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  • Guest

    Dine Naked Oxford Virtual Dining

    By Guest, in Eastern,

    Hi Everyone
    I am pleased to be able to promote an event to you that is going ahead. 
    From  Dine Naked Oxford Sandra and Mupp, are hosting a virtual meal experience. 
    The meal will be Spaghetti Bolognese. You can cook it authentically yourself, buy one, or Nuke a Spag bog in the microwave. 
    The meal will be followed by Mupps (Mike's) interactive Quiz. All achieved via video link.
    The evening will be great for couples, or whole families, or for singles, in fact everyone. With fun good food and an outbreak of enjoyment followed by a helping of naked diners. 
    Here are the details fron Sandra;
    You may want to brush up on your Italian!!
    Andy
     
  • Guest
    Hi Everyone
    John Gelder our Eastern Walks Coordinator would like to inform  those of you keen on walking that as a result of Government restrictions being extended for potentially another four weeks; two of our regional walks have been affected;
     
    Firstly; The  Tring walk on Friday 24th April has now been  CANCELLED.
     
    Secondly; The  Aston Abbots Walk on Friday 15th May has now been CANCELLED.
     
    John will be monitoring the situation, following Government advice and instructions.
    Once the Lockdown has been lifted some walks may be able to be rescheduled. John will keep those of you on the mailing list informed  as to the status of the Walks.
    In the meantime, it may be worth polishing your walking boots ready to go;
    Andy
     
  • Guest

    EASTERN AGM VOTING RESULTS

    By Guest, in Eastern,

    Yesterday as you know we held our regional Email based voting of the AGM.  Here are the results below:
    AGM VOTING
    RESULTS 2020
     
    AGENDA ITEM 1:    TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING;
    FOR  25
    AGAINST  0
    ABSTAIN  2
    PASSED
     
     
    AGENDA ITEM 4.1:            TO ELECT ROBERT FINNEY AS CHAIRMAN FOR 3 YEARS;
    FOR  27
    AGAINST  0
    ABSTAIN  0
    ELECTED
     
     
    AGENDA ITEM 4.2:                        TO ELECT IAN BEEBY AS VICE-CHAIRMAN FOR 1 YEAR;
    FOR  26
    AGAINST  0
    ABSTAIN  1
    ELECTED
     
     
    AGENDA ITEM 4.3:                        TO ELECT MARTIN DENCH AS SPORTS OFFICER FOR 1 YEAR;
    FOR  24
    AGAINST  1
    ABSTAIN  1
    ELECTED
     
     
    AGENDA ITEM 4.4:                        TO ELECT ANDREW GILMOUR AS PRO FOR 1 YEAR;
    FOR  27
    AGAINST  0
    ABSTAIN  0
    ELECTED
     
    NOTES;
    All voting was completed electronically.
    8 Clubs voted.
    19 Individual members voted
    A Quorum was achieved
     
     
     
     
     
     
  • Guest

    MUSEUM VISIT TO BE REARRANGED

    By Guest, in Eastern,

    The Visit to the Museum located in Milton Keynes has been cancelled for now. However; the good news is that once the museum is able to open again, the visit to the Museum will be Rearranged.
    Andy
  • Guest

    Carry on campaigning

    By Guest, in North West,

    We have all been rocked back on our heels recently due to COVID 19 and no one has escaped the effects of this virus, whether it be self isolation, the scampering around for basic items at the supermarkets or more seriously the affects of the illness itself - we are all affected in some way. Social distancing has become the norm and as a result the BN events and campaigns have suffered mind boggling setbacks, but our health takes priority. There has been a tremendous amount of work performed during the winter months in order to accommodate a great season of events and no one has been busier than our events chief Mark Walsh. He is dealing with this superbly by updating us on this new page on the website. The campaigns Task Force have also been busy creating and promoting and are now also adversely affected, with GBSD being the worst affected campaign, with many events being put on hold for who knows how long? 
     
               Positives
    On the positive side, the news that BN have acquired the grounds of the Sunfolk club on the outskirts of the capital and intend to create a gold standard venue, is a fabulous initiative and certainly a positive asset for the future of Naturism. Read more from BN president Mark Bass.  Our Women in Naturism Co-ordinator Donna Price is back home after a long holiday in Australia and we all look forward to her resuming her work with more positive input into the campaign by creating more articles for general press releases and of course the BN magazine.  The Just One Person campaign is continuing via phone calls, text messaging, social media and emailing Read all about it on the BN member's forum . Have you told anyone recently about your privileged Naturist lifestyle? Carry on campaigning.  #NormalisingNaturism. The North West region now have their own news pages within the main BN website view here, for fast flowing news updates of events, clubs and swims including naked walking etc. This can also be replicated by other regions - the tools are there and assistance readily available.             Stay safe - and hopefully we will be back to full steam ahead before too long.
              ron.ohare@bn.org.uk
             
  • Guest

    YEM Region Update

    By Guest, in Yorkshire and East Midlands,

    We live in an interesting age. No-one could have foreseen the disruption caused  worldwide by the Covid-19 virus. As is only to be expected, it has hit long planned events. I learnt today (Thursday) that Bramley Baths in Leeds has closed temporarily.

    "The health and wellbeing of all our customers is our absolute priority for everyone at Bramley Baths. Following the latest update regarding the Coronavirus outbreak, we have taken the decision to temporarily close our building from 9pm Wednesday, 18 March."
    This impacts on the Leeds Naturist Group who normally hold weekly swims here on a Saturday evening.
    For more information use the websites:
    for Bramley Baths and for the Leeds group.

    Unfortunately the flagship event of the region Nudestock has been cancelled for this year. This is another casualty of the Virus. Although it was scheduled for May, all BN events for that month have been either postponed or cancelled. As this is a fast changing time, there are daily updates to be found on the BN website . One knock on effect of this is the need to find a new date and venue for the region's AGM when new officers will be elected

    The Sheffield Swim is also affected. The pool will now be closing early on a Sunday and our session is postponed for the near future. More updates on the pool will be on the pool's website. If I'm being optimistic, the earliest resumption we're looking at is the May swim, but I don't know yet what the situation will be then.

    The Ryedale Swim is cancelled until further notice according to their website https://www.ryedalenaturistclub.co.uk/

    The ironic thing is that swimming pools are among the safest places to be as the chlorine in the water kills the virus. The danger lies in travel to the venues and as the kesp website puts it "Of concern, though, is the interaction that pool users have with each other beyond the swimming activity. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation is evolving and characteristics of the virus are still being determined."

    At the time of writing Sleaford was still taking place but now that leisure centres are closed this too has fallen victim.   We're entering a period of uncertainty. Stay safe everyone. We may be walking through a long tunnel, but at some point we'll be coming out.
      EDIT: Friday March 20th 17-10 Leisure Centres closing nationwide.
     
  • Guest

    Eastern Region AGM

    By Guest, in Eastern,

    Hi Everyone
    You may know already. But our AGM has been cancelled for now, in light of the current situation with the Corona virus  pandemic. 
    Here is a copy of the email regarding the AGM sent by Cathy Bromley our Eastern Regional Secretary;
    Hello to our members and member clubs.

    Following guidelines from BN EC, we regretfully need to cancel our AGM,
    planned for 5th April at Broadlands. Government guidelines for COVID-19
    advise against gatherings at this time and to safeguard our member's
    health, we need to heed this advice.

    Once restrictions are no longer in place, we will organise a replacement Regards,

    Cath Bromley
    Secretary, BN Eastern Region

       
  • Guest

    Mikron Theatre Production Cancelled

    By Guest, in Eastern,

    Hi Everyone.
    Sandra has just let me know that her evening in August with the production of 
    Its a Dogs Tale.
    Mikron cancelled 21/8
    Sadly this event has now been cancelled this is due to the fact they are a touringTheatre Company that is due to start their tour shortly.
    Please go to the link below for refund information
    https://mikron.org.uk/support-us/coronavirus.
    By Sandra
    Please keep reading the events pages and newsgeed regulrly for updates on events.
    Andy
  • Guest

    Annual SW Region Meeting - Postponed

    By Guest, in South West,

    With the uncertainty of the Coronavirus over the next weeks, the SW team have decided to postpone the forthcoming meeting on Saturday 4th April, until further notice.
    We apologise for any inconvenience caused and hope to reconvene a meeting in the Autumn.
    Graham Holland
    SW Secretary
  • Guest

    EASTERN NEWSLETTER

    By Guest, in Eastern,

    Hi  Eastern Regioners
    Our Regional Secretary Cathy Bromley has compiled our latest periodical Newsletter. I have uploaded the newsletter in PDF Format for you to browse.
    Here is the Newsletter;
    BN Eastern Region Newsletter March 2020.pdf
     
    Andy
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