So
I hope someone who reads this will try it out -- even if you can't really
attend the events on March 28 and March 29 in Honolulu.
Since I don't know the everyone's e-mails (nor would I send it to
EVERYONE even if I did), but I do need a couple of people to try to see
if the Eventbrite works.
One major stumbling block to actually organizing an DN event or party is
the fact this is not a email LIST or group (Yahoo or MSN, etc). So
there iis no way to send everyone a message (apart from site host / web
admin) - and they should NOT have to organize events AND run / host this
site too.
So here's the link and hope you can make it (or at least try to send a RSVP or decline the invitation).
It will give me (and maybe someone in a different location) a resource
for helping to organize a JUB/ DN event (if it works). I am using
Eventbrite.com for posting and disseminating information about my
events:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nude-beach-march-madness-party-march-9-10-2018-tickets-39245150301
It seems that JUB (JustusBoys.com), Dudesnude.com and Grindr members are hosting small gatherings
across the US. Is anyone here actually participating in those --
attending and/or planning one? I wonder if other large online virtual
communities could do the same? Would there be any
benefit of trying to hold a joint party/gathering to get men from several of these large groups participating?
That brings up the idea of a "joint" cross-group event? After all ,
isn't that what PRIDE events or the annual gay street fairs
(such as Southern Decadence, Dore Alley, etc) are all about?
I am
not nixing the idea of a solitary or exclusive party or convention or
other event. I
am just making some suggestions so a bigger and more populated event
might actually happen. For
example, we could hook-up with an existing event and thus attract more
members to attend. I am also explaining what I think is needed to be
decided in order to get one organized.
At least, we could start by having local JUB or Dudesnude.com members
sponsor one event at a major Gay Pride / Gay Carnival event (on their
continent or region).
As I thought (and wrote) more about it the idea of a Dudesnude-JUB
Gathering seems more possible and more fun -- so I have started making
real suggestions (at least on Dudesnude.com). I have approached the idea
to anyone here -- except through this blog entry.
The realities of actually organizing 'party' / 'convention' - 'round-up'
or whatever it is called are daunting if you try to actually get many
DN members to attend. Instead, there may be some wisdom in starting on a smaller scale. It
does takes a spark -- a somebody(ies) who will take the initiative to
set a place/time, have a clear purpose/events/activities, make contacts
and coordinate communication. ](*,)
I seems to be a bit difficult to come up with a 'purpose' for a DN party
-- if it a sex party/orgy then we'd better call it that. If it's a
social gathering or an organizational meeting then we'd need to get that
clear. If it a DN sponsored event that is part of another major gay
(men's) event or an event or series of events organized for DN (on its
own) that's great but we need something to focus on: a parade float,
BBQ, camp-out, beach party, ice-cream social,
apres-ski party, pot-luck
supper (in the nude) etc) then that would work.
If is going to have multitple purposes then that's got to be decided or
at least sorted out, but it seems that we're not likely to come up with
ONE general purpose because of the diversity of men, locations, ages,
and interests.
Still, if somebody got one party/convention organized, once it has been
started and successfully held, it would be model on how to proceed with
others (or how to improve upon the idea).
Also, why not have them rotate from venue to venue and occur several
times a year?-- instead of trying to have simultaneous
'parties/conventions'.
..| So ... I'll help organize one in JUB-DudesNude Gathering for
winter 2005-6. (US (several locations), or Europe would be possible.
The First Honolulu JUB-DN Gathering is easy - I think it should be on
January 1st at Diamond Head Beach from 12:00 noon - until about 5pm. If
enough guys are interested, then we could set up a BBQ picnic in nearby
Kapiolani Park (but the Jubbing around (talk, chatting, playing game
and Dudenuding could go on at the (unofficial gay/nude beach under the
Light House on Diamond Head Beach. )
Stay tuned below for more info and an Evite (electronic invitation). :D
Palm
Springs Dec 22-24 -- we could stay where we like but gather at one
site (Inn Exile, CCBC, or wherever) for the main party/event(s). or
Sometime in February 21-March 9 Big Island (nude gay beach party on the
Puna shore, accommodation could be at Kalani resort - from camping to
bungalows to hotel-class rooms.)
Playa del Ingles / Maspalomas (Gran Canaria, Spain) Carnival 2nd to 12th March
or later March 19-28. There are cheap flights from London, Germany, Amsterdam, Madrid. We
could organize shared accommodations at both gay and vacation
condo/hotels and have a huge blast on the largest gay beaches in the
world during the day (all in the nude) and then split up into small
dance/bar-hopping by interest groups at the many clubs in the Yumbo
Center in the evenings.
Tampa or South Florida, March 16-19
Maspalomas, Gran Canaria (Nude Gay beach party)
March 18 - 28 (dates to be arranged)
I could attend one in Europe (and maybe help out with one) in London,
Paris, Amsterdam, Budapest) in March -- if the Gran Canaria does not
work out.
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Using Eventbrite.com as a way to help organize (and/or just poll the members
about enough interest to pursue the idea, and to actually start
planning a location/time.
If you guys will indulge me, I have created an Eventbrite event to test its ability
to actually find out WHO would attend a JUB/Dudesnude party or
Gathering.
The Nude Beach Party on Beach 67 on the Big Island in March 2018 is real - but it is probably
not really possible for very most of you to attend. I realize it is a long way to attend,
unless you live in Hawaii or are already planning to be Hawaiian islands.
If you can or can't, I need a few JUB/DN members to try out the Eventbrite link below:
Since
it is may be a BROKEN URL link (yes, I understand very well why it
may be), then you can piece together the parts of the URL and send me a
reply at the Eventbrite site. Or you can send me e-mail and I will send
you
an Eventbrite directly. It includes some of the features -- liking
polling and who is bringing things, that future JUB and/or DudesNude or
Joint JUB-DN
gathering hosts might need to know and info they'd need to be able to do
collect.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cmnm-party-at-blow-buddies-san-francisco-tues-march-20-2018-tickets-39245323820
If the URL link is broken or incomplete, try piecing together the three
parts in your browser. I hope you can please try it (if you have time
and are willing to test out the Evite system as a possible vehicle for
helping organize future events (and more accessible to more numbers of
DN members).
Thanx,
Sunbuns (Kelly)
sunbunz (at) gmail.com
Or you could also just write me e-mail and I'll send you a direct electronic invitation via Eventbrite.
would not be at all our of place among
the classical ruins of Ancient Greece scattered across this charming
metropolis. It is one of the most scenically walkable cities. Every
corner you turn is another gorgeous man or men in groups just begging to
be photographed. I don't that many of them would not turn down an
offer to pose naked.
