Archive-name: nude-faq/part3 Version: 2.4 Last-modified: 1995/09/20 Changes this month: Added Dave Rossow's naturist page. Copies of this article may be obtained by anonymous ftp to rtfm.mit.edu under /pub/usenet/news.answers/nude-faq/part3.Z. Additions marked by + in column 1. Corrections marked by | in column 1. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON REC.NUDE - PART III OF III Online Naturist Resources 1. Internet resources 1. Naturist home page 2. Naturist Legal FAQ (WWW) 3. Naturist Reference pages 4. Naturist-Action listserv 5. The Camping Bares 6. Mooncrow's NW Naturist Page + 7. Dave Rossow: Naturism is a more Natural Lifestyle 2. National Online services 1. Online Naturist's Club (Delphi) 2. Prodigy Naturists 3. Compuserve 4. Genie 5. America OnLine 3. Regional and Local BBSs 1. D.C. Bare Line 2. The Natural Connection 3. Western Connection BBS 4. Mid Ohio Bulletin Board 5. International Nudists BBS 6. Echelon MLS 7. North West Nudists BBS 8. Howard's Notebook 9. Fidonet 10. Uropa Online 11. Information Gateway BBS 12. The Antenna Farm BBS 13. ?? BBS 14. Janus BBS Besides USENET's REC.NUDE, there is: 1. Internet resources 1. The Naturist Home Page is maintained by John Meaker and contains connections to many Internet naturist resources. The URL is http://www.realtime.net/~kr4ah. 2. David Brahm keeps a Legal FAQ which lists laws and court decisions for many states and areas. The URL is http://www-hep.phys.cmu.edu:8001/~brahm/legal.html. 3. The Naturist Reference pages are a collection of site reports, organizations, and online references. Clickable maps make it easy to navigate and find naturist information for specific areas. The URL is http://www.webcom.com/~rngerber/naturist/naturist.html. 4. The NATURIST-ACTION list is intended for urgent action requests for the naturist community; e.g. announcing threats to nude beaches or nude recreation on public lands. It is NOT to be used for general discussions. Those should be directed to Usenet rec.nude. The list is not currently moderated, in order to allow for the fastest possible dissemination of information. If the list is abused, it will become moderated. The NATURIST-ACTION list is NOT sponsored by the Naturist Action Committee, but it supports the same goals as NAC. To subscribe to NATURIST-ACTION, send the following command to LISTSERV@netcom.com in the BODY of your email: subscribe naturist-action yourInternetAddress 5. The Camping Bares have an introductory letter at http://sundry.hsc.usc.edu/bares.html. 6. Mooncrow's NW Naturism Page is a listing of sites and information of the Pacific Northwest at http://www.halcyon.com/mooncrow/naturist.htm. + 7. Naturism is a more Natural Lifestyle is Dave Rossow's + compilation of many naturist organizations and commericial + sites. The URL is + http://www.mcs.com/~daver/html/naturist.html 2. National Online services 1. Online Naturist's Club % Michael Corbin P.O. Box 3201 Lynchburg, VA 24503 DELPHI (computer dial): 1-800-365-4636 At the USERNAME prompt, type JOINDELPHI At the PASSWORD prompt, type CUSTOM13 Once online, type GO GROUPS CUSTOM 13 and follow instructions Assistance: Phone (voice) Delphi: 1-800-544-4005 ONC: 1-800-788-9613 2. Prodigy Naturists Prodigy located the nudist/naturist sections under the HOBBIES Bulletin Board under the topic heading: NATURISTS. 3. On Compuserve there are two naturist sections. The oldest is Naturist Lifestyles, which is section 12 in HSX100. The other is named Naturism/Nudism, section 17 of the OUTDOORS forum. Page 1065 has several topics of interest to naturist/nudists: Category 2 - California Lifestyles and Attitudes Topic 6 - Beaches and Tanning Category 11 - The Laid Back Enquirer Topic 3 - What do you do nude? Category 16 - Sports, Health & Adventure in California! Topic 5 - To TAN or not to TAN? Topic 6 - Nude beaches, hot springs, & resorts 4. On Genie, the Public Forum, Page 545, in Category 9, Topic 12 is an on-going discussion of nude recreation/lifestyle. The American West Round-Table, Page 1065, CATegory 44, all topics include some discussion of naturism. Covers all the Western States and has a sizable library of files talking about nude beaches, how to get to them, and how to behave. Discussion of nudity laws in Florida in USA-EAST Round-Table on page 1470; has 5 naturist topics in CATegory 8. There are also a few naturist topics on the Travel Round-Table on page 560, in CATegory 28. 5. On America-Online, in the Lifestyles & Interests Department there is "The Exchange" which includes an "Other Special Interests" forum with two folders called "Nudist & Naturist" and "Nudism". Not a lot of activity. 3. Regional and Local BBSs 1. D.C. Bare Line - (703) 241-BARE - Telephone Hotline (not a BBS). Club updates, events, and info. Question & Answer section and a Comment Line for free-for-all discussions. 2. The Natural Connection - (414) 426-2110 - The Naturist Society's own BBS. All business with TNS or NAC can be conducted via e-mail here or on the following services: Delphi, Online Naturist Club (id: TNS) Compuserve (id: 76640,633) Genie (id: Naturists) Internet (id: naturist@igc.apc.org) For more info, call Pat O'Brien (voice: (414) 231-9950) 3. Western Connection BBS - Arizona Naturists Roundtable. Call and sign up then request access to this roundtable from Sysop or "MusicMan". (602) 881-8283. 4. Mid Ohio Bulletin Board (M.O.B.B). Tom Rothe, Sysop. (419) 756-4958. 300-2400, 24 Hours. Sign up with the sysop for the nudist conference. 5. International Nudists - International BBS at (902) 742-3399 2-lines 24 hrs/day; set software at n-8-1 6. Echelon MLS - 8 lines, Free access to Naturists (mention this FAQ), SysOps: Storm, Stellar, and Steel. Local Naturist Message areas and USENET rec.nude available, plus local chat. (218) 878-0642 8,N,1 7. North West Nudist's BBS (206) 782-6740 or (206) 788-5836. From the BBS's purpose statement: "This board is to promote nudism/naturism in all of it's varied forms. It is intended for both children and adults, so please keep this in mind when you post here." 8. Howard's Notebook - (816) 331-5868. Sysop is Jim Howard. Has had a nudist area since 1982. 9. From Wayne.Silsbee@f223.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Wayne Silsbee): "Hi, Steve. Just an update to your r.n FAQ. About five months ago I started up a Fidonet echo called NATURIST. It's starting rather slowly here ... but we have about 15 participating systems around the US. Anyone interested may contact me on the Fido side 1:105/222 for a v32bis feed, or may contact Greg Martz at 1:3401/1 for a v32bis/HST feed." For more info: e-mail uucp: uunet!m2xenix!puddle!223!Wayne.Silsbee Internet: Wayne.Silsbee@f223.n105.z1.fidonet.org 10. Uropa Online - Carries both the Naturist mail area and a Naturist file area, as well as Rec.nude. It can be reached on 01329-314708 (from the UK) and can be accessed on all speeds to Vfast 24hrs a day. Sysops name is Iain Littlejohn. 11. Information Gateway BBS. Manny Hernandez, sysop. 404-928-7873. Public Access Usenet Newsgroups/Email. Read access to most groups including rec.nude is free. Posting access is free also after validation. Presently carries about 400 groups. 12. The Antenna Farm BBS -- (512) 444-1052. Sysop: Ben Thornton. Carries rec.nude and the "NATURIST" Fidonet echo. Although it is primarily geared for radio amateurs, these message areas may be made available to users upon request. Supports modem speeds up to 14.4kbps, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop. 13. ?? BBS -- (203) 732-0575. Sysop: Terry Smith. Fido Board which carries Fido Naturist, and has a gated feed of rec.nude. 14. Janus BBS - (540) 869-3843 or (540) 869-5888. Offering users access to FidoNet's Naturist conference, and a gated feed for UseNet's rec.nude. Located in Stephens City, VA. Sysop: Sean McClanahan Any more Local BBS's with a nudist/naturist bent? Let me know and I'll add you to the above list. _________________________________________________________________ The above information is far from comprehensive (but hopefully correct)! I make no guarantees of quality or usefulness. I do not represent any of the above organizations or companies. I receive no monetary reward for posting any of this information. Permission must be requested before posting and copying. Copyright @1992-1995 Michael O'Neal-Petterson. Send updates, corrections, comments/criticisms, and requests for current copies to: mop@oxy.edu The most current version of this FAQ is always available at http://www.oxy.edu/~mop/rnfaqp3.html Relax and enjoy, naturally! -- Michael O'Neal-Petterson mop@oxy.edu http://www.oxy.edu/~mop/home.html