Re: OT: judging
- Subject: Re: OT: judging
- From: P* D*
- Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:04:45 -0600
From: "Perry Dyer" <pdyer@flash.net>
Maureen:
Yes, having an iris region bigger than some continents does pose its own
unique set of problems, huh? But Canada has some great talent, and I speak
from first-hand experience. I had the privilege of tutoring a young chap
from central Alberta named Tom Johnson a few years back. He would come down
here for bloom season, so we did judges training in the garden (including
seedling patch) and at a couple of our shows. I haven't counted, but I
suspect I have worked with right at 100 apprentice judges over my past 25
years as an AIS judge (including over a dozen from Italy), and can say,
unequivocally, that he was the finest student judge I've EVER worked with.
A natural. A keen eye, good taste, incredible sense of balance and
proportion (in the garden AND on the show bench), a pleasant, balanced
demeanor, and well rounded in his iris education (especially to have grown
up in such a limited climate). He's now in Salem, OR, but we know he is
CANADIAN blood!
Perry Dyer
central Oklahoma
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark, Maureen <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
To: 'iris-talk@onelist.com' <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 10:45 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: OT: judging
>From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
>
>Thanks for all your insights Perry. The problem with the region is that it
>is coast to coast. But the problem is not that the judges are spread
>around but they are very localized (almost all are in southern Ontario) and
>very few (about a handful). It is very difficult to encourage members to
>become judges when most do not make it to the shows or meetings. Also the
>majority of the members belong to the Canadian Iris Society but not the AIS
>-- something that I may tackle when the RVPship passes on to Sandy.
>
>Maureen Mark
>m*@ottawa.com
>Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
>
>
>> ----------
>> From: Perry Dyer[SMTP:pdyer@flash.net]
>> Reply To: iris-talk@onelist.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 6:55 PM
>> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
>> Subject: [iris-talk] Re: OT: judging
>>
>> From: "Perry Dyer" <pdyer@flash.net>
>>
>> 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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