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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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