Re: Re: AIS: Symposium-from the ballot

From: Mary Swann-Young


>Maybe folks would be more content with the format if they could vote
against cvs that either don't do well for them or they find unattractive.

Interesting idea.  I wonder what the same list would yield from the same
voters if they were asked to vote negatively on no more than 25 from the
list?

        The criteria Arnold refers to on page one (that I think some non-AIS
members on iris-talk may find useful if they have been     following this
thread:

"This is your ballot to help determine the One Hundred Favorite Tall Bearded
Irises for 2003.  The list of candidates was completed by combining the
following lists of outstanding varieties:

*  The 100 top varieties in last year's Symposium

*  The tall bearded irises eligible for 2002 Dykes Medal

*  The tall bearded irises eligible for 2002 Wister Medal

*  The tall bearded irises eligible for 2002 Awards of Merit

*  The tall bearded irises that won  2001 Awards of Merit

*  The tall bearded irises that won 2001 Honorable Mentions"

            I feel the first qualifier for voting is also critical for those
who vote:

"1.  Vote only for an iris that you have seen blooming in a garden."

            Personally, I also feel the wording on the cover page of the
ballot is crucial to the tone:

"Please vote for your favorite 25 Tall Bearded Iris Varieties"

"All members of the American Iris Society are urged to participate in this
ballot in order that we may obtain a wide consensus of the tall bearded iris
varieties that grow and bloom best in gardens throughout America.

Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA - from reading posts on this subject, one has to wonder
how wide a consensus is being obtained.




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