Editor's Corner

Welcome to the Winter Edition of Aikido East 2006. I hope everyone has a healthy and productive New Year.

There are several new administrative policies and opportunites that will be presented in the the New Year's Dojo Renewal Package. To all the dojo owners, please open the package immediately and read the letter thoroughly. This will assist in a smooth transition to adopting new procedures. Keeping the USAF up-to-date is our primary goal for the upcoming year, including all dojo information, and all membership fees. We also hope to be announcing some new interactive options in the near future, and we will keep you posted as we progress.

Please remember that Aikido East does not post flyers of individual seminars. You can find the list of seminars in the Newsletter through the Events Link to the USAF website at www.usaikifed.com. However, please remember that you should contact Susan Wolk in advance if you are planning a seminar so as to avoid unnecessary scheduling conflicts.

If you have any questions, ideas, articles or photos, please email me directly. For now, I only accept digital photographs by email, not regular prints. Hopefully that will change and I will let you know.

We are also trying to compile an accurate email address list of USAF Eastern Region dojos, so please remember to email us if and when your address changes: editor@aikidoeast.com. Also, many of the subscribers' email addresses are no longer valid so please re-subscribe if you have changed your address. I will be deleting all addresses that are returned as undeliverable.

The next edition will be online May 15th 2006, so take notes, take pictures and stay in touch!

Laura Jacobs Pavlick