Re: Reaffirmation of Policy

[Jill Bonino <aistreas@earthlink.net>]

I agree with publicizing this policy from the 1950's with emphasis on it being
"fee free"...This could be a good column from the Scientific Editor!

Jill

-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Pries <robertpries@embarqmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 28, 2009 6:37 AM
>To: AISdiscuss <aisdiscuss@aisboard.org>
>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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