Re: AIS. TBIS

From: "Walter Moores" <wmoores@watervalley.net>

Dorothy Willot wrote:
> 
> I am a life member of AIS and most AIS sections, but have not joined TBIS
> because of the turmoil and the vague feeling that TBIS is trying to overpower
> or intimidate the other sections.

	Dear Listers,

	This is the first time I have heard of the above.  The TBIS is not 
trying to overpower or intimidate anybody or any section.  I would 
suggest a reading  of  TBIS bylaws.  This would clear up all of the 
myths and untruths about the intent of TBIS.  There is to be NO 
duplication or 'take-over' whatsoever of  long-established AIS 
services.

	Did you know that there are AIS Board members who are members of 
TBIS?


	I have known nearly all of the TBIS Board 
members for twenty-five to thirty years, and I know them to be 
honest, hard-working people (witness the TALL TALK),  totally without 
an ulterior motive.  Most are lifetime members of AIS, including 
myself.  I would not join something that would destroy part of my 
livelihood.  I have advertised in the BAIS for over twenty years, and 
some of the TBIS board members have too.   Why would lifetime members 
seek to destroy something they have joined for a life time?

 	 Most of the naysayers were not around during the founding stages 
of TBIS.  Some joined rather recently so they could make it appear 
that TBIS had sinister desires and they have continued to spread 
their unholy gospel.



  There have even been rumors that TBIS
> doesn't want to be a section of AIS, but a completely separate organization.
> I get the impression that they feel slighted even though all AIS conventions
> are held at TB bloom time.  Therefore, TB irises get a lot of judges' votes,
> while it is like pulling teeth to get judges to even look at dwarf irises.

	Like, SLI, ASI, etc., we want to be a cooperating society.  Please 
tell me what is wrong with that?  Is SLI a 'completely separate 
organization?'  They are listed in every BAIS.

  TB
> enthusiasts should not feel threatened by other sections having their own
> conventions.  This is the only way the other classes of bearded and beardless
> irises can be seen.
> 
> How can the Median Fix or the Mass Median Meeting have any effect on a TBIS
meeting or the reverse?   The bloom seasons don't coincide and rarely
overlap.

 If TBIS decides to have a convention or tours, they will be 
a year before or after an AIS Convention.  Last year the TBIS meeting 
along with garden tours took place a year before the OKC convention.  
The same thing is happening this year in Dallas.  The TBIS will meet 
at the Dallas PRE-convention tour - a year before the Dallas 
convention..  I should also add that there will be TBIS meetings 
(like sectional/cooperating society meetings) held each year at the 
AIS conventions.

Many doomsday folk are speaking without TBIS bylaws or an issue of 
TALL in their hands.  They are saying, ' I heard....'  And what they 
heard is what somebody else heard....along with a little 
embellishment thrown in for good measure.

Christy, and others who have asked, write Ruth Simmons for a copy of 
the bylaws and back issues of TALL TALK for evidence.

Don't just take my word for it.



	Walter Moores
	Enid Lake, MS 7/8

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