Re: [AISdiscuss] Handbook Revision

["K. Loberg" <loberg@adelphia.net>]

When I first took judge's training and then started judging shows over 15 
years ago, it was confusing to me as to how judges' decided what was worthy 
of a blue, red, or white ribbon.  I searched the handbook and could find 
nothing that defined what deserved a blue ribbon.  The handbook has many 
pages about the scale of points for exhibition judging, but is silent about 
how many points becomes a blue, red, or white ribbon.   I asked many other 
judges in my beginning years, and finally stopped asking because no one had 
an answer.   In reality, judging is a grading system, and so I pretty much 
try to use a guideline very much like what Betty Coyle mentions, 
90%-A=Blue, 80%-B=Red, 70%-C=White.



Roy, I would very much appreciate having this clarified in the Handbook, so 
that current and future judges will have a guideline to refer to.



Kitty Loberg

AIS Master Judge

Region14 Past Judges' Training Chair

Instructor, Mendocino College



> During my tenure with Exhibitions, the 2 most often asked questions 
> (expressed
> concerns) were about the partially open bloom requirement and what 
> constitutes
> a Blue ribbon, etc.?
>
>
> E. Roy Epperson
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