Re: [AISdiscuss] {Disarmed} Re: [AIS-Science] Regional Iris reccommendations

[Robt R Pries <rpries@sbcglobal.net>]

John I wholly agree, that you and Chris should not be
responsible for gathering information to fill the
website. I greatly appreciate what you have put
together at the moment, and starting from scratch I am
sure this took an enormous effort. I applaud you for
it.

It strikes me that you need an knowledgeable group of
assistants that could act as reporters who could each
be responsible for gathering information on a
particular topic. Because it is valuable to have
numerous stakehoders in any organization, it would be
ideal if these people could be ones that were newly
involved with AIS or presently not doing many other
tasks. Adding that type of person would expand the
presence of AIS. The goal would be to provide you and
Chris with current information which you could review
and edit but would not have to create and find
yourselves. The assistants would gain vital knowledge
of the organization and its resources. 

I have been moving slowly on the Garden Writers site
because I would like to create that sort of team as
part of my committee also. For that matter if public
relations can provide content, I believe we can share
in various ways. 

The wensite will ultimately be becoming the most
important part of AIS. Ideally there will be
cooperation and communication with the bulletin
committee. As public relations I could hope that I
will be clever enough to create a promotion in the
external media which will be tied to articles in the
bulletin and on the website. I am not sure I am
capable of such sophistication, but if we are all
working on the same page it is exciting what we might
get accomplished.

--- John I Jones <jijones@usjoneses.com> wrote:

> I am very much in favor of having as much
> information on irises, clubs, 
> websites etc., on the AIS website, but I do need to
> make a point:
> 
> Neither the AIS Webmaster, nor the Electronic
> Services Committee are, 
> or will be, responsible for creating content for the
> website.
> 
> It is our job to see that services are available,
> that the website 
> functions well, information is presented clearly and
> in a useful way, 
> and that once information is received it is
> presented or updated in a 
> timely manner.
> 
> (John climbs on soap box)
> 
> The biggest problem with any website is the
> timeliness of the 
> information on it. We can keep AIS and Regional
> information reasonably 
> up to date because changes there are almost always
> posted on AISDiscuss 
> although it is the responsibility of the Regions to
> notify me directly 
> of any changes.
> 
> Changes in Affiliate information and the links to
> other websites is 
> probably the area where we most lack up to date
> information. We need to 
> emphasize to everyone that we need to be notified
> when there are 
> changes.
> 
> (John climbs down off soapbox)
> 
> John
> 
> On Jul 20, 2006, at 7:38 PM, Hager wrote:
> 
> > Bob,
> > Thanks for bringing up this topic. I'm not sure
> that it lies with the 
> > Science
> > committee, but it is a good place to start.
> >
> > I do no believe that putting the information on
> the AIS website for 
> > every area
> > of the country is the best way to tackle this one.
> It is a daunting 
> > task. As
> > much as some would like for the AIS website to do
> it all, I just do 
> > not think
> > it is going to happen in a timely manner. If the
> AIS could positively
> > encourage affiliate and region webmasters to
> include the local 
> > information
> > that you suggest, it would get done a lot faster,
> without overtaxing 
> > anyone.
> >
> > The quality of affiliate and region websites has
> improved dramatically 
> > over
> > the last few years, but I think the AIS could do
> more to encourage 
> > good local
> > websites--which could only strengthen the AIS.
> Possibilites include:
> >
> > 1. An e-mail group for webmasters
> > 2. Lists of mandatory and suggested components for
> an affiliate or 
> > region
> > website
> > 3. Requirements for TIMELY updates
> > 4. AIS sponsored contest for best website
> > 5. Reviews of outstanding websites in the Bulletin
> >
> > Off my soapbox.
> >
> > Dennis Hager
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Robt R Pries
> >   To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org ;
> AIS-Science@yahoogroups.com ; 
> > Christopher
> > Hollinshead ; John I Jones ; Jeanne Plank
> >   Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 9:26 PM
> >   Subject: [AIS-Science] Regional Iris
> reccommendations
> >
> >
> >   Dear Science Committee and others.
> >
> >   Tonight I received a call from the Missouri
> Botanical
> >   Gardens asking if I could provide a list of
> Irises
> >   that perform well in the St Louis area. Although
> it is
> >   not hard to create such a list, it does take
> some
> >   thought and time. I believe their intent is to
> have a
> >   list showing the greatest diversity and proven
> >   cultivars. I see this as an opportunity for them
> to be
> >   recommending various types of Iris expanding the
> use
> >   of plants within this area. They expected that
> we may
> >   already have a website that would provide this
> type of
> >   regional information and suggested they link to
> this.
> >
> >   Of course we do not have such a website but it
> seems
> >   that it might be advisable that we did. I can
> remember
> >   recently receiving such a request from the
> Chicago
> >   Botanical Garden. I am therefore suggesting that
> we
> >   might adopt a project for regional
> recommendations of
> >   Irises with special notes on culture within
> various
> >   regions that might be a part of the AIS website.
> This
> >   would be a rather large project and might
> involve
> >   regional VPs, the science committee and
> experienced
> >   growers around the country. Perhaps we would
> only be
> >   able to develop a region at a time. But it does
> seem
> >   like a valuable project. Does anyone feel it
> would be
> >   wise to attempt something on this order. I will
> copy
> >   the committee and the AIS electronics chairman
> and the
> >   webmaster for their thoughts, and the AIS board
> via
> >   AIS discuss.
> >
> >
> >
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