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NLC, NNLC, and ACFRI each were separate of FKK, however certainly had their origins in and main support from the Oshkosh-based group. Meanwhile, those members of ACFRI who were predominantly associated with ASA were trying to steer the group in an ASA direction, and so kept ACFRI from fulfilling its mission as acting as an autonomous bridge between FKK and ASA. Some FKK members, like Durand Steiger, started to ask why FKK did not just develop a political task force of its own. Throughout the 1980s, Steiger contended, FKK had proved itself to be a successful naturist organization. Simply FKK and ASA were by then, considered "major players" in the American clothes-optional movement. FKK had a decent vehicle in CWS that could be used to get the task force's message out to a broad group of people. And with FKK in control--up front as well as behind the scenes--its political action group would avoid the pitfalls of internal disagreement brought about by having leaders from two occasionally disparate groups. The Naturist Action Committee & Naturist Education Foundation At the June 14-17, 1990 FKK Eastern Gathering, once again in Pennsylvania, FKK eventually determined to press its members into forming a dynamic, effective political action group of their own. By 1990 FKK had enough members, enough regard on the list of naturist and non-naturist communities, enough useful ties with other naturist organizations, enough experienced and battle-seasoned leaders, and a journal of sufficient and consistent quality to take on the task of forming--finally--a model naturist action group. Responding in part to Steiger's remarks, FKK chose the summer to determine how best to form this awesome group. In a second Eastern assembly that year, held at Camp Akiba in Pennsylvania on August 16-19, 1990, FKK formally formed the Naturist Action Committee. A Board of Directors ace term was chosen with Toni Egbert as Chair. NAC was to be known as the political arm of FKK, but keep enough autonomy to go in the directions the elected committee wished. Lee Baxandall would serve in a mainly advisory capacity as a long-lasting but nonvoting member. The board was set up to be democratically elected by and from the FKK membership, with each FKK members getting one equal vote, Any licensed FKK member may run for one of the nine board positions, and stand for reelection after three years. FKK' magazine was designated the official organ of NAC. (In 1992 FKK, NAC and the Naturist Education Foundation would create a different, monthly newsletter for timely political and legal updates.) NAC's stated aims were threefold: legal action, lobbying, and public relations. On August 20, 1991, the first elected committee convened at Empire Haven, New York. Those elected by http://wiki.fos.be/w/index.php?title=Naked-Run-And-My-Struggles-With-Body-Image-a were: Lee Beverage, John Boteler, Toni Egbert, John Kyff, Johanna Moore, Mollie Moore-Sullivan, Morley Schloss Durand Steiger, and Brian Wright. Lee Baxandall was a member ex officio and Kevin Kearney was hired as NAC's lobbyist and Public Affairs Council NAC has triumphed where the earlier activist groups failed. Today, NAC is the most effective naturist or naturist activist in North America. Although the names among the board members have changed (only Morley Schloss continues from the original board), the unity found in FKK' distinctly naturist doctrine, and the commitment to defending and promoting clothing-optional freedoms on public and private properties, keeps the board of directors and the many FKK members with whom they work on track. In February 1993, after three years of preparation and submitting applications to the Internal Revenue Service, FKK announced the official formation of NAC's sister organization, the Naturist Education Foundation. With designated http://wiki.imperhost.ru/index.php?title=The-best-way-to-Date-a-Nudist-when-You-Are-Not-One-l from the IRS, NEF is a non-profit association. Naturists can make contributions to NEF to support its mission and use the donations as a tax write-off. NEF's goal is to educate politicians, business owners, and the public about nudism. Through the years NEF has made educational videos and booklets, and has helped sponsor the Legal Symposium (October 9-11, 1998, organized by South Florida Free Beaches and NEF board member Shirley Mason) as well as smaller events like the NEF Naturism/Christianity Conference (April 17-18, 1998) and the NEF Writers Workshop (January 15-17, 1999.) Enlarging Grassroots Activism: NACAR & NEFAR Programs