Re: AIS: Symposium/soap box

In a message dated 7/16/2002 6:32:18 AM Central Daylight Time, 
wmoores@watervalley.net writes:


> Proposal #9: From a practical standpoint, the AIS checklist should be
> > viewed as the Symposium of tall bearded irises. The number of irises
> > an individual is allowed to vote should be reduced to 5 or 10 max and
> > all votes should be write in votes. Similar ballots should be provided
> > for each cooperating society.
> 
>    Does the above mean you have changed the AIS definition of 
> popularity poll/guide/ what grows/ favorites to the dictionary
> definition?  If the CHECKLIST is the symposium, then there is no
> need for a vote.  We've killed two birds with one stone! Saved time,
> sweat and tons of money.   Gerry's out of a job, too.  Maybe, I don't
> understand what you are saying.
> 

To clarify, my understanding is that we are voting in an effort to produce a 
list of our favorite irises and to rake those irises in order of popularity. 
Someone/group has limited the choices we may make to irises they felt should 
be popular and deleted from the list irises unbecoming to their taste/other 
criterion.

For the results to have validity, the poll designers (list makers in this 
case) must endeavor to avoid influence of the choices the respondents make. 
Hence my reasoning that 5 or 10 write-in choices with all irises in the 
checklist being legitimate candidates for consideration.

As the "Symposium" is being conducted now, all we are producing is a ranking 
of someone else's choices, not making choices. If this be the objective this 
discussion becomes moot.

Sometime ago I reluctantly accepted as fact there would sometimes be smarter 
men. I have yet to accept as fact someone else knows which irises I like 
best.

Open to enlightenment,
Bill Burleson 7a/b
Old South Iris Society








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