Re: OT: judging
- Subject: Re: OT: judging
- From: P* D*
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 17:55:03 -0600
From: "Perry Dyer" <pdyer@flash.net>
Personally, I think the answer is "yes". I'm sure I'll get some grief over
that one.....
When that person becomes an RVP, it is CRITICAL that he/she selects a Judges
Training Chairman that (1) keeps impeccable records and (2) has "been
around" enough to know who-knows-what in that particular region (or if a
newer member, has been so active and "snoopy" that he/she has pretty well
scoped out the folks who claim to be judges). If one REALLY wanted to get
anal-compulsive, the Judges Training Chair could set up a spreadsheet,
listing the various classes of irises and judging topics. Plug in the
judges' names. Poll them to find out which schools they've attended and
WHEN (approximate dates, like 1942 or 1986). This will quickly reveal who
doesn't have what. Now, a 3-hour judges training school doesn't mean
diddly, if the judge sleeps through the school, daydreams, or is indelibly
dumb. Nonetheless, it could give the RVP/Judges Training Chairman a clue as
to what types of schools the region has been exposed to and what types need
to be scheduled in the immediate future to correct the deficiency.
We are very spoiled in Region 22. Every time you turn around, we're having
a judges training school somewhere in Oklahoma or Arkansas. The topics are
well-rounded, and the instructors among the best. So we have no excuse!
In your case, where your handful of judges is literally spread out over an
entire continent (hmm, big region, huh?), all this isn't so practical, is
it?
Perry Dyer
central Oklahoma
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark, Maureen <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
To: 'iris-talk@onelist.com' <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 2:37 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: OT: judging
>From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
>
>How does one learn the strengths and weaknesses of judges from a list? Is
>it the responsibility of the RVP to know this and be a resource for those
>who request judges from that area?
>
>Maureen Mark
>m*@ottawa.com
>Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
>
>> ----------
>> From: tomd@fones.cals.lib.ar.us[SMTP:tomd@fones.cals.lib.ar.us]
>> Reply To: iris-talk@onelist.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 11:17 AM
>> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
>> Subject: [iris-talk] Re: OT: judging and ethics
>>
>> From: tomd@fones.cals.lib.ar.us (Tom Dillard)
>>
>> Hi:
>>
>> It seems to me that it would be a good idea when assembling a judging
>> panel
>> to insure that at least one of the judges knows beardless irises...this
>> would help address the issue of having a panel that is totally unfit. I
>> have seen judges back off and defer to a more knowledgeable judge...and
>> this is healthy if the judge being deferred to is really knowledgeable.
>>
>> This approach means that the person selecting the judges will need to
keep
>> a close eye on the lists of available judges...learn their strengths and
>> weaknesses, etc.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> Tom W. Dillard, Curator
>> Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
>> Central Arkansas Library System
>> 100 Rock Street
>> Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
>> (501) 918-3054
>>
>>
>>
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