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We are raising funds for the future of BCI!

Any donation you can make, will help.

Remember BCI in your will, your trust, your future!
For more information contact:
Thomas S. Elias; [email protected]

Message froM the editor MISSION STATEMENT

he new BCI website has been launched and I hope by now you have BONSAI CLUBS INTERNATIONAL
visited www.bonsai-bci.com to see it for yourself. See page 63 for more Bonsai Clubs International, a not-for-profit educational
Tinformation and a description of some of the new features we have organization, advances the ancient and living art of bonsai
implemented. and related arts through the global sharing of knowledge. We
If your club is a members of BCI and you are the official contact who educate while promoting international friendship and solidify
looks after membership with BCI, we need your help. Please take a few world relationships through cooperation with individuals and
minutes to log in to your account and update your information. The pro- organizations whose purpose is consistent with ours.
file page for clubs now includes a text field at the top for the official name
of your club. Below it are text fields for the person to contact. In order OFFICERS DIRECTORS
to notify member clubs, it is important that we have accurate informa- Thomas S. Elias, President Massimo Bandera, Italy
California, USA
[email protected]
tion in the appropriate text fields, so that we can easily and accurately [email protected]
sort the database for BCI Member Clubs. Clubs have voting rights on Gudrun Benz, Germany
BCI governance, such as voting for the annual slate of BCI Directors and Glenis Bebb, 1st Vice President [email protected]
Queensland, Australia
other official matters. Be sure to check the e-mail address associated with [email protected] Vic Ceballos, Philippines
your club and update it or correct it if necessary. If you wish to manage Nikunj Parekh, 2nd Vice President [email protected]
your individual membership and your club membership with the same Mumbai, India Kathy Coffman, Ohio, USA
e-mail address, send an e-mail to [email protected] and we will make [email protected] [email protected]
a manual adjustment to allow this. E. Les Allen, Treasurer Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan
BCI has also published a list of member clubs on the new website Pennsylvania, USA [email protected]
to help individuals in locating a club near them. Please check this list, [email protected] Frank Mihalic, USA
featured at the bottom of the home page, and let us know if your listing Robert Kempinski, Immediate Past [email protected]
is included and accurate. We can link your club’s website address if you President Ing Suan Ng, Malaysia
have one. Florida, USA [email protected]
The BCI Artist section has been retired and replaced with a BCI In- [email protected] Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
structor and Teacher Directory. BCI is focusing on instructors and teach- Helen Su, Executive Director [email protected]
ers to better promote bonsai and viewing stone education and to help our Taiwan, R.O.C. BCI BUSINESS OFFICE
member clubs locate qualified instructors for their workshops and events. [email protected] Carole Roske, Business Manager
If you have been a member of BCI for two or more years, or, if you join BCI CLUB NEWSLETTER PO Box 40463
Bay Village, OH 44140-9998 USA
for a two-year term, and you meet the criteria outlined on the website and Frank Mihalic, Editor, USA [email protected]
[email protected]
the request form, you are eligible to be listed as a teacher or instructor.
Another great feature of the website is the Events Calendar, a dynamic
calendar that can be viewed by year, month and by week. Here we will list
all bonsai and viewing stone events, categorized as local, regional, nation- TO JOIN BCI OR RENEW
al and international. To add an event, log in and go to the Events Calendar,
bottom of home page, and click on Add Event below the calendar and fill YOUR MEMBERSHIP
in the form. We will review it and then publish it. Non-members are asked New members, go to www.bonsai-bci.com and
to send their events listing to [email protected]. click on “Join BCI Today” button. Renewing
I look forward to working with BCI members to add more content to members, log in to your account and go to
the website in my role as website editor, aided by Bonnie Moore, web- Manage My Profile/Renew My Membership.
master and Carole Roske, business manager. Bonnie handles all technical Join or Renew Online, by Phone,
issues and Carole manages the membership database. Please contact me by E-mail or by Mail. PO Box 40463,
www.bonsai-bci.com,
if you have articles to contribute to the BCI website or the magazine. [email protected], Bay Village, OH 44140-9998
—Joe Grande, Canada ([email protected]) phone 440-871-4797, USA.

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