SHOW: Deciding What Constitutes "Introduction"
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- Subject: SHOW: Deciding What Constitutes "Introduction"
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- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 19:13:51 -0700
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
> From: Mike Lowe <mlowe@worldiris.com>
>
> Common sense breaks down with those few fiercely competitive
> individuals who lock horns during a show. In a recent show, two such
> individuals tied for the Silver medal. One challenged the other's
> ribbon count, insisting that the 'registered but not introduced' (by
> AIS Check Lists) ribbon won by his competitor be thrown out.
>
> Much to the chagrin of show officials, the HANDBOOK FOR JUDGES AND
> SHOW OFFICIALS gave no loop hole for common sense, and the letter of
> the law was reluctantly applied.
Mike,
Yes, but that begs the question, "What is the letter of the law?". The only
relevant statement I found in the AIS Judges' Handbook is on p.36 and reads
as follows:
"The schedule must provide for a horticultural division consisting of at
least twenty cultivars that have been properly registered and introduced
and which are to be exhibited as single cut specimen stalks."
Straightforward enough, but it provides no elucidation of what constitutes
"properly . . . introduced". It certainly does not explicitly limit it to
"published in an AIS Checklist or R&I list".
The rules for registering and introducing an iris state that a cultivar is
not eligible for awards above the HC if it has not been recorded as
introduced with the Registrar-Recorder. Therefore, if the show entry that
was challenged had received an HM or higher award from the AIS, it would
seem totally justified to rule that it had been "properly introduced" ipso
facto even if that fact had not yet appeared in print. Furthermore, if it
is the recording of introduction by the Registrar-Recorder that constitutes
the act of being "properly introduced" by the AIS, it would seem
appropriate before making a final judgement on the complaint to request a
ruling from the Registrar-Recorder in the case of a cultivar that had not
received an award of HM or higher, but was known to have been introduced to
commerce.
None of this is to deny that your suggestions for some judicious
clarification of language in
AIS protocols would not be well advised, but in the interim I am not sure a
show chairman's hands are as tightly bound as you seem to imply.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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