AIS: Region 4 meeting
I have to make a strong second to Bill and Griff's comments - if you get
a chance to go to another Region 4 meeting, grab it! It was excellent!
Though I couldn't make all the events (and there were a lot), I was
particularily impressed with the judges training by Roy Epperson on the
Ethics of Exhibiting and Judging. I think this would be a great
companion requirement for all judges to have along with the Awards and
Bollots requirement.
THe other thing I was so pleasantly reminded of, was that all this iris
stuff (showing, judging, meeting, touring, whatever) IS SUPPOSED TO BE
FUN! And I dare say these folks know how to do that. I think I almost
fell off my chair a couple times during the auction I was laughing so
hard...
My personal thanks to Bill Smoot for all his behind the scenes providing
good long distance driving directions and a really big welcome. But
there were a bunch of really great people there that I almost feel
guilty singling anyone out.
Anyway, a really great, well run event - my thanks to everyone there...
Cathy Fulmer, aka motorcycle mama guest from new jersey!
Bill Shear wrote:
>
> I'd like to add to Griff Crump's comments on the Region 4 meeting this past
> weekend. It was an ideal meeting with everything going off like clockwork,
> and plenty of beautiful gardens to visit, as well as great conversation
> over dinner and on the bus.
>
> The gardens we saw were really excellent, but I want to single out the
> garden of Bill and JaNiece Mull. Here we saw a lovely array of TBs, with
> some few Siberians and Louisianas also in evidence. The Mulls have a good
> collection of Louisianas and Japanese iris, too, which left most of us
> wanting to come back later.
>
> Bill and JaNiece, Bill Smoot, Frances and Tony Thrash, and young Matt
> Pearson deserve a great deal of the credit as well as others behind the
> scenes. If these folks get involved in the Virginia national meeting in a
> few years, I can guarantee you it will be wonderful.
>
> Bill Shear
> Department of Biology
> Hampden-Sydney College
> Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
> (804)223-6172
> FAX (804)223-6374
> email<bills@mail.hsc.edu>
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