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You are invited to be a part of the BCI Vision.
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; tselias@msn.com
TMessage froM the editor
he new BCI website has been launched and I hope by now you have visited www.bonsai-bci.com to see it for yourself. See page 63 for more information and a description of some of the new features we have
implemented.
If your club is a members of BCI and you are the official contact who
looks after membership with BCI, we need your help. Please take a few minutes to log in to your account and update your information. The pro- 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 to notify member clubs, it is important that we have accurate informa- tion in the appropriate text fields, so that we can easily and accurately sort the database for BCI Member Clubs. Clubs have voting rights on BCI governance, such as voting for the annual slate of BCI Directors and other official matters. Be sure to check the e-mail address associated with your club and update it or correct it if necessary. If you wish to manage your individual membership and your club membership with the same e-mail address, send an e-mail to info@bonsai-bci.com and we will make a manual adjustment to allow this.
BCI has also published a list of member clubs on the new website to help individuals in locating a club near them. Please check this list, featured at the bottom of the home page, and let us know if your listing is included and accurate. We can link your club’s website address if you have one.
The BCI Artist section has been retired and replaced with a BCI In- structor and Teacher Directory. BCI is focusing on instructors and teach- ers to better promote bonsai and viewing stone education and to help our member clubs locate qualified instructors for their workshops and events. If you have been a member of BCI for two or more years, or, if you join for a two-year term, and you meet the criteria outlined on the website and 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- 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 in the form. We will review it and then publish it. Non-members are asked to send their events listing to events@bonsai-bci.com.
I look forward to working with BCI members to add more content to the website in my role as website editor, aided by Bonnie Moore, web- master and Carole Roske, business manager. Bonnie handles all technical issues and Carole manages the membership database. Please contact me if you have articles to contribute to the BCI website or the magazine.
—Joe Grande, Canada (bcieditor@grandesign.net) 2 | BCI | July/August/September 2015
MISSION STATEMENT
BONSAI CLUBS INTERNATIONAL
Bonsai Clubs International, a not-for-profit educational organization, advances the ancient and living art of bonsai and related arts through the global sharing of knowledge. We educate while promoting international friendship and solidify world relationships through cooperation with individuals and organizations whose purpose is consistent with ours.
OFFICERS
Thomas S. Elias, President California, USA tselias@msn.com
Glenis Bebb, 1st Vice President Queensland, Australia glen@bonsainursery.com.au
Nikunj Parekh, 2nd Vice President Mumbai, India nikunjyo@gmail.com
E. Les Allen, Treasurer Pennsylvania, USA ela@roadrunner.com
Robert Kempinski, Immediate Past President
Florida, USA rkempinski@cfl.rr.com
Helen Su, Executive Director Taiwan, R.O.C. hweiying.cheng@gmail.com
BCI CLUB NEWSLETTER
Frank Mihalic, Editor, USA
mihalicf@yahoo.com
DIRECTORS
Massimo Bandera, Italy
mb@massimobandera.it
Gudrun Benz, Germany
Benz-W@t-online.de
Vic Ceballos, Philippines
chilloutprof@yahoo.com
Kathy Coffman, Ohio, USA
kcoffman.coffman1@gmail.com
Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan
bonsailo@mail2000.com.tw
Frank Mihalic, USA
mihalicf@yahoo.com
Ing Suan Ng, Malaysia
isng1818@gmail.com
Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
budisulistyo22@gmail.com
BCI BUSINESS OFFICE
Carole Roske, Business Manager PO Box 40463
Bay Village, OH 44140-9998 USA bcimanager@visn.net
TO JOIN BCI OR RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP
New members, go to www.bonsai-bci.com and click on “Join BCI Today” button. Renewing members, log in to your account and go to Manage My Profile/Renew My Membership.
Join or Renew Online, by Phone, by E-mail or by Mail.
www.bonsai-bci.com, bcimanager@visn.net, phone 440-871-4797,
PO Box 40463,
Bay Village, OH 44140-9998 USA.