Re: 1998 AIS AWARDS: WISTER MEDAL
- To: "'i*@onelist.com'" <i*@onelist.com>
- Subject: Re: 1998 AIS AWARDS: WISTER MEDAL
- From: "* E* <S*@kp.ORG>
- Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 08:21:37 -0700
From: "Lewis,Shirlee E" <Shirlee.E.Lewis@kp.ORG>
> From: "Chris Hollinshead" <cris@netcom.ca> wonders:
> why there are 3 Wister Medals awarded this year?
> Somewhat devalues the award in my estimation.
>
> Chris,
> Let me explain if I can get it straight. Normally when the official
> ballot is sent to AIS judges the instructions indicate that they can
> vote for a certain number of cultivars for the HM and AM in each
> class. This number represents 10% of the total elligible - rounded
> up to the next whole number. Once an iris is elligible for a
> particular award it will appear on the ballot for three years. TB has
> the most introductions when compared to all other classes. If you
> compare the numbers of 1997 introductions and the 1998 AM awards it
> looks like this:
>
> CLASS 97 INTRO 98 AM 3 X 10%
> TB 437 24 72 7
> LA 64 2 6 1
> SDB 62 5 15 2
> JI 45 - - -
> BB 34 2 6 1
> IB 32 2 6 1
> CA 23 3 9 1
> SIB 20 2 6 1
> AR / AB 20 5 15 2
> SPEC 18 2 6 1
> MTB 15 2 6 1
> MDB 13 2 6 1
> SPU 12 2 6 1
> SPEC-X 6 2 6 1
>
> You won't have exactly the same number of cultivars get AMs in each
> class each year. By awarding 3 Wister Medals a TB that becomes
> eligible for it will have about the same odds of winning as a cultivar
> in another class. In the process just winning the Wister will not
> become an automatic ticket to winning the DYKES. As interest and
> introductions increase in the other classes increase we may see more
> than one medal awarded in those classes as well.
> Shirlee Lewis
> Southern California Iris Society
> Secretrary / Newsletter Editor
> shirlee.e.lewis@kp.org
> FAX 562-461-4217
> VOICE 562-461-4912
>
>
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