Election Address for President: John Paine
Posted by bnchange on May 20, 2007
I am standing for President to help BN meet the challenges of the 21st Century. BN needs better management decisions, a review of what it does for ordinary naturists, a strategy to counter the nuisance caused by sex pests on naturist beaches. Should you elect me as President I would undertake urgent action on these.
A naturist for over 30 years I have visited many naturist sites and Clubs, and met many naturists, in the UK and Europe. I regularly write articles for UK naturist magazines. I am 63 years old, a member of three Clubs.
A retired community development officer, I have been BN national Research & Liaison Officer. On the EC (2004-2006) I worked hard, with fellow EC members Richard Burnham and the late Rex Watson, to get better management practices, and to open up the bizarre secrecy that surrounds BN’s top decision making.
As RLO I helped naturists on beach issues at Studland, Eastney, Brighton, Sandwich Bay, Margate. During my Ainsdale Inquiry, in July 2006, Sefton Council asked BN to help create an official naturist section at Ainsdale Beach. Sadly, some within BN’s current management did not allow me to pursue that. I will continue to actively support the work of present RLO Malcolm Boura.
Present policies lose BN thousands of members every year. The latest published BN accounts (for 2005) show income was £292,376, yet BN management still made a 2005 net loss of £49,312! Current BN annual income of £322,000 should be sufficient. It does not require increased membership fees – it needs sound financial management!
I will help Chairman Richard Daniels make the hard decisions that BN needs. Despite all the resource devoted to commercial activities in recent years BN membership still drops. Most BN members don’t belong to landed Clubs. The future of BN lies in individual members, with sound leadership, dealing with key issues that ordinary naturists feel are important. That is how BN will attract many more thousands of UK naturists.
A vote for me is a vote to change BN’s direction. I stand for open and competent management, good governance, financial prudence. I want BN to become an effective campaigning and representative national body for naturism. I want improved representation of naturists’ interests. Make your vote COUNT to move naturism out of the closet and for it to become a valid lifestyle choice in mainstream society.
