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Author of Nudist Blog. Co founder of Naturist Portal. 3rd-generation nudie. Avid reader. Feminist. 70% vegan, 30% vegetarian. After I'm not active eating, I'm writing about naturism, censorship, topfree equality, body image and other interesting topics. I like comments, so plz leave a comment when you have got something to say! Bill Schroer Goes on The Record About Being Fired By AANR

For those who are just now finding out about this problem, you may want to read our first two articles about AANR and Bill: http://nudists-young.org/contri/my-first-nude-experience-was-when-i-was-younger/ . Price president of AANR Fired Bill Schroer - WTF?!?! and AANR Nudist Clubs Ratings And Update On The Dismissal Of Bill Schroer.

For people who mightn't know, Bill was recruited by AANR. He went through the interview process and then was hired by the American Association For Nude Recreation - AANR. This was during the previous administration when Susan Weaver was president of AANR. He was fired October 15 by AANR's new president, Beverly Price.

I asked Bill how he felt about being approached and later hired, last May, as their new executive director.

His reply was as follows:

"I considered the occupation a privilege. I 've been involved with bare diversion for several years and was truly honored to be given such a wonderful opportunity. I'd also like to mention that I enjoyed working with the AANR staff who are a wonderful and dedicated group."

Ever since the news came out about AANR firing Bill Schroer, there continues to be endless speculation and yak about what occurred. There also have been a lot of personal attacks and claims about Bill that simply didn't appear to add up. So naturally, I was really happy when Bill consented to have a sit down with me and clarify once and for all his view about what happened. In this article I will do my very best to explain the principal problems and correct any misconceptions that I 've had the opportunity to affirm depending on my conversation with Bill, as well as other sources from within AANR (many of whom who were unwilling to be named or go on the record).

So what actually happened? Let us start from the day Bill's contract with AANR was terminated.

Bill Schroer Goes On The Record About AANR

On October 15 at 8:00 in the morning, Bill was sitting by his computer in his office when recently elected president of AANR, Beverly Price, walked into the room accompanied by Julie Erlenmeyer, who is on the Board of AANR Florida. (I presume that Beverly brought Julie in as a witness and because she works in Human Resources at an area theme park.)

Beverly turned to Bill and merely said that AANR decided to terminate his employment contract - and that was that. Bill, quite shocked by her statement, didn't put up a fight nor claim. He just recognized it, collected his things, said goodbye to the staff and walked out.

Since Bill accepted what she said without any argument, I asked him to clarify why. Here is what he said:

"I believe it is crucial that you note that one reason I accepted this without opposition was that I considered, at the time, Beverly Price had had a secret meeting with the Board and had the approval of the board to terminate me. It wasn't until later I learned the board had not been advised. I may have reacted differently had http://nudenudist.com/tube/i-would-have-been-about-15-16-years-old-at-the-time/ known then what I know now."

Since, based on the AANR bylaws, just the board could terminate the ED's contract, I attempted to determine why Beverly acted on her own, clearly in violation of AANR's own rules. Since Bill had no information to supply, I had to search elsewhere to find the answer.

After some conversations with folks within / close to AANR, I began to get the feeling that Beverly, for whatever motive, simply decided that she no longer wanted him there. Having said that, the Board had a scheduled meeting only a month away. Why not wait and present her case to the board? I simply could not understand the rush to action, especially since that action was in clear breach of AANR's own bylaws?

One Trustee said (off the record) that they believed Beverly fired Bill early because she wouldn't have had the votes if she waited for the meeting. Not only did he believe that she would not have been able to get the motion passed, he went on to say that based on his understanding / feeling, Beverly didn't want to have to justify her actions to the board with Bill in the room.

* Bill, nevertheless refused to suppose.

Maybe realizing that she'd overstepped her bounds, Beverly brought up the vote on terminating Bill's contract five days after in an emergency telephone meeting with the Board (the motion to terminate passed 10 to 4).

This really is an indicator that about 30% didn't agree with her actions and were brave enough to cast their vote in a manner that revealed their true feelings.