As usual, we spent the
first four days in May at El Portús, taking
advantage of the long weekend we had in the Madrid (Community)
area. It has certainly been the best meeting so far,
thanks to the good work of the ADN Youth group (ADNJ).
We had talks, bowling (‘petanca’), a free
dance workshop, volleyball, a chiro-massage workshop,
a barbecue, drank our chocolate and had a super Hawaiian
party at the beach bar. More than a hundred people joined
having, all of us, the best time ever. Inside you will
find a full report, (you’ll never know what you
missed! And at a ridiculous price, at that!.
The Day
of Saint Isidro was amazing! Not only because
of the fabulous trip to the Dam of La Parra, led by
José Luis, but also because of the new Web site
of the youth, launched from www.naturismo.org/adn/jovenes.
This is a Web site made by and for the youth, multimedia
designed and with games. We predict it will be a success
with regard to the spread of naturism among young people.
Keep up the good work, Jaime!.
The highlight this year has
been, without a doubt, the organising of the first
Western Europe inter-federation meeting ever
to be held in Spain and
undertaken by the ADN and the AAPNT, (Association of
Friends of the Naturist Beach of El Torn), as part of
the FEN. All countries invited, but for Ireland and
Luxemburg, turned up for the meeting which took place
at the Naturist Camp-site El Templo del Sol. Also, all
the members of the new Central Committee of the International
Association for Naturism, FNI, were present. Some comments
indicated this meeting had been the be4st, for as long
as they could remember. This success may be why they
have already asked us to organise the 2006 World Meeting.
Should we dare do it? (that is, whoever will be leading
the FEN, then). Inside you will also find information
about that meeting.
That is not all. On June 14,
at the regular FEN meeting held at our place, Manel
Mondejar was elected president
of the FEN. That was the first time that position
was filled by voting. I was elected vice-president.
That means the coalition AAPNT-ADN, which, by the way,
is yielding such good results, will keep on doing so
for the good of Spanish organised naturism. However,
Manel has decided to give up the presidency this coming
February due to his narrow victory. New election will
take place then. In the meantime, we will all get down
to the task of passing the new statutes in November.
To finish the month, a very
pleasant event indeed: a dozen ADN members attended
the annual meeting our friends, the members of the Naturist
Association of Aragón, ANAR,
held at the Martín-del-Río
camp-site, in the province of Teruel. Enjoy a
short report about this meeting inside. A thank-you
to our friends in Aragón.
Ismael Rodrigo,
President of ADN.
adn@naturismo.org
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