Re: [AISdiscuss] JT Handbook Revisions

[bfilardi@comcast.net]

Why not just make it slightly simpler, and make it just "Accredited" rather than the wordy "Active Accredited" (which also might cause confusion with "Active Master")?  Bruce   PS: I don't mean this in a negative or nasty way, but it would seem to me that there are more important things to worry about!  Please, don't anyone be offended by that....

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> Greetings to all: 
> To start the examination of revisions to the AIS Judges Training 
> Handbook, Section A -- I submit the following item for discussion. There 
> will be 
> several items to consider over the coming weeks and months before we reach 
> final 
> positions for all items at the Fall Meeting in KC. Presenting one item at a 
> time should make the discussion more focused and productive toward reaching 
> agreement on each of the items we need to consider. 
> These specific items for discussion have been selected and suggested to 
> me by Roy Epperson (JT Handbook Chair, for those who do not know). Both Roy 
> and I urge you to express your views, opinions, observations -- please 
> participate! 
> 
> FYI: Thirteen individuals offered any comment at all on the AISDiscuss topic 
> of "electronic membership" which was posted very recently -- 13 people out of 
> a group of AIS leaders numbering well over 60 individuals who receive 
> AISDiscuss. Perhaps many of you did not feel that electronic membership was 
> something that pertained to you. Okay, but the Judges Training Handbook 
> pertains to 
> all whether you are a judge or just like to enter shows. (There are no 
> "simply a member" individuals receiving AISDiscuss.) 
> The quality of our judges very definitely effects the impact and 
> perception of our organization with the public, foreign and domestic. This 
> very 
> important function of our operation as a plant society demands that we pay 
> careful 
> attention and thoughtful consideration to the training received by our judges. 
> 
> 
> AIS HANDBOOK FOR JUDGES AND SHOW OFFICIALS 
> Section A -- Judges & Judges Training (Begin page 1) 
> > Item 1. A clarification of the terms used to designate AIS judges. 
> > At the present time, the Handbook refers to student judge, apprentice 
> judge, fully accredited judge, garden judge, active master and retired master 
> judges, and emeritus judges. Of particular need is an unambiguous 
> designation 
> for the accredited judge that we now call "Garden (G)" which implies that 
> this judge is not qualified to judge accredited exhibitions. For 
> consideration: 
> "Student Judge (SJ), Apprentice Judge (AJ), Active Accredited (AA), Active 
> Master (AM), Retired Master (RM), Emeritus Judge (EJ). 
> 
> > There will be many more to come -- Items such as the definition of 
> > acceptable JT instructor; definition of structured classroom JT; clear 
> > delineation of what a Retired Master judge can and cannot undertake; and so 
> forth. 
> > 
> > Item #1 is the first step and which I hope will start us on a path 
> > that will lead to a consistent and reasonable set of guidelines and "rules" 
> for 
> > AIS judges and the manner in which they are trained and accredited. 
> > Cheers! 
> Jeanne 
> 
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