PHOENIX  BONSAI  SOCIETY :
OUR  OTHER  OFFICERS

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Sensei and Presidents
Other Officers


This Page Last Updated: January 9, 2012


       "We are a partly and continually changing assembly of persons who share, more often than not it seems, one common trait:  interest in the creation of miniature potted trees.  Some stay for years, others visit just a few times.  (Both people and trees, that is...)  Our horticultural skill ranges from lacking to master gardener; our aesthetic creativity ranges from blank to artist; our knowledge of the field ranges from polite disinterest to near professorial.
       "Analysis of the membership rosters in the various club yearbooks produces a few additional facts:  40% of the members are only in the club for a single year, 23% for two or three years, and 7% for four or five years.  The remaining 30% of PhxBS members are in the club for seven or more years.  About one in ten of all our members will voluntarily serve in some type of office, whose different permutations over the years have numbered over two dozen posts.  Many of these are held for more than one term.  We volunteer a little time and talent out of our ordinary busy schedules to handle a few behind-the-scenes details for the enjoyment of our peers and countless, nameless passersby who marvel at the trees and for a short distance shake their heads at the wondrousness of the bonsai or their own self-doubts about gardening.  Usually there is a brief, sometimes heartfelt, appreciation of a particular type of beauty which has seduced a number of us."
(Designing Dwarfs in the Desert, 1997, pg. 77)


As a token of recognition to the many members who have served our club through the years, we present this list of all known officers.  We thank all of you for helping make this club what it has been and is.



VICE-PRESIDENTS

2011 - present

Frank Harris
2009 - 2011

James McEown
2007 - 2009

Jamie Sims
2006 - 2007

Ken Roberts
2005 - 2006

Larry Seymour
2003 - 2005

Marcia Colliat
2001 - 2003

Fred Carpenter
1999 - 2001

Jim Claycomb
1997 - 1999

Ernest Hasan
1995 - 1997

Bev Tall
1993 - 1995

Jim Claycomb
1991 - 1993

Doug Acker
1989 - 1991

Max Miller
1987 - 1989

Penny Schneck
1985 - 1987

Tom Nangle
1983 - 1985

Bill Mooney
1981 - 1983

Jerry Host
1980 - 1981

Bob Corella
1979 - 1980

Tom Fleming (1st VP)
1979 - 1980

Bob Corella (2nd VP)
1977 - 1979

Frank Harris
1976 - 1977

John B. Finkey
1975 - 1976

Dr. Frank Reider (1st VP)
1975 - 1976

John B. Finkey (2nd VP)
1974 - 1975

Robert C. Dendinger (1st VP)
1974 - 1975

Dr. Frank Reider (2nd VP)
1973 - 1974

Rex Tsutsumida (1st VP)
1973 - 1974

?      (2nd VP)
1970 - 1972

Louis H. Knaak
1970 - 1971

Don Flower
1962 - 1970?

"We did not have a vice president in the early days."

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TREASURERS

2005 - present

Susie Kingston
1997 - 2005

Joan McCarter
1995 - 1997

Gail Acker
1985 - 1995

Nona DiDomenico
1979 - 1985

Penny Schneck
1971 - 1979

Elsie Andrade
1970 - 1971

Becky Kramer
1965? - 1970?

(Club checking account opened in 1965.)

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SECRETARIES

2005 - present

Susie Kingston
1995 - 1997

Jim Claycomb
1990 - 1995

Gail Acker
1988 - 1990

Sam Lew, Jr.
1987 - 1988

Marty Bond
1982 - 1987

Penny Schneck
1979 - 1982

Opal Noel
1977 - 1979

Nadine Andrade

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LIBRARIANS

2012 - present

Dean Palmer
2009 - 2011

Maggie Gomez
2009 - 2011

Stella Rogers
2005 - 2009

Carol Roberts
2005 - 2006

Ken Roberts
2001 - 2005

Penny Schneck
1998 - 2001

Marcia Colliat
1997 - 1998

Terie Wilson
1995 - 1997

Ernie Hasan
1990 - 1995

Robert Baran
1987 - 1990

Gail Acker
1985 - 1987

Elaine Orlinsky
1983 - 1985

Nona DiDomenico
1982 - 1983

Jo Hurd
1979 - 1981

Margaret Finnegan

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EVENTS CHAIRS

2007 - present

Alex Gray
2007 - 2008

Cameron Stewart
2005 - 2009

Kerry Boehmer
2005 - 2007

Jamie Sims
2003 - 2005

Ken Jones
2003 - 2005

Cheryl Sykora
2001 - 2003

Mike Apostolos
1968 - 1970

Joan McCarter

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ASSISTANT EVENTS CHAIRS

2011 - present

Tom Gatz
2011 - present

Bob Gomez
2003 - 2005

Jim Jeffries

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SHOW CHAIRS

2007 - present

Alex Gray
2000 - 2001

Mark Wallerich
1995 - 1999

Fred Carpenter
1996 - 1999

Dick Selkirk
1992 - 1995

Bill Mooney
1992 - 1995

Jim Claycomb
1989 - 1992

Larry Kline
1987 - 1989

Max Miller
1983 - 1986

Louis H. Knaak
1970 - 1971

Louis H. Knaak
1970 - 1971

Atherton Bowen

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EDUCATION COMMITTEE

2009 - present

Elsie Andrade
2009 - present

Joan McCarter

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RAFFLE CHAIRS

2009 - present

Barbara Gray
2008 - 2009

Kerry Boehmer
2007 - 2008

Eilen Stewart
2005 - 2007

Teri Moodie

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HISTORIANS

1995 - present

Robert Baran
1979 - 1981

Penny Schneck
1970 - 1971

Nadine Andrade

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WEBMASTER

1999 - present

Robert Baran

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ASSISTANT WEBMASTER

2010 - present

Eric Zimmet

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NEWSLETTER EDITORS

1995 - 2009

Robert Baran
1968 - 1970

Joan McCarter

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YEARBOOK EDITORS

2009 - present

Susie Kingston
1997 - 2008

Robert Baran
1995 - 1996

Jim Claycomb
1990 - 1995

Doug Acker

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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

1974 - 1989

Rex Tsutsumida

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PROGRAM CHAIR

1971 - 1984

Louis H. Knaak

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WORKSHOP CHAIRS

1995 - 2006

Doug Acker
1970 - 1995

Leroy Fujii

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ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN

2003 - 2005

Carl Reeder

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SOCIAL SECRETARY

1977 - 1981

Virginia Cahill

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CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

1973 - 1977

Virginia Cahill
1971 - 1973

Leonard A. Weissman
1970 - 1971

Joan McCarter

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RECORDING SECRETARIES

1971 - 1977

Nadine Andrade
1970 - 1971

Julia Oppelt

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SOCIAL COMMITTEE

1988-1989

Alice Barlow
1987-1990

Elaine Orlinsky
1985-1987

Elsie Andrade
1984-1985

Elaine Orlinsky
1984-1985

Ray Garcia
1983-1984

Nona DiDomenico
1979-1983

Elsie Andrade
1979-1980

Frank Harris

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HOSTESSES

1984 - 1985

Nona DiDomenico
1970 - 1971

Margaret Julian

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PUBLICITY

1970 - 1971

Alice Feffer

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SUPPLIES

1994 - 1995

Penny Schneck
1990 - 1994

Sam Lew, Jr.

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MEMORIAL GARDEN DIRECTORS

1990 - 1995

Elsie Andrade
1979 - 1990

John B. Finkey

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MEMBER OF VALLEY GARDEN CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1979 - present

Elsie Andrade
1978 - 1979

Margaret Finnegan

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VALLEY GARDEN CENTER PRESIDENTS

2002 - 2006

Doug Acker
2001 - 2002

Max Miller
1981 - 1982

Elsie Andrade

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VALLEY GARDEN CENTER VICE-PRESIDENT

1999 - 2001

Bill Mooney

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VALLEY GARDEN CENTER TREASURERS

2002 - 2007

Ernie Hasan
2001 - 2002

Bill Mooney

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VALLEY GARDEN CENTER SECRETARIES

2011 - present

Ken Roberts
1999 - 2001

Max Miller

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VALLEY GARDEN CENTER TWO-YEAR TRUSTEE

2003 - 2004

Max Miller

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The above is derived from positions listed in recent yearbooks, from a spreadsheet that was compiled from older yearbooks and other sources while our club history Designing Dwarfs was being written, and from recent input from current members.  If you know of any corrections or additions, please contact us at rjb@phoenixbonsai.com.  Thank-you!



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