Subject: Re: AIS: Symposium/soap box #9
- Subject: Subject: Re: AIS: Symposium/soap box #9
- From: G* G*
- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:22:06 -0400
Jerry Snyder stated that AIS members should become judges and "be of service
to the Society". Jerry: I am no longer a AIS Judge as some 10 years ago
after a bad experience judging a flower show (ethics of show officials), I
dropped my judgeship.
If AIS had allowed me to continue to be just a garden judge, I would still
be "jumping through the hoops" as you stated. However my blood pressure
could no longer stand the pressure that some local clubs place on judges
just so they can win a few ribbons!
I think that garden judging is so much more important than show judging that
a seperate catagory should be established for those who want no part of the
show mindset. It is far more important to assist hybridizers in the
selection of trully unique flowers for introduction than to award ribbons to
each other!
As to the "hoops" the process of becoming and maintaining a judgeship is
much too complicated. Our Region, as are most, is so far below the allowed
number of judges that we all should be trying to simplify the process to
gain judges!
Glenn Grigg,
Asst. RVP, Region 4, AIS
Raleigh, NC Zone 7
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