Re: Reaffirmation of Policy

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

How does this sound?

I move the Scientific Advisory Committee be asked to formulate a written
policy on the collection of  wild iris plants with good collection data
and should include any fees be waived by AIS if they are registered. 
This policy would then be presented to the AIS Board of Directors for
approval.

Paul





On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:35:02 -0500 "E. R. Epperson"
<kirklee@triad.rr.com> writes:
> 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
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-aisdiscuss@aisboard.org 
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> On Behalf Of Robert Pries
> 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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