During the BCC Executive meeting held at the BCC Headquarters in Richmond, it was decided that a meeting of the LDC Directors would be held at the Toronto Buddhist Temple on December 1, 2007. The major agenda item for the meeting will be the question of re-organizing the Board, both in name and in structure.

Also, during the BCC Executive Meeting, there was expressed the concern about the status of Dharma School. Consequently, in the early part of 2008, I wish to visit every Jodo Shinshu Temple in Canada and meet with the Executives and the Dharma School teachers. Your Temple will be contacted in the very near future and I look forward to meeting many of the Temple members when I make my visit. Regarding the BCC Executive meeting, I would be amiss if I did not report about Mrs. Fujikawa’s “thoughtful and compassionate” effort to ensure that the delegates had a fantastic Japanese-styled lunch. “Thank you very much Mrs. Fujikawa.”