Re: 1998 AIS AWARDS: WISTER MEDAL

From: Gerry Snyder <gcsnyd@loop.com>

Lewis,Shirlee E wrote:
> 
> 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....  By awarding 3 Wister Medals a TB that
becomes
> > eligible for it will have about the same odds of winning [the Dykes] 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.

I sure as heck hope not. Having multiple Wisters is an abomination created in
the effort to allow a non-TB to win the Dykes. As explained above, the thought
is that having multiple TBs eligible for the Dykes will split the TB vote,
allowing a few of the many wonderful other iris a chance for the Dykes. 

At first it was the winner of the Wister and the two runners-up eligible from
the TBs. Then someone thought, "Gasp!! What if the Dykes is won by an iris that
did not win its class's medal?" Hence three Wisters. 

I doubt that there will ever be enough non-TB Dykes winners to "require"
multiple medals in other classes (although perhaps there should be).

-Gerry, hoping for cooler weather soon so I can remove more el nino weeds
-- 
g*@loop.com    AIS Region 15
Warm, winterless Los Angeles
President of San Fernando Valley Iris Society
My work?  Helping generate data for http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo

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