Re: Checklist Quandry

Bob,
         Here's my 2 cents worth:  The people who need the most current 
registration info can still find it in the R&I.  It doesn't seem crucial to 
have it in the SIGNA checklist.
         When I was preparing the beginner's guide which came out last 
year, Will told me that he was able to have it printed in lots of 100.  If 
that's true for this as well, maybe a small quantity of reprints of the 
currently available checklist would do.  Or, if it's not too much extra 
work, you could go with an interim version that includes the info you've 
compiled to date.
         SIGNA already has a strong group of publications available.  I 
wouldn't stress out about what you haven't been able to do. We all have to 
live in the real world.
         Ken
At 06:14 PM 4/20/2006, you wrote:
>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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