Re: Seedling Pictures in the Bulletin

[bfilardi@comcast.net]

Okay, I will include a clarification in my next (last) Editor's Message to explain the rules on printing of seedling pictures.  BF

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From: John I Jones <jijones@usjoneses.com> 

> All, 
> 
> The following statement is going to be put on the AIS Website and made 
> available on the internet via email. 
> 
> 
> "In the January 2007 Bulletin of the American Iris Society the editor 
> of the Bulletin made the following statement in his editorial: 
> 
> "The Board has also determined that we may no longer print pictures of 
> seedlings, so this issue will be the last to include seedling photos." 
> 
> That statement is an incorrect interpretation of the AIS Board policy 
> and the action the Board took at the fall 2006 Board meeting. The AIS 
> Board policy is: 
> 
> That color pictures used in AIS publications should be registered, 
> introduced irises, properly published species, historical cultivars, 
> and those used for illustrative purposes and overall garden shots. 
> 
> The phrase "and those used for illustrative purposes and overall garden 
> shots" is properly interpreted as meaning that "any color picture" may 
> be used for illustrative purposes and overall garden shots. In fact a 
> picture of the Empire State Building could be used in the Bulletin IF 
> it was used for illustrative purposes in an article or if it made sense 
> for an overall garden shot. This is an unlikely example, but serves to 
> illustrate the issue. Color pictures of seedlings may be used in the 
> same manner. 
> 
> At the Fall 2006 Board meeting the Board voted to "reinforce and 
> implement" the EXISTING policy adopted in 1995." 
> 
> 
> 
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