Bonsai Notebook
Next SABS Meeting:
February 11, 2023
7pm
LA Arboretum– Ayres Hall
Join us for
The SABS Annual Potluck
Membership Drive
&
Bonsai Bingo
Board Meeting at 6pm
prior to general meeting
Everyone Welcome
We will be discussing options for our May 2023 Annual Show and Sale
The temporary entrance to the Arboretum is through the Ayres Hall Gate while the front area is under construction. Ayres Hall is the building on the left as you enter the gate. The doors will be open on the far side of the building.
President’s Corner
I will start this newsletter by once again welcoming everyone to a new year of bonsai for the Santa Anita Bonsai Society. We had a wet and disappointing experience trying to start off our year in January. Arboretum Security failed to open the gate and Ayres Hall for our meeting. We stood in the rain with our potluck food and called several phone numbers trying to reach the security office with no success. In the end, I had to cancel the meeting, and we all went home wet and with extra food to eat.
I called the Arboretum on the Monday following, and they were very apologetic. Security had a schedule that included our meeting, but someone “dropped the ball”. I was given a new phone number for the security office since, apparently, the previous security company’s contract had expired, and a new company had taken over.
I appreciate the effort of all the members who braved the rain and showed up eager to eat and play bingo.
The February 11 meeting will be a repeat of the January plan. We will have the potluck dinner, a brief officer installation ceremony, and play Bonsai Bingo. The club will provide the main dish and water. Please bring your favorite side, salad or dessert for the potluck.
The meeting will also kickoff our annual membership drive/renewal. Come and help us continue to sustain our club by renewing your membership or joining for the first time. Memberships can be paid with cash or check.
Our meeting entertainment will consist of several Bonsai Bingo games, played one after another. Each member in attendance will receive a game card and additional game cards will be available for purchase. The cards will be reused for each new game. Game winners will get a prize from the prize/raffle table, so please bring a prize item you would like to win. I guarantee you will all enjoy the games.
For 2023 we have several programs planned to provide a worthwhile learning experience as we celebrate the art of bonsai.
~Dave
Members Corner
- 2023 Officers Installation and Board members introductions will happen at the Feb 2023 meeting.
It is time to refill many of our board positions. Post covid, there are multiple vacancies and we could truly use your help and ideas. We are an entirely volunteer board and try to divide up responsibilities and keep the new ideas flowing. If you are interested in helping please contact Dave & Lorraine at [email protected] or call Dave at 909 519 5391 before the Feb 11 meeting to find out more about the following positions:
Vice President: Program Chair: arranging for demonstrators and workshops for the monthly meetings
Social Media Director/ Liaison: all things media related
Secretary: record minutes at board mtgs
Hospitality Chair and committee of 2-3: manage the monthly meeting refreshment table
Members at large: varying assignments including badges, raffle table assistant, photographer, historian, and more
- 2023 Membership to Santa Anita Bonsai Society for the calendar year Jan-Dec 2023 began at the Jan Meeting. Thanks to those of you who joined and renewed in the pouring rain.
Annual Dues are $20 for Individuals and $25 for family memberships. Dues may be paid by cash or check.
We are still working on electronic payment but not quite ready to launch.
New members who joined in Oct-Dec 2022 will be carried over into 2023.
- We are trying something new– As discussed at the Nov meeting, we are trying to save on printing & mailing expenses.
Beginning Jan 2023 the newsletter will be available primarily online at the www.sabonsai.org website and via email.
Those of you who previously received it by US mail will now be able to access more photos and current club & area updates.
An email will be sent monthly to let you know that the newsletter has been posted.
Your email changes and corrections should be sent to Lorraine at [email protected].
For members without computer access the US mailing can continue, just let Lorraine know your status.
Members Corner- Highlights
The Baikoen Bonsai Kenkyukai Winter Silhouette Show on Jan 21-22 was spectacular.
It is truly a unique, one of its kind show.
It was extra special for SABS this year, as our President, Dave, was the recipient of the Nagata-Komai Award. As he explained to us all, it was a humbling honor to receive this award. He began his bonsai journey in 1973 (50 yrs ago) by taking classes at the Komai Nursery with his sensei, Jim Barrett.
An added highlight for the evening was the opportunity to meet with Karen Komai Margolis, Khan and Kay’s daughter, just prior to Dave receiving this award.
Many thanks to Lindsay, Debbie, Big Joe and all the Baikoen Club members from the Miles Family & SABS.
Welcome New 2023 Members
Christian Lebano
Cedric Navarro
2023 SABS Monthly Meeting Dates
Feb 11
Location: LA Arboretum– Ayres Hall
Annual Meeting
Potluck, Membership Drive, Bonsai Bingo
Club will provide main dish & water
Bring your favorite side, salad or dessert
and play
Bonsai Bingo
It will be an evening of fun & learning & prizes.
Bring something for the prize/raffle table that you would like to win– plants, pots, tools, books, accessories, a bag of dirt…
Multiple games will be played.
Mar 11
Location: LA Arboretum—Ayres Hall
Demo: Tak Shimazu
April 8
Location LA Arboretum — Ayres Hall
Demo: TBA
2023 Refreshment Schedule
Please bring food to share for our Feb 11 Potluck.
the main dishes will include: Pork inihaw (grilled pork), pancit bihon (Philippine noodles) & El Pollo Loco Chicken
Sign ups for 2023 will be available at the Feb 11 meeting
Upcoming Events
Feb 3-5, 2023
California Shohin Society 18th Biennial Shohin Seminar 2023.
Hotel Mission de Oro Conference Center, Santa Nella, CA.
www.calshohin.org
Feb 25-26,2023
GSBF Bonsai-A-Thon,
The Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151Oxford Rd. San Marino
10a-5p
the link on the reservation portal is: https://forms.gle/kDAwrskj4dNYcsRd8
If link does not open then cut & paste into your browser
