RE Motion to approve Bob Pries as Chairman of the National Collections Comm.

[MORRISJE1@aol.com]

All,
 
In case one or more of you might have trouble accessing the AIS Operations  
Manual description for this committee, I have pasted it in here for easy  
viewing.  This is a worthy function deserving of our review and  action.
 
Jim Morris
President
American Iris Society
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The National Collections, Display and Test Gardens Committee  
Purpose: To coordinate efforts between the greater  horticultural world and 
the various units of the American Iris Society with  respect to National 
Collections, Display and test gardens, and to facilitate  their creation, 
administration, and communication.  
Definitions and Goals:  
    1.  National Collection: A garden dedicated to the
preservation of a  defined, cohesive group of Irises, species and 
cultivars. It
may start as a  prototype with the ultimate goal of being part of the 
American
Public  Gardens system of National Collections.  
    2.  Display Garden: Gardens that simply display the
glories of the iris.  
    1.  Public: Gardens at botanical gardens, and other
venues open to the  public.  
    2.  Private: Usually home gardens open for display
during selected bloom  periods, visitors should check to see if a garden 
will be
open on a  specific day and time. 
    3.  Test Gardens; Gardens which may or may not be
display gardens or  national collections but have agreed to take 
measurements
and record  observations of plant growth in the garden. 
Goals for Action:  
    1.  To create a national registry of each type of
garden with a short  description  
    2.  To suggest standards for the gardens;  
    1.  National Collection: To explain the
qualifications needed to become  and official APGA National Collection and 
to
aid in that process.  
    2.  Display gardens; To give clear notice to
visitors the constraints of  the garden. Example; Is it wholly or partly
wheelchair accessible. To  create a sign designating it as an official AIS
Display garden.  
    3.  Test Gardens: to formulate consistent ways of
taking measurements,  and recording them in a national data base. 

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