he helped inaugurate the national haiku societies of several countries... 

This article is coming together nicely. I've been toning down some of the more over-enthusiastic language and adding citations, and am now trying to find refs to "he helped (in 2000) inaugurate the national haiku societies of several countries (Australia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia)" which is a fairly substantial claim and so needs support. On the "about" page at the website of the Australian Haiku Society mention of Kacian is curiously absent, and we read simply, "In December, 2000, Australian haiku enthusiasts banded together to form HaikuOz"; regarding Slovenia, we read on the site of the German Haiku Society that "The Haiku Club of Slovenia (HCS) was set up in September 1997" i.e. 3 years prior to Kacian's trip; in Serbia, there are two societies: the Aleksandar Nejgebauer Haiku Club was formed in 1993 according to their page on Templibres, and the Serbian Haiku Society was founded in 2004, according to this page on Tempslibres. According to this page on WHC, the Bulgarian Haiku Club was formed in 1999. 

In light of all the above, we're going to need something more than a statement from Kacian himself if we want to retain this claim. Can anyone help?