I agree with Cheryl that it is important to send a letter to all recent hybridizers. One of our most important services in AIS is communication. It has been said by researchers that it often takes someone hearing something for seven times before it sinks in. I do not think it would be bad to inform by as many means possible or practical.
The wiki has for at least a couple of years been featuring a larger picture on each cultivar page. We have tried to feature the picture with the best provenance or compliance to the written description. Certainly we can designate official pictures that are recieved from the hybridizer. On some older varieties where the hybridizer is dead we often include their images that were taken from their slides. Some of these old images are faded or color skewed because of old film or cameras. When these images came from historic sources we have included them even when they seem poor representations. But we have tried to find current images that best represent the cultivar.
From: "cheryl deaton" <region15kids@hotmail.com>
To: "aistalk" <aistalk@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 1:38:50 PM
Subject: Re: Motion to Change requirement to submit image to DATE OF INTRODUCTION
As a judge, how would I know an iris is not eligible for an award when I see it in a garden? I know it would not show up on the official ballot, but I still feel we should reach out to ALL hybridizers with an official letter, explaining the importance of submitting
a photo of their iris when registering it for introduction - their photo becomes the official record of what their iris looks like which will hopefully eliminate any errors on the WIKI, and as we are the worldwide registrar of all iris, it is extremely important
to get a proper image.
Cheryl
From: howiedash via AISTalk <aistalk@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2020 5:22 PM
To: images@irises.org <images@irises.org>
Cc: aistalk@googlegroups.com <aistalk@googlegroups.com>; images@irises.org <images@irises.org>
Subject: Re: Motion to Change requirement to submit image to DATE OF INTRODUCTION
I think the motion needs to say that an iris introduced without a photo or an exemption shall not be considered an official introduction for the purposes of entering the AIS Awards system.
Howie Dash
The format of the attachment may be unfamiliar to some of you. In this “Resolution and Explanation Format, the resolution will be voted on not the explanation. It is meant to reflect the mind of the proposer(s) and Board, but does not become official policy
It is my understanding that this will be place on the Agenda of The August 26 Meeting of the AIS Board of Directors.
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