Checklist Quandry

I am working diligently on upgrading the SIGNA Checklist. I would 
like some advice from potential users. The Checklist is relatively 
complete when it comes to AIS registered cultivars. But it has been 
deficient in botanical names, KAVB registered names, in unregistered 
names, and in descriptions of AIS names not included in the AIS 
registries. I am not going to meet my deadline all for the added 
information I believe can be obtained. For example I now have a 
complete listing of KAVB (dutch Iris) registrations but I do not 
have as yet their descriptions. Also I have several botanical names 
that I have not been able to access the literature for their 
descriptions. The dilemma is; do I put out a interim revision this 
year or wait another year to try to bring all this together. The 
information from two years ago has undergone a great deal of 
improvement and the format of the whole document is much more user 
friendly then ever before. Yet I despair because I can't get 
everything done before convention. Since a checklist is added to 
each year, should I be concerned about what I have yet to 
accomplish, or should I just look at it as a work in progress that 
will improve every year. Improvements include an extensive list of 
references, a section listing biographies of hybridizers and authors 
also listing the plants they have named, (this is still incomplete), 
and discussion of various classifications of Iris. There is much 
more planned for the future but since these additions are not 
polished, the question is would a purchaser feel discouraged to 
receive more than previously but much that apparently is yet to 
come.  Since the inventory of old checklists is almost gone, should 
I release something now or wait. No matter every year there will be 
substantial improvements, so this is an ongoing question. In five 
years I am sure the present list will be almost unrecognizable in 
comparison. 





 
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