Re: AIS: Symposium/soap box #9

I am going to have to weigh in my $.02 with Gerry. Perhaps because it is so 
recent for me, but this year I just finished all the requirements to move 
from apprentice to recommended for full garden judge. Though all these things 
are certainly very valuable: being on this list, reading iris books and 
growing and hybridizing: nothing has added as much to my knowledge of iris as 
all the judges training and one on one tutoring from knowledgeable and 
helpful judges that I received in the past years... NOTHING.

And thank you so much iris judges Ray, Nancy, Mary, Vince, Bruce, Joan, 
Charles and so many others...

Perhaps there is something to say in making the standards to retain your 
judges status a little higher, but there *are* ongoing requirements to take 
and give training as well as other activities. (Continuing to grow iris is 
surely the best!)

So, I would have to strongly say that yes, being a fully accredited judge 
usually does mean a higher standard for evaluating iris... Not that 
non-judges aren't able to, just that there is no way to "weed" out those few 
that have learned as much or more than most judges.

Cathy
> --- Gerry Snyder <gerrysnyder@attbi.com> wrote:
> >>>> Judges, as a whole, see a lot more irises and are
>
> more careful in their evaluation than AIS
> members-at-large. <<<<
>
> I agree that Judges see a lot more irises (if you
> judge shows and visit other AIS members' gardens).
> Some Judges are not active anymore and I am not clear
> on whether they vote the Awards ballot(s). However,
> being a Judge doesn't endow me or anyone else with
> 'special
> evaluation powers'. This attitude is a disservice to
> thoughtful AIS members who vote the AIS Tall Bearded
> Popularity Poll that is (grandly) called 'The
> Symposium'. ;-)


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