American Kitefliers Association

Have you ever had a chance to talk to the Govenors Secretary. Well, its kinda cool to get a package from the office with an official signature. I have made it so simple even a ..........can do it. I will let you fill in the blank. Just for the record I was thinking computer savey 7 year old.
  You start off by logging into the NKM site and selecting believe it or not the tab that says Proclamation. The page will open and give you all kinds of interesting information. Best of all toward the middle is a link to download a proclamation kit. When you open it up yo will find a cover letter and instructions. (Please note that the dates are wrong and I will have that corrected soon or you can edit it before sending it in.) You can go online to get the Governors name since some changes with the election and then call the office and ask how to request a proclamation or look for a link on the governors website.  From there its a simple matter of filling in the blanks as explained on the instruction sheet and sending it in. Most require a 45-60 day advanced notice. Then you wait for the mail to send you a giant envelope with your proclamation. You can also use the same kit to make the request on a local level. Generally the instructions are the same except you can request to have it mailed, Pick it up since its local and only takes a few days or the best way is request a Photo Opp. If that is approved you will be invited to drop by a council meeting or the Mayors etc office and have a picture taken as part of a formal presentation. Of course you bring a small kite to hold and call the local paper or submit a copy of the picture to them. By the way the presentaion is an event you can list and if its in the paper you can advertise that the club flys the third Sat at the park or whatever you need to promote your club.
    One interesting twist that a teacher/AKA member Jeff Monteith does is to invite the Mayor to the school during kite day. His class makes kites etc and then the Mayor gets pictures with the kids preseting the kite month proclamation advertising thier kite day. Most local leaders love to have thier picture in the paper with smiling kids and a feel good story. As with all of the NKM activities drop me a note if you have any questions.

PS> We are working on prizes for a random drawing of all the Proclamations entered.

Humm, I hold a kite building workshop most every month of the year.  Even a couple during the National Kite Month.
I just keep forgetting to "register" them.  Maybe I need an 'executive assistant'....

David, I would be happy to help you, after all you are in region 7 and one of the more respected kite makers out there. Let me know bud...