The Naturist Living Show: President Weber
Episode 163: Organizational leadership with AANR President Linda Weber
Often, non-profit organizations struggle to find volunteers to fill the leadership roles. Yet in the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) 2024 election, there were two very solid candidates for president. Tim Mullins is a hard-working, dedicated, and long-time member of the executive team. But the winner, Linda Weber, is relatively new to the AANR leadership. However, she already had a significant public profile due to her tireless social media work and public advocacy.
At the 2024 AANR conference in Shangri-la Ranch, Linda discussed with us her plans for her upcoming term. 🪐
I paged through the last few months of the AANR Bulletin a few days ago. Fairly disheartening. I forced myself to read several of the articles which was an underwhelming experience. And yet we wonder why our organizations are declining in relevance and why younger members aren’t interested? I’m interested to see where Linda takes things. Im a fan so I’m hopeful. But with the US political and social climate what it is these days, US nudism has some challenges. Hard to say if AANR will lead or just continue to try to survive with a declining and aging population. Im approaching retirement age myself but I’d rather not see AANR continue its “AARP for nudists” trend.
The GBLTTIQA and Naturist Communities need to be more interrelated to the benefits of both of them.