Re: AIS: January Bulletin
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  • Subject: Re: AIS: January Bulletin
  • From: R* P* <r*@embarqmail.com>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:36:49 -0500 (EST)
Linda: I am slowly getting around to speaking with each hybridizer hoping to get a photo from them as one of the first so that we have definitive photos from the start. once it is released many people will be able to add their own photos, up to twenty per cultivar. i think when you see what we have created it will be more impressive than Dave's Garden. Thos of you posting There may like to become docents. There will be degrees of work involved as a docent and some will be doing more than others. But there is a learning curve for docents.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Smith" <irisgrower@cableone.net>
To: iris@hort.net
Sent: Friday, December 4, 2009 10:11:59 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [iris] AIS: January Bulletin

OK, I would like to know more about what is expect of a docent.   And thank
you so much for working on this.  I know it is a massive enterprise, but it
s going to be worth it in the end if we can have a place to get accurate
photos of good quality.  It will help us sell and promote the iris.

I find I really can not sell unless I have a photo of it to most people. I
hope the hybridizers that registrar, get a photo of the new iris into the
list as soon as they registrar it and a description.

  That's the main problem. It's getting photos of new iris that are on the
market. No one has the time to go thorough each individual catalog.  I
understand why they want us to do this, so we'll order/and look at their
catalog, but......... No one has that kind of time anymore.


Linda in CW AZ
-------Original Message-------

From: Robert Pries
Date: 12/04/09 07:52:29
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: Re: [iris] AIS: January Bulletin

Linda: There was a motion passed to create e-memberships at the last board
meeting and there are many technical details to be worked out but yes your
wish of an alternate green bulletin is in the works.

The Wiki is an enormous task and already we may have about 800 cultivars up.
I am training docents one at a time and hopefully by end of January I will
have about 100. We will not display the wiki until it has about 8,000
entrtes which I plan to have by spring. If you wish to be a docent let me
add your name to the list and I will get to you as soon as it is feasible.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Smith" <irisgrower@cableone.net>
To: iris@hort.net
Sent: Friday, December 4, 2009 8:54:56 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [iris] AIS: January Bulletin

That sounds great. Thanks for your hard work on this.

  I hope this is leading to putting in pdf form for e-mail and sending those
that prefer to be "green" and don't like storing magazines, a choice.
(Besides the money it will save AIS in printing charges).

By the way, what has happened to the wikiup for our photo data base that
someone was working on, so we don't have to go to Dave's to look up iris
photos?  Any progress on that?

Linda in CW AZ
-------Original Message-------

From: Kelly D. Norris
Date: 11/22/2009 1:07:53 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: [iris] AIS: January Bulletin

Hello fellow iris lovers!



Starting with the January 2010 issue of the Bulletin, you'll notice a few
changes.  First, I'll take over as editor full time.  Terry Aitken will
remain managing editor and resident sage advisor.  Second, we're changing
the format!  At the November board meeting the AIS higher-ups voted to
expand the size of the Bulletin to an 8.5 x 11 size publication.  Our focus
as an editorial team is to deliver you the best magazine for iris lovers
that we can come up with.  To do that, we'll need your help.



In light of that, I'm implementing a new section called "In Your Backyard".
Each issue you, your fellow AIS members, and I want to hear about what's
going on in your garden.  What varieties grew well this season?  What turned
out to be your favorite cultivar?  Did you grow a new species and have
tremendous success?  Did a few must-haves become must-composts?  Tell us
your garden news!  Consider this your invitation for the January 2010 issue.
I'm not sure how many we'll have room to publish (maybe 6-8 per issue), but
send away and we'll "bank" them.



Here's the redux:

1)      Send to kellydn@frontiernet.net your short (100-250 words) report
about what's growing on in your neighborhood (like that gardenesque humor?)

2)      Send along a photo of yourself or of your garden (must be
publishable quality, 300 dpi resolution, and a JPEG or TIFF)

3)      Have all kinds of fun with this and tell your iris friends who
aren't on iris-talk!  Let's see where this goes!



Thanks,

--Kelly



Horticulturally,



Kelly D. Norris

Farm Manager, Rainbow Iris Farm

Editor, Bulletin of the American Iris Society

Bedford & Ames, IA

Zone 4b/5a

Read my blog at:  <http://www.kellydnorris.com/> http://www.kellydnorris.com

Twitter: rainbowirisfarm

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