Re: Judging - one person, three votes
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- Subject: Re: Judging - one person, three votes
- From: M* T* <t*@flash.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 06:56:57 -0600 (MDT)
Barbara Mann wrote:
> Jeff Walters wrote about the People's Choice award:
>
> ----------
> I would hesitate to recommend opening all entries in the show
> to a public ballot merely on account of the complexity and tediousness that
> would be involved in tabulating the ballots. Besides, the public would be
> aware how the judges placed the entries in the main part of the show, and
> possibly be influenced one way or another thereby, whereas the way
> seedlings are judged at our show, the public is unaware of the judges'
> opinions regarding them."
>
> Jeff, it doesn't have to be that hard. We give everybody who wants to vote at
> our show (SFIS) a slip of paper, and when they have decided which one, they
> drop it in a gaily decorated box labelled "People's Choice Award". There has
> never been any indication that knowledge of the judges' opinions has any
> bearing whatsoever on what our visitors choose. *** They are not looking for the
>
> perfect specimen; they are looking for the prettiest, or the most striking.***
Well, if it's the most striking they're looking for, then it stands to reason that
their votes may dovetail with the judges'. After all, we picked Dusky Challenger
as the most striking iris... and last year it also won the most blue ribbons. (or
Queen of Show, I'm in a hurry...)
Interesting...
Rusty
