August Meeting Information

Saturday, August 14, 2010, 1:00 PM

Member Workday – Problem tree?  Favorite tree?

Greetings, members.  Due to a scheduling conflict, Arthur Joura’s visit to the BSC has been rescheduled for September.  We are very much looking forward to what he has in store and will be providing details on his program in the next newsletter.  In the meantime, we will be having a member workday in August.  This is a great time to tackle any number of bonsai tasks, especially wiring and styling.  So, pick a tree that you’d like advice on, or just bring a tree you’d like to work on.  This is always a great meeting to get hands-on experience and advice from experienced friends in the club.

Carolina Bonsai Expo Update

The 15^th annual Carolina Bonsai Expo is coming up the second weekend of October at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville and the BSC will be sending the best of our members’ bonsai to be on display.  And once again our club’s display will be selected and organized by club member John Dixon, under whose leadership our display has garnered much praise and recognition in the past.  If anyone has a tree that he or she would like to be considered for inclusion in this year’s display, please contact John at  704-488-3835. 

Last Month’s meeting – recap

Last month’s meeting consisted of a member workday.  Yours truly was enjoying a beach vacation and missed the meeting but all reports indicate a successful work session at which much was accomplished.  Since I wasn’t there, I will let the photos taken by Chris Jenkins tell the story of the meeting.  And thanks to Chris for filling in with the camera.

On The Horizon - Elections

Finally, it’s election season for the BSC again.  At the end of this year we will be choosing a new executive board and now is the time to decide whom you would like to nominate for the offices of president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer.  And when racking your brain for whose name to put forward, don’t forget your own.  Serving on the board of this organization is not reserved for only the most accomplished bonsai artists among us.  On the contrary, this is one way of serving the club where your other non-bonsai-related skill sets can really shine.  Are you better at QuickBooks than at quickly wiring out a finely ramified maple?  Nominate yourself for treasurer.  Are you more comfortable at building relationships than building growing boxes for your trees in development?  You might make a great vice-president.  The point is the people filling these board positions do a lot to make the club work for all of us, and serving on the board is a great way to learn more about bonsai, our bonsai community, how the club functions, while at the same time having some influence on the club’s direction and some fun, too.  And the more different people who serve in this capacity at some point in their membership (rather than the same folks doing it over and over again), the stronger and more responsive to our members’ needs our organization will be.