Re: Popularity Poll

[don.rude@comcast.net]

I have followed your instructions. Thanks so much and thanks for the tip about getting the ballot to members. 
Don 


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From: "Sue" <barnes-s@charter.net> 
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org 
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 8:09:57 PM 
Subject: RE: [AISdiscuss] Popularity Poll 

Don, 
The Tall Bearded Symposium Ballot is on the AIS web page. (irises.org) 
When you open the page in the left hand menu choose About Iris 
Then choose Awards and Surveys 
Then Tall Bearded Symposium. 
On that page scroll down and click on 2012 AIS Tall Bearded Symposium 
pdf. 
The pdf file should open and you will be able to print it. 

I printed a copy, pasted a small note with my address and e-mail, the 
deadline of Sept. 1 and the reminder that 
a member could vote for 25 or fewer iris on the list, and then sent this 
to each of my affiliate presidents. 
Most clubs here in TN have a late summer social gathering and if the 
president copies the ballot and hands it out 
I hope to get a good response. One president asked for an electronic 
copy, so I gave him the instructions above. 

Good Luck and Welcome to the age of the screen search. Sue RVP 7 


Sue Ann Barnes 
205 Westwood Ave 
Jackson, TN 38301 
731-422-5253 
731-499-1396 
barnes-s@charter.net 
Success is: Being true to yourself. 
Loving what you do. 
Doing what you love. 


On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 5:01 PM, don.rude@comcast.net wrote: 

> Hi friends, I am wondering if anyone out there has gotten a recent 
> bulletin or ballots for the SPopularity Poll.. As RVP for Region 4, of 
> course, I must keep track of the results. Don't know where they ballot 
> is? Can anyone clarify. Don 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Janet Smith" <ypauls@sti.net> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org Sent: 
> Monday, July 23, 2012 11:50:52 AM Subject: RE: [AISdiscuss] 
> communications 
> Hey Cheryl, 
> Thanks for the clarification so Photo Contest won't be a "pain in the 
> neck". 
> Have a great day! 
> Janet 
> ---- Original Message ---- From: region15kids@hotmail.com To: 
> aisdiscuss@aisboard.org Subject: RE: [AISdiscuss] communications Date: 
> Sat, 21 Jul 2012 10:00:27 -0700 
>> Hello Dorothy (and Ron as well), While some of the items on AIS 
>> Discuss would seem to pertain only to the AIS Board, EVERY decision 
>> we make affects our membership, and as such, should be of importance 
>> to RVPs, Affiliate officers and Section leaders because they are our 
>> conduit to the entire membership. If you are not made aware of things 
>> we might change, and relay this information to the membership, then 
>> how will we know if our decisions benefit members or if members do 
>> not want these changes. Ron, even though you do not have an affiliate 
>> at this time, you do have clubs, who have members, and they would be 
>> impacted by the AIS Board decisions. 
>> This is why I feel open communication is the most important aspect in 
>> operating this huge organization. Yes, sometimes it is a pain in the 
>> neck to have 48 new messages in your inbox talking about the Photo 
>> Contest prizes or milestones on the WIKI and Facebook, but this is 
>> information that begs for acknowledgement and occasional comments. 
>> Information and knowledge is power, and the more information you have 
>> at your fingertips, the better informed our members become. 
>> Cheryl Deaton 
>> 
>>> From: DWiris@aol.com Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:13:26 -0400 Subject: 
>>> Re: [AISdiscuss] communications To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org 
>>> Hi, Ron 
>>> I have been wondering for some time why material of interest only 
>> to the 
>>> AIS Board is appearing on this discussion group. My email is 
>> deluged with 
>>> messages that do not pertain to non-Board members. 
>>> Dorothy Willott 
>>> 
>>> In a message dated 7/20/2012 4:37:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
>>> retmiagt@dishmail.net writes: 
>>> As a RVP of the smallest region in AIS, with no affiliates (working 
>> on 
>>> establishing some), I can only offer one thing you might consider. 
>>> There are a lot of e-mails generated on this discussion group and 
>> not 
>>> all of it is of interest to RVP's and affiliates. So, since this 
>> seems 
>>> to be a discussion group for any and everything, perhaps a 
>> discussion 
>>> group of only AIS board members, officers, RVP's, etc, would be 
>> more 
>>> conductive to doing business and getting the word out. I wade 
>> through a 
>>> lot of e-mails every day and must admit a large portion of those 
>> come 
>>> from this discussion group and, as a RVP, not too many of them are 
>>> things concerning my duties as RVP. Just a thought - something to 
>>> cut down on the traffic and yet 
>> insure 
>>> that important things reach the right people. Ron, RVP Region 10 
>>> On 7/20/2012 14:58, Robert Pries wrote: 
>>>> I agree strongly with the points that Ron, Andi, and Kelly have 
>> made. In 
>>> talking about the communications problems I have made some concrete 
>>> suggestions for new tools, and changes in existing structure. I 
>> would hope that 
>>> those possibilities could be evaluated. Assigning blame is not 
>> productive. I 
>>> feel it is possible to do a bit of brainstorming that could lead to 
>> better 
>>> communications. Generally the only person we have control over is 
>>> ourselves. In a volunteer organization if something we do does not 
>> get results, 
>>> then what is possible is to try it in a different way. 
>> Unfortunately each of 
>>> us has the monkey on our own backs to figure out how to make these 
>> things 
>>> work. If they are not received well it is our problem not the 
>> recievers. 
>>> 
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