Actually, all joking aside, it might not be a bad idea to have
people who are listed on the site as regional representatives.
Maybe several for each area--we could even do it by state. When
I was involved
in the Reed Organ Society, which is an international
organization, I was Regional Councillor for the Northeast Region.
My fiefdom covered all of New England, New York, NJ and PA. I
occasionally fielded
questions (actually, a lot since I had a website on reed
organs) and sometimes got queries from people in my general area.
With bonsai, we all know that location is very important. And,
from what I 've
learned over the last few years, someone living in the Pacific
Northwest on the edge of Zone 5b/6a (as I do in NY) is still
going to have very different conditions than I do. So, this
isn't a bad idea at
all.

Weeeeellllllllll, it just depends upon how "organized" you want
to get. Maybe you can bring it up with your new listowner
(announcement soon), but THIS listowner thinks the whole world is
too damned organized as it is.

The IBC has survived as virtual anarchy for a lot of years now.
And, as they say in my neck of the world:

"Wall, Bubbah, iffen it ain't broke, I ain't gonna bother fixin'
it." Roscoe, MBA, University of Florida. ;-)

I think we can jumble along being nice guys and gals and helping
those who need help, and especially looking to help people from
our neck of the woods. We're gathering a small group of
preliminary helpers, but we don't need to carry it too much
further. I hope. Once the ball starts rolling, we tend to keep
it going as long as necessary. Then it stops.


Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The phrase
'sustainable growth' is an oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman

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