AIS: Iris of the Milennium (sic)
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- Subject: AIS: Iris of the Milennium (sic)
- From: J* I* J*
- Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 07:55:08 -0800
From: John I Jones <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
I got the following from someone at ARETT SALES CORP. (They distribute to
retail garden centers - www.arettcorp.com)
Ellyn Shatz wrote:
>
> I am writing a blurb on the Year 2000 and was wondering if an Iris of the
> Milennium has been selected. Do you know who I would contact regarding this
> information? Please email me back.
Anybody know of anything?
My answer was (and considering some of our recent posts I had to have a little
fun with her)
> Not that I have heard of. There are two main Iris Societies - the American
> Iris Society (AIS) and the British Iris Society (BIS). The two societies are
> linked but I don't know the details. Neither, to my knowledge, have
> designated, or even sought to designate, a millennium iris (of course the
> millennium doesn't start until Jan 1,2001 so they 2 years to think about it).
> But I don't think so. There has been no call for nominations, and they are
> both so slow at things, one would have expected to hear something by now.
>
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