Re: AIS: Symposium/soap box #9
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] AIS: Symposium/soap box #9
- From: J* I* J*
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:34:19 -0700
MemsCo_John Reeds wrote:
>
> Laurie, I agree with you. (Everyone: please re-read the e-mail following
> this one) Not only are many knowledgeable iris growers not judges, but even
> a fool can have a favorite and for that fool it is a valid favorite. Of
> course, some people even like Mesmerizer and Thornbird, so there is
> certainly no accounting for taste. If people without carefully trained
> perceptions were allowed to freely vote their whims, iris like M and T might
> win awards.
Actually, they already have.
> It does seem odd to believe that only people with excess time and money to
> travel to "judges' training" opportunities are qualified to predetermine our
> favorites. But then, the people with excess time and money are also those
> who make the rules deciding whose votes should count.
Excuse me, but I don't think I have excess time and money at all, but I
do spend a significant amount of time doing things to promote a flower
that I happend to like. I also have lots of other interests. I think is
is unkind to categorize all AIS Judges in that manner. It demeans their work.
> So nice of them to
> offer to let us help rank their favorites for them.
It is also unfair to cast them in the light you have. The judges did not
set up the symposium process, the AIS Board did. If you want to
complain, make some workable suggestions to the board and present a
reasonable, cogent argument. You will undoubtedly get a positive response.
> Actually, I do appreciate all the efforts of AIS officers, etc., who are
> undoubtedly doing their best to do what they think is the best possible job
> in an imperfect world. So I do thank you all, but still appreciate the
> opportunity to make valid complaints. Only by carefully considering all
> viewpoints can a true 'bast and fairest" decision be distilled.
My comment above applies.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
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