It's not long now till the National Bonsai Convention in May. Most of you will know that the theme for this year's convention is 'The Australian Journey'.
As part of preparing for the Convention, a small team in CBS has been working on a project to bring together as much information as we can about events, individuals and organisations which have played a role in the Australian Journey in bonsai. A number of clubs and individuals have already contributed information to the project, and we'd like to thank them for this.
The information we have gathered to date, which includes formation of associations, clubs/societies and interest groups, publication of books, journals and media articles, establishment of bonsai nurseries and potteries, visits to Australia by international bonsai artists, participation as demonstrators, presenters and/or judges at international events by Australian bonsai artists, national seminars/conventions, club histories and profiles of individuals, will be presented as a poster display at the Convention, to complement presentations by Roger Hnatiuk.
A number of posts on this site have information we would like to include in this project, and I'll be contacting people by PM over the next few weeks to get their agreement to use that info.
Although we have a lot of information already, the display will not be a completed product at the time of the Convention and we hope that every person attending will be able to contribute at least one additional piece of information. Those not attending the Convention will be able to contribute to the online resource when it is launched later this year.
It is intended that this will be an enduring online resource, available to the bonsai community for many years to come. We know that there have been a number of attempts to create similar resources over the years, which have not always come to fruition. We're hoping to do better, and with your help we will....
If you want more information on the project, or have something to contribute please email secretariat2013@cbs.org.au, add posts here or send a PM.
This is an exciting project and one that we hope will be of value to everyone in the community.
Cheers
Jennifer
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), but as soon as it's been updated I'll arrange for it to be posted initially on the CBS site, and let you know through here (around the last week in June). 
