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President’s Message














                hilst writing this message I am travelling to Japan to
                attend the 8th World Bonsai Convention. Around 1,200
        WBonsai and Stone enthusiasts from all over the world are
        expected in Saitama to attend this event. World Bonsai Friendship
        Federation hosts an International convention every four years.
        WBFF is represented by nine world regions. Japan, China, India,   BCI’s Annual Convention is fast approaching.
        Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, Australia/New Zealand, North America
        and South America. Each region has a Director. The Conventions   The host is the Taiwan Bonsai Association.
        are moved around the world regions each four years. Around 300   This year’s event will be held in Taichung,
        Bonsai and 200 Suiseki will be on display. Each region will have a
        demonstrator represented along with Japan’s top masters and some   Taiwan, from the 4th to 7th November followed
        young Japanese talent. Social functions will include an opening  by a four-day optional tour. The convention will
        ceremony and welcome reception which will be attended by their   feature 26 demonstrators representing
        Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino. I attended the
        first world Bonsai convention in Japan back in 1989 where I met lots  21 countries . You can find more information
        of bonsai friends many of whom will be back in a Japan and it will   and register via the convention website
        be great to catch up. We will report on this event in the next issue
        of our magazine.                                       www.bcibonsai2017.com.
           Thinking back even before the last WBC in Japan whilst
        conducting business in a Japan and China, we had to send all of   the move to a new template and as a result the BCI website is
        our correspondence to our agents regarding pot and tool purchases   getting a new look that is more legible and responds to different
        via post. I remember the first time I sent through an order to Japan   screen sizes more efficiently. It also behaves more predictably when
        via a fax machine! I was in awe of the technology. Yuji Yoshimura   content is added, better code than the current, but compatible in the
        would post his notes and drawings from the US, with his new ideas,   positions of the modules that make up each page. The BCI store will
        to Lindsay. This would take weeks before we received them. (I know   be more prominently positioned on the home page. The store that
        I am showing my age!)                                  Bonnie is completing has much improved navigation and product
          Fast forward 30-plus years and I marvel at how much technology   management. The shopping cart will be easy to find. Adding new
        has advanced. We have instant contact via the internet. If someone   products to the store, above and beyond the magazine back issues,
        does not reply within two days we are likely to think they have died!   will be easy. The store will grow with more offers from BCI in the
        Unfortunately, not all of the bonsai and stone information available   future. 
        on line and on forums has been good or accurate. Fortunately, we   The BCI website has features where member clubs that do not have
        are now seeing more live streaming of bonsai events and several   a website, can be assigned a Facebook-like page on the BCI website
        talented people offering online bonsai teaching. We feature a couple   so they can manage their local club. We don’t know how popular
        of these websites in this issue. Oscar Jonker from Bonsai Empire is   this will be but it might offer a few clubs an affordable way to stay
        spreading the bonsai word across the world with live videos and     connected and benefit from their BCI membership. The club’s page
        is also conducting online bonsai courses with tutors including   would be password protected and only those invited (i.e., your local
        Bjorn Bjorholm, Michael Hagedorn, Bill Valavanis and Boon   members) can see what’s going on. Please let us know if your club
        Manakitivipart. Ryan Neil has introduced “Mirai Live” and is live   is interested.
        streaming every week featuring himself and other talented artists   As the site is migrated to the new look, we’ll take the opportunity
        from around the world. Although some content is free, these have   to clean house and tidy things up. Currently Bonnie is migrating
        fees, but are no doubt spreading good and accurate bonsai knowledge   content to the new template and making the necessary adjustments.
        world wide and taking bonsai teaching to a whole new level.  Joe is contributing the images for the store upgrade. This should all
          BCI’s  Annual  Convention  is  fast approaching.  The host is   be completed by the time you receive this issue. If you haven’t visited
        the Taiwan Bonsai Association. This year’s event will be held in   the website recently please log on and check it out. www.bonsai-bci.
        Taichung, Taiwan, from the 4th to 7th November followed by a   com. Let us know what you think.
        four-day optional tour. The convention will feature 26 demonstrators
        representing 21 countries. You can find more information and   Cheers from Down Under,
        register via the website www.bcibonsai2017.com           Glenis Bebb
          Our web team Bonnie Moore and Joe Grande have been busy
        making changes to the BCI website. Bonnie, our tech guru, initiated

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