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March 2010
Return to the North Shore
Cabin Fever Reliever
While our February pool party with the Maine Coast Solar Bares at a spa on the North Shore of Massachusetts had to be canceled due to problems with the pool’s circulation system, the problem has been fixed and we’re all set for our next naturist pot-luck event on Sunday, March 7.
The spa has a large pool heated to 92 degrees and purified with ozone and ionization, as well as a hot tub at 101 degrees.
The event will run from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. (but everyone should be out of the pool by 4:15). Bring your own towel and food to share. Those who wish also may bring their own chairs, although a limited number are available. There will be power strips for those who need to plug in crock pots or heating plates. All types of food, from appetizers to main dishes to desserts, are welcome.
To alleviate parking problems, car-pooling is highly encouraged, and multiple-passenger vehicles only will be allowed in the parking lot prior to 1 p.m. After that, anyone else who can fit in (single lane only) may do so.
Those who come alone may park at the nearby Ace Hardware parking lot and call for a shuttle we’re providing for the first hour or so of the event. Additionally, there will be limited space available on Hickory Avenue, within walking distance of the spa.
Be sure to bring your NNH or MCSB membership cards for $15 admission. Those with other naturist affiliations will qualify for $20 admission and those without cards will be admitted at $25 per person.
St. Patrick’s Day
Unwearin’ o’ the Green
Our annual Irish celebration will be on Sunday, March 14, at an inn in southwestern New Hampshire. The inn features two lounges, ping-pong, swimming pool, sauna, and hot tub, with the event running from 1 to 5:30 p.m., followed by a (clothed) family-style dinner of haddock and corned beef, along with soup, salad, vegetables, and dessert.
Bring a towel and snacks to share.
The cost for members of NNH is $25; for non-members, $35.
Soirée
An Evening of Song
Some 20 NNH members and guests attended a clothing-optional pot-luck and musical soirée in Malden MA on Feb. 20. It was a fun evening of socializing and sharing talents. We thank Vera for having us and hope to have more of these events in the future.
Blog
Another change
The blog we had set up for NNH members and subscribers to Living Free e-zine turned out to have a security problem so we’ve moved the blog back to our me.com account. That means having to enter yet another username and password, but it ensures that the information shared there is not shared with everyone on the Internet. See our members’ area for more details.
Search continues
Missing in the north
Members of NNH who live in northern New Hampshire have been without a close venue for a couple of years now, since Four Seasons closed its doors. We have been trying to find another location in that area or south of Franconia Notch so our northern members will not have so far to travel.
Having something south of The Notch might make it more accessible for both northern and southern members, so that is where we’re concentrating our efforts — but so far we have not found a suitable location.
If you have some suggestions, forward to nude@natnh.com.
Dues Structure Provides Choice
Membership
Memberships in most organizations also include a copy of the club magazine. Some clubs also automatically include a membership to the Naturist Society or the American Association of Nude Recreation.
Naturist New Hampshire does not do that. We take a "cafeteria" approach where we leave it up to you whether you want only a membership, only the magazine, only a TNS membership; or some combination of the three. We do not force you to pay for things you are not interested in.
It is tempting to simply increase the NNH membership fee to $105 so we can say that, when you join NNH, you get a membership discount at our events as well as a subscription to Living Free and membership in TNS with its N magazine. We sometimes hear from someone who thinks we should do just that.
Instead, we're continuing to hold our basic membership fee at $25, and letting you decide if you want to add Living Free magazine and a TNS membership.
To accommodate those who would like enhanced benefits, we are now offering a discount if you want to add Living Free and/or TNS. There is an enhanced membership at $45 which includes the online version of Living Free, or at $55 which provides the CD version of the magazine. Or, go all the way with a Granite Membership for $95 which includes Living Free online and TNS with N magazine.
So, now members have a choice as to how much they want to pay and what they want from their memberships.
