Kite Lines - Vol.2 No. 4 - KiteLife

Lfromthe EditorWhat a weekend! We've just come backfrom the American Kitefliers Association'ssecond annual meeting and kite festival,held in Manassas, VA . It was as memorableand successful an occasion as anyone couldwant and of course Kite Lines will coverit in a forthcoming issue . For now wehave only the space this letter provides toexplain the relationship of AKA and KiteLines as it developed at the gathering .The chief outcome of the meeting wasa general sense of harmony, brought aboutby the passing of a resolution, as follows :"The assembled members of AKA at thesecond annual convention and festival endorseand support Kite Lines magazine ."The resolution does not bind eitherAKA or Kite Lines to any specific actions,but it serves to reflect the spirit of themembers present . That and the changeswhich were adopted in the bylaws giveboth parties a great deal of freedom . Thejournal's relationship to AKA will bemuch as it is to any kite club, that offriendly reporter, in a spirit of cooperativeindependence . We would very muchlike to have your views as a reader regardingthe directions your journal should take .Though Kite Lines is no longer the officialjournal of the AKA, we carry a publictrust as the research and informationcenter of the worldwide kite community .We are at least as committed to being responsiveto that community as if we were avolunteer organization . As authors of theoriginal AKA bylaws, we of Kite Lines subscribeto those stated purposes . The futureof kiting is our joy . As Wyatt Brummittsaid, "The sky is big enough for all of us ."With a fresh spirit of cooperation inthe air, we feel more optimistic than wehave in a long time . The meeting broughtabout these good feelings . For that wekiters owe the meeting's organizers andparticipants our thanks .For those of you who have stood by invarious degrees of anguish, feel free, asyou may, to love or hate all of us . Yourcomments-by mail, by phone, by kite-are valuable to us, whatever you have tosay . Your ideas guide us and demonstratethat you care . The vitality of kiting and itswarm bonds of friendship cut across allboundaries of politics, creed, nation, age,sex and factionalism . It is that vision whichguides this journal .