Re: Reaffirmation of Policy

[Robert Pries <robertpries@embarqmail.com>]

Thanks, Roy; As I told Roy I found this policy reported in an article by Lee Lenz in the AIS bulletin about three years ago when search for information on Spuria Irises. Dr Lenz wrote the article and I remembered that it surprised me that the policy had been buried in an article on another subject as sort of an aside. Since I still haven't unpacked all my AIS old Bulletins I would find it difficult to locate the verbatim statement and since it was a second hand report I agree with Roy that it should be clarified and its potential values explained by an article in the Bulletin and SIGNA. I think it is highly appropriate that the scientific committee give it some definition since Dr. Lenz was chairman of that committee and mentioned it in the bulletin. I may be off on my dates since Lenz served for awhile.

----- Original Message -----
From: "E. R. Epperson" <kirklee@triad.rr.com>
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 1:35:02 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: RE: [AISdiscuss] Reaffirmation of Policy

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

 

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Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:37 AM
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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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