Re: Reaffirmation of Policy

[aisrvpcounselor@irises.org]

I second Paul Gossett's motion.

Rita Gormley
AIS Board/RVP Counselor

> How does this sound?
>
> I move the Scientific Advisory Committee be asked to formulate a written
> policy on the collection of  wild iris plants with good collection data
> and should include any fees be waived by AIS if they are registered.
> This policy would then be presented to the AIS Board of Directors for
> approval.
>
> Paul
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> On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:35:02 -0500 "E. R. Epperson"
> <kirklee@triad.rr.com> writes:
>> I have just finished reading all of the minutes of the BOD, the
>> President's
>> Corner, and the Scientific Committee Annual Reports for 1957-1961.
>> There is
>> no evidence of the policy cited relative to waiving the fee for the
>> registration of wild iris plants with good collection data.
>>
>>
>>
>> I fully support such a policy (as clearly most of you do).  It is in
>> the
>> best interest of The American Iris Society and its mission(s) for
>> such a
>> policy to be extant and disseminated.
>>
>>
>>
>> However, in the absence of a written policy, I, as President, would
>> entertain a motion that I refer this matter to the current
>> Scientific
>> Advisory Committee, Gary White, Chair, to formulate a written policy
>> to
>> address this issue.  The recommended policy statement would then be
>> presented to the BOD for consideration and adoption.
>>
>>
>>
>> I seek your support.
>>
>>
>>
>> E. Roy Epperson
>>
>> President, The American Iris Society
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
>> [mailto:owner-aisdiscuss@aisboard.org]
>> On Behalf Of Robert Pries
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:37 AM
>> To: AISdiscuss
>> Subject: [AISdiscuss] Reaffirmation of Policy
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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