Re: electors
Bill Smoot wrote:
>
> What I was referring to about the "block of votes" from the West Coast was that
> West Coast judges in voting FOR a Dykes Medal winner naturally vote for
> something that grows well in THEIR gardens. I'm sorry Bill, I don't see how you can say that. Just look and the way
the voting has gone for the Wister and Dykes in the past few years -
Where were the AIS National Conventions in 1996,5,4,3?
It is hard NOT to vote FOR something that looks fantastic every year.
True - if you travel to gardens to see them!
If a particular West Coast iris does
> not do well on the East Coast or Central, those
> judges don't have the opportunity to vote AGAINST that iris. Instead, they vote for other irises, which in effect, splits their potential
voting power. What do you want - a run-off vote? ;)
Let's face it people - This is a Tall Bearded Iris Society. (Period)
There is no other way to describe it. BUT take note - more and more
people are turning away from TB's and to medians and beardless. "HOLD ON
- THE TROUPS ARE COMING OVER THE HILL"
Dennis - not quite over the hill
