Re: AIS: semi-Historic D.M. Ballot

 
Its hard to vote for irises you've never seen or grown so wouldn't it be beneficial to require judges to take a varied class program covering all varieties of iris. I know its sometimes difficult to have judges training centralized enough for everyone to attend, but maybe the clubs/RVP can put special effort into having at least one judges training session a year on a class of iris other than TBs or Awards and Ballots. I'm not down playing the importance of knowing TBs because they are by far the most prevelent, but wouldn't a class on Species, or SpeciesX, or Historics be wonderful.
 
Our club sponsered classes on Spurias and one on Louisiannas last year. I'll bet some show up at our show next year.
 
Cindy Rivera
President of the Albuquerque Iris Society
Albuquerque, NM, Zone 6/7
SIGNA, HIPS, TBIS,ASI,  AIS,AIG, NMIS, AAS

>From: Mike Lowe <m*@worldiris.com>
>
>
>The discussion on percentage of votes for any one cultivar under the
>present system, prompted me to search through the files for an old,
>xeroxed Ballot. I found a copy of the 1987 AIS Ballot.
>
>The percentage of cultivars eligible for the Dykes Memorial Medal in
>1987, ranked by class is noted below:
>
>50.75%    TB
>  8.96%    Arils
>  5.97%    BB
>  5.97%    IB
>  5.97%    SDB
>  4.48%    MDB
>  4.48%    MTB
>  4.48%    SPU
>  2.99%    CA
>  2.99%    JI
>  1.49%    LA
>  1.49%    SIB
>
>TBs, SIBs and LAs were under represented in 1987, going by numbers
>introduced; several of the classes were very much over represented.
>
>The AIS Board has changed Dykes Medal eligibility rules a number of
>times since 1987. Each change seems to result in greater
>dissatisfaction with the system. TBs have gone from 50% of the 'Dykes
>eligibles' to less than 2% of eligibles and have swung back towards
>the larger figure. Satisfaction level of TB enthusiasts has not
>paralleled the changes in numbers, nor do the proponents of other
>classes believe that any of the permutations have increased the
>chances of a non-TB winning the Dykes Memorial Medal.
>
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