Our Annual General Meeting was well attended by club members. President, Lyn Hamilton, presented a detailed record of the activities of the club for the past year, and thanked the committee and members for their support during the past 12 months.
Elections were conducted and the committee remains the same with the exception of the Treasurer. Ellen Jenkins retired from the position after more than 15 years of service in this roll, however Ellen has accepted the new roll of Trading Table Manager.
A number of members were nominated for the Encouragement Award. We were delighted to see that two of our younger members, Mitch and Nicolas, received the same number of votes and shared the award. We wish them well in their future Bonsai endeavours.
Following the AGM David Allen presented a very informative demonstration on Jades as Bonsai. We are now all inspired to work with Jades and create a hardy specimen that will survive in our harsh climate, without extensive summer watering, but be aware they do not like frost.