Re: Contemporary Views

[Paul W Gossett <pwgossett@juno.com>]

I have always enjoyed reading Perry's "Contemporary Views".  I consider
him one of the most knowledgeable irisarians in the US.  I also have no
problem with overlap to the AIS Bulletin and would recommend that each of
the sections should take a part and print his article.

Getting prepared for an ice storm here in Oklahoma....Paul

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:29:53 EST MORRISJE1@aol.com writes:
> Aloha!
>  
> We just got back from three weeks in Hawaii and it will take some 
> time to  
> get caught up and used to 32F after 70-80F days and nights.  And I 
> put on  shoes 
> for the first time in three weeks too!  By the way Terry, I tried 
> out  "many 
> mahalos" there (on Kauai) and was corrected by three different 
> natives to  say 
> "mucho mahalos."  That seemed odd to me, mixing Spanish with 
> Polynesian  but 
> maybe the mix of English with Polynesian is considered the same by  
> them.  Oh 
> well, many thanks for the iris.  Pele too.
>  
> Regarding Perry Dyer's Contemporary Views, yes, he has credibility 
> and his  
> comments are always excellent.  He records everything with a tape 
> recorder,  
> and then being an incredible speed typist, he first translates his 
> "rough" notes 
>  to paper.  Then he edits them removing such things as, "yuck, what 
> was the  
> hybridizer thinking of," and adding intro info as he goes.  The 
> result is  
> almost a book for each growing season.  Yes, his views have been 
> printed  
> (edited) in past AIS Bulletins and were well-received by the general 
> iris  public.  I 
> know I always enjoyed reading them.  And he writes about  all 
> classes that he 
> sees each year.  Sections have traditionally used his  write-ups of 
> their 
> types (i.e., medians, LAs, etc.) in their publications and  MIS will 
> do so with 
> the 2005-06 median copy this year.  I have no problem  with overlap 
> to the AIS 
> Bulletin but to print it all would be inappropriate  because of the 
> sheer 
> volume of the copy.  Perry is prolific when he gets on  a roll.
>  
> As Section Liaison Consultant, I write my quarterly column which 
> includes  
> Section happenings and comments/excerpts from Section publications.  
> As  such, I 
> am scanning all Section publications for items of interest to the  
> general 
> iris public.  I can and do make recommendations to the AIS Editor  
> for possible 
> reprints.  If the AIS Editor receives the 24 Regional  
> newsletter/bulletins (I 
> don't know if he does or not) it wouldn't be too  difficult to scan 
> them for 
> articles of general interest.  Maybe this is  something the RVP 
> Counselor 
> could help with?
>  
> My thoughts on this subject as I scroll through my 137 iris emails.  
>  That 
> doesn't include my family, daffodil, rock garden, hosta, junk, etc., 
>  emails.  
> It will take awhile if I owe any of you answers on  stuff.
>  
> Jim M. 
> 
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