New forums for non Australian native species

[Steven]

G'day!

As part of our philosophy for continual improvement, we will be expanding the Exotics (Non native) section of the board. Currently we have only 2 species forums - Natives and Exotics. This will be changing to the following;

Australian Natives
Forum for discussion of Australian native species as Bonsai.

Deciduous
Forum for discussion of Deciduous bonsai – Maples, Crabapple, Hornbeam, Elm species etc

Evergreen
Forum for discussion of Evergreen bonsai – Buxus, Cotoneaster, Olive etc

Pines and Junipers
Forum for discussion of Pines, Junipers, Cedar etc as bonsai -

Flowering and fruiting
Forum for discussion of Flowering and fuiting bonsai - Azalea, Serissa, Apricot etc

Tropical
Forum for discussion of Tropical bonsai – Ficus, Bougainvillea, Fukien Tea, Dwarf Umbrella etc

Jamie has been appointed to the AusBonsai R&D team and delegated the arduous talk of sorting through the Exotics section and moving topics into the relevant forums. If you notice any errors or omissions, please let him or myself know via PM. We expect the process to be completed over this weekend.

If you have any questions or comments please don't hesitate to post them as a reply to this topic.

Regards,
Steven

[Ron]

I've using forums for many years and I can say without hesitation this is the best I've been on for friendliness, help etc.

To the admins and members, thank you folks.

Regards,
Ron

[Regan]

This is a great idea Steven, is there going to be species guides for them like the native section?

[Jamie]

if you could please bare with me to begin with as this is new to me i will do the best job i can in sorting it all out for a better forum for all

thank you for your patience and i look forward to helping with the continual improvement of the site



Jamie

[AndrewM]

This will be a great addition to trhe forum. Good luck with the sorting Jamie.

[Jamie]

thanks andy



ok guys i have a question for you all-

Where would you like the Swamp Cypress to be located? i was thinkin tropical but the species could also be deciduous or evergreen depending on location?
let me know where you all want it and it shall be done


jamie

[MelaQuin]

I like the idea but I think a moderator is going to spend a lot of time moving items from one category to another. Refining the idea to so many sections is putting a lot of dependence on posters to get their items in the right place and also will be confused by the way a post on one species can lead to responses on another species. Just doing my usual bit of playing the Devil's Disciple but not negating the concept. Having 1] Natives and 2] 'Everything Else' is messy but one of the complications could be ficus... there will be a lot of non-native ficus lumped into ficus and vice versa. But what the hell - it will keep the moderators off the streets and out of trouble keeping the categories correct and who knows, that could be a good thing [joke].

[Jamie]

thats why im here mel i will be looking after all of that and yes some ficus are native while others are not so we will do our best to make sure everything goes to the right sections

on a side note- where would you like the swampies to be?


jamie

[Liz Zammit]

quote..."where would you like the swampies to be?"

Since it's a conifer, perhaps with the rest of the conifers?

Liz

[bodhidharma]

Well done AusBonsai. Jamie, if you werent already of the street you are now. Good on you for putting your hand up.

[Jamie]

quote..."where would you like the swampies to be?"

Since it's a conifer, perhaps with the rest of the conifers?

Liz

well that was a thought aswell, my thoughts though is that it can be deciduous or evergreen aswell, if everyone is happy for them to go into the pines, junipers and other conifer sections then i will put them there

Well done AusBonsai. Jamie, if you werent already of the street you are now. Good on you for putting your hand up.

the streets will be a safer place now

jamie

[Jamie]

bump,

anyone else have an opinion on where they want swampies to be? or is everyone happy with the pines, junipers and conifers section?


jamie

[aaron_tas]

anyone else have an opinion on where they want swampies to be?

i think someone could change pines and juni's to conifers, that is surely where it belongs, even if it is a deciduous conifer, or an evergreen conifer, it is still a conifer...

and congrats jamie for your new role, i think you'll be great for it

[lindsay farr]

nice work fella's

[Jamie]

hey people,

You may have noticed pretty much all of the exotics section has be moved to there approriate areas, what i need you guys to do is if you come along anything that isnt supposed to be in that section or doesnt seem to be in the right section please let me know through this thread or via PM.


muchly appreciated

Jamie

ps. the 6 topics left in the exotics sections are shadows and will be fixed asap