Re: Destinations Holiday & Travel Show @ NEC


<mike_lincs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We did try to get other naturist organisations to join in with us at
Birmingham, and wrote to all the EU naturist organisations but had no
positive replies.

It's understandable that naturist organisations do not want to invest in expensive
publicity shows where the vast majority of the visitors will have little or no
interest, and the profit made from those who are interested is somewhat minimal.

That would have helped defray the costs. As to
manning, we did advertise for people to help, but it all comes down to
the fact that many were at work, and a vast majority of others were not
in a position to help as it would have been possible that they would
have been seen and recognised by people they knew.

Perhaps if BN were to offer an incentive to those who are prepared to help out, they
might find a few more volunteers.

Many people are
still not happy that others know they are naturists. This is why we had
to use people who were happy to be seen, and that usually meant people
from distances.

This idea that naturists are not happy about others knowing is self perpetuating. You
and I both know that this fear of being found-out is unfounded, irrational and any
repercussion for being found-out is minimal if not non-existent, but BN still supports
and respects the idea that secretism is important to its members. Members then adopt
that idea and BN and clubs promote the idea, so on it goes.


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