function MIRAI_getForumInfo() {
  return {
    forumName: "The Mirai Forum",
    forumLandingIntro: "No one should practice bonsai in a bubble. This is your portal for connection to and collaboration with everyone in the Mirai Live community. The Mirai Forum is a place for your bonsai knowledge to be progressed, cross-pollinated, evolved, and applied. Gain insights, share ideas, troubleshoot your issues, and receive feedback from bonsai practitioners throughout the world.",
    forumLandingImage: "https://live.bonsaimirai.com/uploads/general/Wire-2.jpg",
    forumCategoryDescriptions: [

      {
        slug: "beginners",
        shortDesc: "Robust discussions on fundamental topics. Rookies ask, advanced members offer core knowledge.",
        longDesc:  "If you are a beginner, gain your bearings within the complex world of bonsai. From soil to watering to basic techniques, build your foundation and expand your practice by asking questions and leveraging the knowledge of other Mirai Live members. "
      },
  
      {
        slug: "design",
        shortDesc: "All things design-related, from bonsai theory to inspirational influences. Get feedback, share process, push the bonsai form.",
        longDesc:  "Expand your concept of bonsai design from the traditional to natural. Unpack why certain bonsai forms are more impactful than others, challenge each other’s aesthetics. Share your design inspirations, get feedback about your design-direction, use the aggregate knowledge to figure whether or not to cut that branch you’ve been staring at. Talk stands, pots, accents - all components of viewing a bonsai. "
      },
  
      {
        slug: "horticulture",
        shortDesc: "A library of horticultural information specific to the practice of bonsai — using science to maximize the health of trees.",
        longDesc:  "Together, we can master this unique artform by combining our horticultural knowledge and experience. Talk soils, water, growth management, advanced techniques — dig into the nitty-gritty science behind bonsai practice and theory. Share your wins, losses, what works, what doesn’t — the sum total of your observations as bonsai scientists."
      },
  
      {
        slug: "toolbox",
        shortDesc: "Tools, equipment, supplies, garden construction, gear, handiwork — a place for “shop talk" and misc. bonsai conversations. ",
        longDesc:  "Where you “talk shop,” from constructing benches and aerating greenhouses, to drilling holes in ceramics and ruminating on what type of sawdust to use. This is where you talk tools, gear, equipment, swag, construction — all of the supporting, functional facets of the bonsai practice and the random, humorous tidbits that come up along the way. "
      },
  
      {
        slug: "resources",
        shortDesc: "Updates about all things Mirai-related: F.A.Q., Mirai Live topic index, technical troubleshooting and scheduling info.",
        longDesc:  "This is the index for the vast information available across the Mirai ecosystems and the place where the team will post updates. Get answers to F.A.Q.’s, troubleshoot technical issues, learn about upcoming workshops and Q&A’s, provide ideas for future streams, stay on the pulse of things happening at Mirai."
      },
  
      {
        slug: "apex",
        shortDesc: "Exclusive for Pro members. Participate in forum-based Q&As with Ryan Neil, get feedback on your trees, engage with the Mirai team, and take your bonsai discussions to a higher level.",
        longDesc:  "Welcome to The Apex: a place for Mirai Live Pro members to dialogue about their bonsai practice at a higher level. This is a space for innovation. Interact with Ryan and the Mirai team with forum-based Q&As and tree critiques that take design to new heights. Be the first to know about exclusive Pro content. Communicate with other Pro members to debrief streams, give and get feedback, and grow your bonsai practice with community-driven learning."
      }
  
    ]
  };
}