February meeting

Bonsai Society of Acadiana held its' monthly meeting on Feb. 2nd. In attendance was Boyd, Johnny, Alex, Dot, Bobby, Vic, Jane, Mike, and Bruce. 2011 dues continue to be collected. So far, everyone who has attended the January or February meeting has paid. Upcoming events were discussed, including a Saturday workshop on 2/12, a potential Saturday workshop with Dana Quattlebaum on 3/19, and the Festival des Fleurs on 4/2. The classroom will be open from 8-5 on Saturday, 2/12 for a club workshop. Bring absolutely anything to work on. Great time to wire, air layer, or repot. If you plan on potting, don't forget your tree, pot, and soil. I plan on doing a few large repots. Lunch will be on your own.

Johnny gave a short presentation about bonsai material selection from a regular nursery. He then walked through the thought process of taking regular nursery stock and beginning the process of turning it into a bonsai. His example was a 10 foot tall nursery trident maple. We then had a brief discussion of trees brought by Bobby, Vic, Dot, and myself.

Again, our next event is Saturday, Feb 12th at the Ira Nelson classroom. Following this will be our regular Wednesday meeting on March 2nd. Hope to see everyone there.

Minutes of January 2011

Meeting was opened and conducted by Boyd Snellgrove-President

Dues were collected

It was discussed that we would only have one meeting on the 1st Wednesday of the month and set up Saturday workshops throughout the year.

Boyd gave a presentation on Bonsai Collecting and gave each member a handout of the presentation.

Workshop is tentatively set up for February 12, 2011.

It was suggested that the club purchase a projector to help with presentations from all members for different meetings. A motion was made by Vic and seconded by Bruce and was passed by all, no objections.

The Festival de Fleur will be outdoors this year and it is still to be determined if the Bonsai club will attend.

2010 Christmas Party

Our annual Christmas party was last weekend at our house. I think everyone had a good time and enjoyed plenty of good food. Looking forward to a new year of bonsai programs and events. The first will be on January 8th in Baton Rouge for their Mid-Winter Symposium with Guy Guidry. I will share further details when I get them. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Boyd

Minutes of October 2010

Johnny opened meeting at 7:oo p.m.

Johnny gave a presentation on Shohin--(tiny thing) 8" or less. He spoke about balance, asymmetrical , rustic looking, should be able to be carried in one hand. He advised to soak entire pot in water.

We had 3 visitors from UL.

Meeting ended at 9:00 p.m.

Minutes of August 2010

New Member: Lyle Savoie

Johnny gave a presentation on Basic Bonsai Design. He talked about material selection, deduction and line of your tree.

There was a mention about the New Orleans auction for the following Saturday

Meeting ended at 9:00 p.m.

LABS 2010

Good turnout for the LABS in Baton Rouge yesterday. I think we had a total of 13 BSA people there at some time during the event. That's pretty good for a club of our size. As always, the day was enjoyable and informative. The air layering demo/lecture by Johnny and I went off without a hitch. Hopefully, people got something out of it. Johnny even donated the air layered chinese elm that we removed. As it turns out, it was won by Alex. Plenty of vendors there. As I promised myself, I didn't buy any trees. However, I made up for it by purchasing pots. Nice to see and touch the pots before buying them, unlike on the internet.

Hope to see everyone at Wednesday night's workshop meeting. That is, if I can get someone to take my call.

Boyd

JULY

Titled the last post "June". Obviously, it was the July meeting.