Re: OT: judging and ethics
- Subject: Re: OT: judging and ethics
- From: D* B*
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 21:34:09 -0600
From: Dana Brown <ddbro@llano.net>
> For current AIS judges, what do you do when you are uncertain about the
> identification of a particular cultivar? Do you give it the benefit of the
> doubt?
What we do when faced with this problem, (none of the judges are
familiar with this variety) we always have a clerk look up the iris in
the R & I's. Our society now requests that the year of introduction be
printed on the entry tag along with the rest of the information. This
makes it easier for our committee to check them in and verify they are
who they say they are and it makes it easier to find them if a judge has
a question. Another side benefit is being able to pick out those to be
placed in the Historic section easily.
We also check each iris being given an award higher than a blue. As in
best of section, best in show, best blue, etc. as a matter of course.
It is really embarrassing to give an award to a misnamed iris.
Additionally, if we have a doubt about an iris being correctly named we
have it looked up. (I don't remember XXYZ looking like that?) Once in
a while you will get a description that is so vague you still aren't
sure (sky blue self; yellow beard) and in a case like that you judge the
iris as it is named even if there are 3 different sky blue irises with
yellow beards presented.
In some shows there is a lot to look up so, to keep things moving we
continue to judge the show while a clerk finds the iris in question in
the R & I and then we go back to it.
One last thing, we always make a note on the entry tag if an iris is
found to be misnamed. This helps explain to the public (and the
members) why this beautiful stalk with 3 fresh blossoms on a perfect
stem was not given a ribbon.
--
d*@llano.net
Dana Brown
Pres. South Plains Iris Society
Lubbock, Texas 79401
Zone 7 Usda, Zone 10 Sunset
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