stewards of the member’s dues.

A gracious thank you to all of the people with whom I worked. A commitment to social nudism is something we all share and I wish Kevin, our new president great success. As the new leader, he is already reaching out to the new Board and Committee members. I am so glad he is taking over for me. Change is good, term limits are good, and for me - more retirement time is really good.

Christine and I are not going anywhere. We plan on being involved and visible whenever schedules get back to normal. I see nothing but a bright future for us all.

It has been an honor to serve,

Richard

As the incoming President for AANR Midwest, I can’t wait to start roamin’ the region and getting to know all of you better - an extension of our former President Richard’s policy, who frequently visited the region resorts meeting all of you. While it may be a little challenging the rest of the year, my door remote access is always available. 

Speaking of AANRMW Convention, I find it to be the most important event in our region. Throughout the years it has brought friends together and like-minded new people to enjoy the nudist activities. We have experienced positive growth in the past couple of years thanks to the hard work of Fern Hills and I hope the trend will continue in 2021. I look forward to working with Valley View Recreation Club as they take on this awesome task of being our host club.

Another shining star of our region is Kids Kamp. They had record attendance this past June and managed to safely run their program under the State of Ohio Covid19 guidelines. These people are dedicated to education and promotion of the nudist lifestyle for kids – a mission critical to the future of nudism. Kids Kamp in turn gives momentum to Jams and Yams in July, who pull together another successful kids program during convention. My pledge here it to continue to support these essential programs and our family values.

My primary goal is to get people involved in AANR Midwest Region and bring in new members. Additionally I want to keep the communications flowing so current members are aware how AANR Midwest gives back the collected dues in the form of scholarships and grants to resorts. Along with this goal is encouraging the pro-active actions of our Board. It has built up a lot of momentum in the past couple of years and we have many volunteers who work hard to keep our region one of the best in the country

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I look forward to serving the Region, the Board and the Members in the years to come.

Stay Safe,

Kevin

Comments? Questions? Contact me directly at [email protected]

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