This came down the pipe today...
Dear Florida Members,
WE NEED YOUR HELP! Video and still photo shots are needed from each chapter in order to engage the interest of all legislators that the FL Beach Access Bill is truly an important piece of legislation.
Here?s what we need you to do:
1) Identify areas where you are having or have had a beach access problem. This may relate to parking, an easement, a construction project?. anything that interferes with easy access to the beach.
2) Use the video function on your digital camera to take 10-20 sec. clips of the area from various angles. Attempt to capture the essence of the problem in you video shot, something that draws a reaction just by the image. We?ve uploaded some video at this website:
http://www.surfrider.org/centralflorida/presentations/index.htm. If you don?t have a digital camera with video function, take still shots.
3) Identify signature landmarks that historically define your area of the State. Capture still shots or video of downtown, a lighthouse, a State Park Sign, etc? Something that makes your area instantly recognizable to a local legislator. We will be creating a slide show intro that will sweep across the state in order pull legislators into the concept that this is a statewide issue.
4) Lastly, gather shots of people using the beach. Sure, some surf shots, lots of grom pics would be good. More so, everyone else that uses the beach, especially shots of families and babies playing along the shoreline or walking the beach, couples holding hands as they walk the shoreline, fishermen, joggers, etc? Really try to gather some unique shots of people using the beach that people just normally wouldn?t think of.
As you capture these images please forward them to me immediately, we are under a tight deadline to create this video. You can email still images to me at
edavanzo@surfrider.org. Your video clips will probably need to be burned to a CD and mailed to me. If you have any concerns on how to do that or using the video function on your camera, contact TJ Marshall at
tjsurfrider@bellsouth.net who is assisting with this project. Please mail CD?s to me at: PO Box 683 Jensen Beach FL 34958.
Of course we will send all chapters a final copy of this video when it is completed so you can visit your legislators locally, show them and discuss this critically important issue.
Sincerely,
Ericka D'Avanzo
Florida Regional Manager
Surfrider Foundation
PO Box 683
Jensen Beach, FL 34957
772-225-3780
edavanzo@surfrider.org
http://www.surfrider.org/