Re: Electors
WILSONJH@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu wrote:
> Tell it like it is - "From a DIrt Gardener"....
> **
> Wait a minute--is there an implication here that the non-judges are
> less influenced by hybridizer names than judges, and that they have
> dirtier hands? I hope that's not true, for the sake of their hands
> if nothing else. No Jim - Just it's time for more general members to make their voices
heard.
>
> I do think that to fix this right we need to introduce some ugly
> complexity, either by paying some special attention to cross-regional
> preferences or by collecting ratings instead of votes as Tom suggested,
> or both.....or go back to having two types of Judges - Garden and Show Bench.
...or go back to the regional test garden approach - Having 4-6 regional
test gardens to grow these irises. I believe this was tried many years
ago - Clarence can help here ;-) (Sorry Clarence, couldn't resist)
Dennis
