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This summer my wife and I went to the Northeast Summer Festival at Empire Haven. At one of the seminars I heard the most disturbing thing that’s come along in 46 years as a nudist.

They’re trying to bring ‘Homeland Security’
right into our nudist parks.

Complete with finger-printing and ‘secret’ video survelance.

Here’s the flyer that was distributed to all who came to the seminar.

Put your waders on...  There’s nothing but bullshit ahead!!!

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Security and Privacy for Nudists
                                   Fred Van Nest and Edward A. Thibault

Personal privacy issues and the need for security measures to protect us from sexual predators and other criminals are real. How much will you tolerate?  Driver’s license?  Finger prints?  Closed circuit TV monitoring? Digital surveillance saved on a hard drive?  Securityand privacy recommendations for nudist clubs and groups need your input.

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The need for both security and privacy.

Entrance Control Security for Resorts, Clubs, Private Groups, Festivals, and Gatherings.

Protecting Privacy: Security of Nudist Records and Recordings.

Digital Video Surveillance: Open and Secret, Security and Privacy Issues.

Roll of professional staff and officers of Private/Traveling Groups.

Digital Photograph Cell Phones.

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Notice for the registration area, website and newsletter for Nudist Resorts, Clubs, Private/Traveling Groups, Festivals, and Gatherings.

We have been deeply concerned for our children, their safety and the safety of our members. At the request of our members and for the protection of them and their children,we copy government issued photo IOD and check it against the National Sexual Offenders Public Registry and State Registries.

Cell phone and camera policy to be posted prominently:

We are concerned wioth your privacy and wish to protect it.  Digital cameras and photo cell phones may only be used at RV and campsites, hotel rooms and where guests park their cars.  They may be subject to confiscation and gtiven back to you at the end of your stay. Photographs can only be taken with the permission of the person being photographed. You can not take any people in ehe background unless you have their permission to be photographed. Unauthorized use is grounds for expulsion.

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Both Fred and Edward are long term members of AANR and the Naturist Society. They and their wives have a nudist lifestyle in New York State and Florida.  Fred has been involved in developing nudist policies for many years and is currently supporting the digitalization of the Nudist library. Edward is a criminologist and emeritus, SUNNY Oswego.

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Is everyone going mad?

Who are they working for???

‘Make work’ for themselves?

Or worse.., more goverment infringement.

Things are going just fine at nudist parks.  They are already the safest place to be in our society. We have the lowest divorce rate. We have the lowest teenage pregnancy rate. Our children are not afraid to talk about their bodies.  They know when someone is off color and are not afraid to point them out to others.  We don’t need a ‘refuge’. To be protected from society. We deal with all the elements of society every day on the outside. We don’t need to be protected from them on the inside. This is not what we come to parks for... To be spied on.  To be kept track of.  To be video taped.

Beware...  They will belittle claims such as those I am making, but how many other places are people like this trying to infiltrate?

DO NOT ACCEPT ANY OF IT.

If they want to protect our kids.  Nudist parks needs to stop calling themselves‘clothing optional’. The people with clothes on who come into our lifestyle are the ones we really need to watch.  Not ourselves...