Re: Reaffirmation of Policy

[RAKeup@aol.com]

As others have noted, I don't think a vote or  even a  reaffirmation is 
necessary for all this, but it does bring us up to  date on a old policy that I 
suspect few are knowledgeable about. In any event, I  agree with the policy we 
already have :-) _._ (mailto:.@swbell.net) 
 
Bob in cold/snowy Maine.

From:  Robert Pries <robertpries@embarqmail.com>
Subject: [AISdiscuss]  Reaffirmation of Policy
To: "AISdiscuss"  <aisdiscuss@aisboard.org>
Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 8:37  AM

I am seeking the board of directorbs reaffirmation of a policy that  has been
in effect for 50 years but has had very little use. The policy is  essentially
that wild iris plants with good collection data will have any  fee waived if
they are registered. In essence, the goal is to create living  herbarium
specimens that document the diversity of an iris species. Since  1959 I can
not
point to an instance in which this has been done. Yet  there are still native
plant collectors who find interesting iris  variations in the wild and
distribute them. Presently most never get  registered and these wild plant
enthusiasts are usually unaware of the Iris  society having any interest in
native plants. I discussed this with our  registrar Mike Lowe and he confirmed
his knowledge of this policy and saw  no problem continuing it. It was
presented to the AIS board in the late  1950bs by the famous botanist Dr. Lee
Lenz who headed the scientific  committee at that time. Dr. Lenz is in his
90bs and still working at Rancho  Santa Anna Botanic Gardens on California
floras. In a practical sense it  would cost us little. Even if I aggressively
sought out plants to be  registered it is unlikely that there would be on
average more than 2-3 a  year, maybe 10 the first year. I believe it would
enhance AISbs credentials  for having an interest in plant conservation.
Remember these plants are not  of garden origin, they would require data such
as state and county of  origin. While more detailed location data may be on
file we would not want  to be too specific in print so as to protect the
population from  unscrupulous collectors.





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