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consisted only of Taiwanese people. Fortunately, Helen Su helped me with translation into Chinese in a masterly fashion.
An excellent small Suiseki exhibition was set-up in the main build- ing and a beautiful bonsai exhibition outside surrounded a pond within the park. e exhibition with 85 nest bonsai and Suiseki lasted from November 4 to 26. e bonsai were mainly Juniperus chinensis and pines. Others were mostly sub tropical specimens that included eye-catching bougainvillea in full blossom.
Top; Taiwan is famous for its “Rose stones,” highly polished rhodonite.
Middle; Bougainvillea in full blossom displayed inside together with the stones.
Bottom; A root over rock Ficus microcarpa in outdoor bonsai display surrounding a pond.
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It’s Not Just Trees
Board of Directors Meeting and
the Annual General Meeting
WBy Les Dowdell, Canada
hen you go to a BCI convention, try to get totally immersed in the experience. Attend the opening and closing banquets, watch as many demonstra-
tions as possible, meet old and new friends, buy some new tools, and revel in the exhibition of the many bonsai on dis- play.
However, behind the scenes, there are pleasures available to a select few. ese special people are the members of the BCI Board of Directors, volunteers who travel at their own expense to help manage BCI. e added pleasures are at- tendance at the Board of Directors Meeting and the Annual General Meeting. You would be correct in assuming that BCI Directors are expected to attend the rst of these two meet- ings. At the latest meeting held in Taiwan, ten (10) directors and our magazine editor conducted BCI business. Reports from the Executive members (President, Business Manager, Financial o cer, etc.) and committee chairpersons (Educa- tion, Membership, Magazine) were given. Other items dis- cussed included upcoming conventions in France in 2018, China in 2019 and USA in 2020, and revisions to the BCI By-Laws and Policy and Procedures Manual. ese last two documents help BCI run smoothly.
e BCI AGM was attended by eleven (11) people. e results of the Board of Directors Meeting were passed on to the attendees and a general discussion of the information and the conference was held. is was a short meeting that lasted approximately half an hour. Hopefully there will be a good attendance by BCI members at the next conference in Mul- house, France next year.
e next time you get to a BCI convention and wander through the exhibit and wish you could grow great bonsai, remember that there are Directors sequestered in a room helping BCI run smoothly.
Left to right, front row: Helen Su, 1st Vice President; Gudrun Benz, Director; Glenis Bebb, President; Sujata Bhat, Director.
Back row, left to right: Budi Sulistyo, Director; Vic Ceballos, Director; Joe Grande, Editor; Les Dowdell, Director; Nikunj Parekh, 2nd Vice President.