Date:	Tue, 19 Sep 1995 03:51:03 -1000
From:	salanne@convex.csc.FI (Simo Salanne)
Message-Id: <43mhs7$2e7@pobox.csc.fi>
Organization: STACK Finland
Subject: A(merican)KA new sport kite competition rules?

There's a rumor in Europe that AKA has published
a new sport kite competition rules. Some questions
about it:

1. Is it just a reprint of 3rd Edition, or does
   it have changes? (Which are major changes?)

2. Is STACK referenced as an organization, which
   has approved new rules?

3. What kind of copyright statement it has?

Simo Salanne
STACK Rules & Regulation Committee.

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Simo.Salanne@csc.fi                                    STACK Finland
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Date:	Tue, 19 Sep 1995 15:11:06 -1000
From:	girbo@aol.com (Girbo)
Message-Id: <43npna$1l7@newsbf02.news.aol.com>
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Subject: Re: A(merican)KA new sport kite competition rules?

Simo writes:

>> There's a rumor in Europe that AKA has published
>> a new sport kite competition rules.

No, we have not. The AKA Sport Kite Committee has approved the final
changes to the current book for the 1995-96 season.  These changes will
appear in the September/October issue of AKA's "Kiting" magazine and go
into effect in this country October 1, 1995. Once "Kiting" comes out, we
will post the new changes on rec.kites.

We (AKA) have forwarded the rule changes approved by our committee to
STACK in hopes that they will be accepted by STACK as well; we also expect
some additional changes to be suggested by STACK.  We plan to publish a
new book over the winter, hopefully as a joint effort between  AJSKA, 
AKA, and STACK.

When that book is published:

>> Some questions about it:

>> 1. Is it just a reprint of 3rd Edition, or does
>>   it have changes? (Which are major changes?)>>

3rd edition plus 1994 and 1995 changes. 

>>2. Is STACK referenced as an organization, which
>> has approved new rules?

We hope that will be the case.

>>3. What kind of copyright statement it has?

It will probably be an updated statement that takes into account advances
in communications technology.

We think it's important that kitefliers should be able to go anywhere in
the world (as they are apt to do) and know what to expect at a sport kite
competition, and to this end, we hope AKA, AJSKA, and STACK can pull this
book together and publish something we are all happy with.


Dave & Sherrie Arnold
AKA Sport Kite Committee Chairs




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