Do any of you have plans on attending the 5th World Bonsai Convention
in Washington DC this coming May? I'm going for sure, already made
reservations at the Hilton. I live about 2.5 hours away from the site
and might not have another chance like this for a long time.

Bob

Do any of you have plans on attending the 5th World Bonsai Convention in
Washington DC this coming May?

I gather you are interested in carpooling. Which direction are you coming from?
I will be driving down Rte 81 from the north.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." Yogi Berra

Bob Cross wrote:

Do any of you have plans on attending the 5th World Bonsai Convention
in Washington DC this coming May? I'm going for sure, already made
reservations at the Hilton. I live about 2.5 hours away from the site
and might not have another chance like this for a long time.

Bob


Anita and I will be there with bells on. We're going to be staying with my brother
and sister-in-law in Reston VA. Go, by all means. It sounds like a great event.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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Subject: [IBC] 5th World Bonsai Convention



Anita and I will be there with bells on. We're going to be staying with
my brother
and sister-in-law in Reston VA. Go, by all means. It sounds like a great
event.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37


Now THAT'S the way to save $129/night plus 14.5% taxes!
Dale

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On 6 Dec 2004 at 1:50, Bob Cross wrote:

Do any of you have plans on attending the 5th World Bonsai Convention
in Washington DC this coming May? I'm going for sure, already made
reservations at the Hilton. I live about 2.5 hours away from the site
and might not have another chance like this for a long time.

Bob


It's on my "to do" list right now. Problem is we're doing a
rather expensive visit to NYC with a grandchild a few weeks
earlier . . .

But I/we plan to be there.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature
encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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On 06 Dec 2004 13:13:48 GMT, (Iris Cohen) wrote:


I gather you are interested in carpooling. Which direction are you coming from?
I will be driving down Rte 81 from the north.
Iris,

Iris,
Actually I will be driving as I am only a couple of hours from DC, but
your thoughtfullness is appreciated.

Bob

your thoughtfulness is appreciated.

Thoughtfulness, h***! I'm trying to find someone to share the driving. I know I
can do it alone (7 hours from Syracuse), but at my age I would prefer not to. I
told the doctor he has to have me in shape for it. At least nowadays we have
cell phones.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." Yogi Berra

Iris Cohen wrote:

your thoughtfulness is appreciated.

Thoughtfulness, h***! I'm trying to find someone to share the driving. I know I
can do it alone (7 hours from Syracuse), but at my age I would prefer not to. I
told the doctor he has to have me in shape for it. At least nowadays we have
cell phones.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." Yogi Berra


Thinking of the convention, does anyone have any ideas about how IBC members might
identify themselves to one another? I understand that back in the mid-90's there
was another convention, I think in DC also, where IBC members wore a button. Come
to think of it, I think Anita has one. Can we do that again? I would recognize a
few people from their pictures on the gallery. And, is there any way to have a
get-together?

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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Iris Cohen wrote:

your thoughtfulness is appreciated.

Thoughtfulness, h***! I'm trying to find someone to share the driving. I know I
can do it alone (7 hours from Syracuse), but at my age I would prefer not to. I
told the doctor he has to have me in shape for it. At least nowadays we have
cell phones.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." Yogi Berra


Thinking of the convention, does anyone have any ideas about how IBC members might
identify themselves to one another? I understand that back in the mid-90's there
was another convention, I think in DC also, where IBC members wore a button. Come
to think of it, I think Anita has one. Can we do that again? I would recognize a
few people from their pictures on the gallery. And, is there any way to have a
get-together?

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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On 9 Dec 2004 at 10:28, Craig Cowing wrote:

Iris Cohen wrote:

your thoughtfulness is appreciated.

Thoughtfulness, h***! I'm trying to find someone to share the driving. I know I
can do it alone (7 hours from Syracuse), but at my age I would prefer not to. I
told the doctor he has to have me in shape for it. At least nowadays we have
cell phones.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." Yogi Berra


Thinking of the convention, does anyone have any ideas about how IBC members might
identify themselves to one another? I understand that back in the mid-90's there
was another convention, I think in DC also, where IBC members wore a button. Come
to think of it, I think Anita has one. Can we do that again? I would recognize a
few people from their pictures on the gallery. And, is there any way to have a
get-together?

Hmmm. I still have two of the (different) buttons, and I have a
half dozen of the various IBC tee-shirts we made and sold "in
the old days."

I'm pretty sure Anita has (or had) a couple of IBC tees, too.
Y2K may be the last one we did. Haven't been able to drum up
interest since.

I'll be in the bar, which is the traditional place for an IBC
get-together -- usually at 5 p.m. ;-)

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature
encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We have registered as well.
True to tradition the meeting place should be the hotel bar. It is only a
question of the day and the exact time.
As for the identification badge, I do have the one passed out in Toronto at
BCI '97.

We need Jim Lewis to coordinate the meeting time and Reiner Goebel to buy
the first round of beverages. :-)

Cheers.

Peter Aradi
Tulsa, Oklahoma

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On 9 Dec 2004 at 12:14, Peter wrote:

We have registered as well.
True to tradition the meeting place should be the hotel bar. It is only a
question of the day and the exact time.
As for the identification badge, I do have the one passed out in Toronto at
BCI '97.

We need Jim Lewis to coordinate the meeting time and Reiner Goebel to buy
the first round of beverages. :-)


Well, Reiner doesn't read the list any more, so you'll have to
let him know, somehow -- unless you want to surprise him? ;-)

We could start out at 5 p.m. in the downstairs hotel bar on the
first night of the event, and see where it goes from there (we
may want to adjourn to another location). But in MY experience,
we have too much "official IBC business" to discuss to finish it
in one meeting.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Bonsaiests
are like genealogists: We know our roots!

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On 9 Dec 2004 at 12:14, Peter wrote:

We have registered as well.
True to tradition the meeting place should be the hotel bar. It is only a
question of the day and the exact time.
As for the identification badge, I do have the one passed out in Toronto at
BCI '97.

We need Jim Lewis to coordinate the meeting time and Reiner Goebel to buy
the first round of beverages. :-)


Well, Reiner doesn't read the list any more, so you'll have to
let him know, somehow -- unless you want to surprise him? ;-)

We could start out at 5 p.m. in the downstairs hotel bar on the
first night of the event, and see where it goes from there (we
may want to adjourn to another location). But in MY experience,
we have too much "official IBC business" to discuss to finish it
in one meeting.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Bonsaiests
are like genealogists: We know our roots!

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On 9 Dec 2004 05:37:06 -0800, (Craig Cowing)
wrote:


Thinking of the convention, does anyone have any ideas about how IBC members might
identify themselves to one another? I understand that back in the mid-90's there
was another convention, I think in DC also, where IBC members wore a button. Come
to think of it, I think Anita has one. Can we do that again? I would recognize a
few people from their pictures on the gallery. And, is there any way to have a
get-together?

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

Craig,
I have one of those buttons too...if I remember right we had them made
during the convention and then sent there. I'd also like to arrange a
get together of some sort for the IBC folks. Maybe we can come up
with a plan.

Bob