by Earl Ekman

June 16 thru 19, 2011 our club and the city of Louisville will be the center of the bonsai world. Our club will host the ABS/BCI annual meeting and show. These two organizations normally have their individual show and meeting at some major city in the world. In 2011, they will have a joint meeting in Louisville which we will host. This will also be a celebration of our 40th year as a club. Our members have a lot to be proud of. This is a great bonsai society.

The reason for this article is to alert our club members that to put on a show, we will need our very best trees prepared in flawless condition. We will need a total of 50 trees, but we will have help from our neighboring clubs in Indianapolis, Nashville and Cincinnati. I will be making personal appearances at each club to request their aid in supplying a few trees from each of them. I’ve already talked to members of Indy and Nashville clubs. I’ll be displaying at the Nashville show and I’ll make a request for trees and help at that time.

by George Buehler

Mark the date on your calendar – June 16-19, 2011

Look at your specimen trees as you get them out of winter storage and pick one or two to place in the exhibit. Earl Ekman will be contacting all of you to line up trees. We will need about 50 high quality trees.

We have commitments from 12 vendors who will attend the seminar. They are coming from Utah, Texas, Virginia, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to name a few.

by John Callaway

Planning for the ABS/BCI 2011 Conference, Bonsai in the Bluegrass continues.  We will be having another planning meeting on Thursday, October 9th at 7pm.  George has offered his home for the meeting venue.  Please RSVP to me in advance if you plan on attending. All Committee Chairs are expected to attend:

by John Callaway 

We had a good meeting last month to discuss the progress for the ABS/BCI Bonsai in the Bluegrass 2011 planning.  Not all committee chairs were in attendance.  We need to make sure that at the very least all chairs are present at each planning meeting.  If you are unable to attend please let me know and be sure to send someone in your place.  This is the first major bonsai convention/seminar in the Louisville area and it will take a lot of work from each and every club member.  If you have not yet volunteered and wish to do so, please let me know as soon as possible. 

Some club members were not going to be able to meet the July 17th deadline for logo design submission.  In order to accommodate everyone’s busy schedule the deadline has been extended to Tuesday, September 9th.  Please contact me to submit logo ideas.  We're all looking forward to seeing the great ideas you have.

There will be another planning meeting in October.  All committee chairs are expected to attend.  Details about this meeting will be in the September newsletter.

by John Callaway

Planning for the ABS/BCI joint conference and learning seminar in Louisville 2011 has continued over the last several months.  The next step for the club members is to develop and decide on a logo idea that can be used for branding of the conference.  The logo will appear on various literature and promotional items.

Logo ideas should be submitted no later than July 17th.  Submissions will be included in the August newsletter and voted on at the August 12th meeting.  You are only limited by your creativity, but logo ideas should reflect the Bonsai in the Bluegrass theme.  Please contact John Callaway to submit your logo design.

by John Callaway

On Wednesday, April 9th, there was a planning meeting for the upcoming ABS/BCI conference in Louisville.  We had several members on hand to help with the planning of the event.  A big thanks to Earl Cormney for hosting the evening.More...