NBF is gone

[rockm]

This has been coming for weeks. I don’t know what to think about and its impact on the National Bonsai Museum which has been the private group supporting the museum it the public/private partnership that sustains the museum. The duties now move to the Friends of the National Arboretum which supports the Arboretum overall. NBF supported the museum and the bonsai

 

[Gabler]

This has been coming for weeks. I don’t know what to think about and its impact on the National Bonsai Museum which has been the private group supporting the museum it the public/private partnership that sustains the museum. The duties now move to the Friends of the National Arboretum which supports the Arboretum overall. NBF supported the museum and the bonsai
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When I read about it a couple of weeks ago, it just looked like corporate reorganization. Is there an actual policy change regarding the administration of the museum? I would imagine all of the regular museum staff would remain, for example.

 

[Wood]

All the museum staff are government employees in the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, so they are all still employed and working with the museum

 

[rockm]

This answers some questions
The section on where the resources go is interesting

Frequently Asked Questions — National Bonsai Foundation

www.bonsai-nbf.org

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Hoping some of the key Board members of the NBF are on the Board of FONA.

Based of my experience in running a nonprofit working as a partner with a government environmental agency, these consolidations have the potential to take steps forward for their former partner, or dilute their mission as well as their funding.

The reason for the former (move forward) usually occurs when key players move into important roles on the Board of the new nonprofit.

Cheers
DSD sends

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

This answers some questions
The section on where the resources go is interesting

Frequently Asked Questions — National Bonsai Foundation

www.bonsai-nbf.org

Yep decidedly ambiguous if the non profit leadership of NBF has established a footprint in FONA…

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DSD sends

 

[hemmy]

Hoping some of the key Board members of the NBF are on the Board of FONA.

It doesn’t appear so, from cross checking the two boards. But I agree that that the bonsai and penjing museum would benefit greatly from having a voice on the FONA board.

From a quick search it appears the larger Arboretum gets 611,000 visitors per year and the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum gets over 200,000 per year. That is a pretty significant number and should warrant the appropriate level of support.

There is a society dedicated to an early American Botanist which fundraises and supports causes. It would seem that a similar structure could exist under the FONA for the purposes of supporting the bonsai museum.