RE: AIS-question convention plant

You have NO IDEA how valuable this discussion is to Host organizations 
doing/contemplating both AIS and Regional conventions!  The "Convention Handbook" 
(both AIS and, if any, Regional) do not deal in depth with the "after work" and 
how important the initial "invitation to send Guest irises rules" are.

Guest Iris chairs work very hard to keep tabs on what comes in, what 
hybridizers want done with them, reporting on progress, digging/sales/distribution and 
sending them back out.  It is a big job for Regionals and a Monumental job 
for Nationals!!  But.........Seeing the irises bloom is THE reason for all the 
work  and what the Conventions should be all about.

We (who are now on the spot of "conventions-future") have heard horror 
stories of seedlings by the hundreds/thousands needing to be returned to the 
hybridizer at great expense to the Convention when the Convention barely broke 
even/lost money.  It hardly encourages Affiliates to volunteer to host a National 
Convention.

Everyone Please chime in on this discussion  who has experience with either 
sending guest irises or digging them.  Only with information can we all do 
these chores more fairly and with less killer work!!!

Rita Gormley
Gormley Greenery
Cedar Hill, MO
AIS Region 18, Zone 5
www.gormleygreenery.com

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