Chairman Helmut Georgi has made weekly phone calls, and David Gomberg met face-to-face with two organizers in Weifang China in April. In each case, we were assured that progress was being made slowly, but that the event was still scheduled.
Like many of you, our confidence has waned as the weeks passed. Finally, we insisted on a deadline for concrete information. That date was 60 days before the scheduled event.
Today we received informal notification that Malaysia 2000 will not go on as re-scheduled. Rather than wait for something more formal, we have decided to issue this cancellation notice.
The WSKC Committee and the Malaysian organizers have worked hard to make this event possible. Like you, we are disappointed in the outcome -- particularly since it comes too late for us to make other plans for 2000.
AKA, AJSKA, and STACK remain committed to organizing a world sport kite championship in the near future. Thank you for your commitment to the sport, and your patience and understanding with this unhappy news.
World Sport Kite Championship Committee
Richard Dermer, AKA
Helmut Georgi, STACK
Masanobu Komuro, AJSKA
David Gomberg, AKA
Jeremy Boyce, STACK
Nobuo Tomatsu, AJSKA