Re: AIS: Symposium/soap box #9
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] AIS: Symposium/soap box #9
- From: G* S*
- Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 20:36:36 -0700
Iris Moose wrote:
>
> Hey Gerry,
>
> Is there a separate Awards & Honors Ballets for iris garden judges?
The judges get to vote for HM's and AM's and the medals, but all AIS
members get to vote for the favorite 100 TB's, the Symposium.
>
> The Symposium is mailed to everyone and everyone is asked to cast a ballet
> so should it not be an actual representation of each region?
A regional symposium is a great idea. I have suggested it more than
once. Of course, I got flack for opining that folks in Arizona don't
care what does well in Maine, and vice versa, but I'm used to flack.
> If all the
> ballets were "write-ins" of every member's favorite 10 to 20 irises then we
> would get a could idea of a flower's favorably and popularity in the region
> and even nationally by the average society member.
In one sense I agree wholeheartedly, but if you want to be sure no one
will run for RVP, get something like this passed by the AIS board.
Write-ins are a LOT LOT LOT of work to tabulate.
"I feel your pain." I want the Symposium list to be useful as a guide
for buying iris. It falls short, at the very least because it represents
some sort of mish-mash of climates and population distrubutions.
Regional subtotals of the Symposium are better, but still the choice is
from among a group that includes many that grow well only elsewhere, and
excludes some that did not win awards because they do not grow well in
the "judge-heavy" regions.
This is a problem. A real one. Your suggestions, even if I think them
impractical, are welcome. I am not the final judge, and together we may
come up with a Symposium better than the current one.
That is my goal, as it is yours.
Regional awards? Regional Symposia? Maybe. Not an easy problem.
Gerry
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g*@attbi.com
Gerry Snyder, AIS Symposium Chair and Director, Region 15 RVP
in warm, winterless Los Angeles--zone 9b-ish, Sunset 18-19
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