AIS REGION 2 COMMITTEE REPORTS
AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS Judy
Tucholski-Zon
A recap of the 2009 Iris season gives the following statistics:
1. 6 shows were
held from May 31st to July 4th.
2. A total of 442 entries with very few duplicate cultivars were displayed.
3. 51 exhibitors entered.
4. Designs were exhibited in two shows.
5. All the Region 2 awards will be presented at the awards ceremony at the Fall Meeting.
6. The best specimen
of all bearded shows was a tall-bearded iris.
7. The best specimen in the beardless shows was a Japanese
iris.
8. Local awards were reported only from WNYIS
a. Mary Pat Engel
Award for the best pink iris
b. Wirtz-Rettig Award for the best Japanese iris
CREATIVE MONEY
Millie
Horak
THANK YOU!
Dear Iris Lovers—A big THANK YOU to all of you who brought items for our Silent Auction last fall, and
also a big THANK YOU to all who participated in the sale by purchasing iris and other items.
Also, a big THANK YOU to members
of the Hudson Valley Iris & Daylily Society who worked the auction tables and tallied receipts. Due to everyone’s help we had
a very successful auction.
Spring is a good time to pick up iris items in specialty shops and even in dollar stores. Remember
this is Region 2’s only fund raising activity and the funds are needed to keep us going. Hopefully we will have another successful
auction with everyone pitching in.
If anyone has any ideas on raising money, please let me know. Thanks!
JUDGES TRAINING Wendy Roller
REGION 2 JUDGES and STUDENT JUDGES
Status Roster – as of October 1, 2009
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Master |
Garden/Exhibition |
Apprentice |
Candidates |
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David
Baehre |
Joanne Bassett |
Howard Dash |
Marilee Farry |
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Maria Gerbracht |
John Colley |
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Patricia Kluczynski |
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Wendy K. Roller |
Clayton Crandall |
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E.J.Mattson |
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Helen
B. Schueler |
Diane Crandall |
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Mary Urist |
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Dorothy Stiefel |
John H. Heimke |
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Donna James |
Seeking |
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Ronald James |
Reinstatement |
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Eugene
Koschara |
John Schueler |
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Mildred Koschara |
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Floyd Reitzel |
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Vaughn Sayles |
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Mary
Jane Shanley |
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Janette Smith |
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Frank Sorbello |
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Judith Tucholski-Zon |
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THE YEAR 2009 IN REVIEW:
During the period August 1, 2008 – July 31, 2009, Region 2 judges and student judges collectively earned
over 150 hours of credit for attending classroom and in-garden training sessions. The training sessions were held in
The training sessions offered by Region 2 were as follows:
1. During the 2008 Region 2 Annual Fall Meeting weekend, two classroom sessions were taught by Ginny Spoon.
2. Two in-garden training classes on early blooming iris and Japanese iris were conducted by Donna James and Joanne Bassett.
3. Three apprentice and student judge in-garden sessions were led by David Baehre, Maria Gerbracht, and Frank Sorbello.
4. Two show bench tutoring sessions for two apprentice judges from Region 16 (Canada) and two student judges from Region 2 were taught
by Joanne Bassett, Maria Gerbracht, Donna James and Judith Tucholski-Zon.
If approval is granted at the AIS Board Meeting, John Schueler will be reinstated as a Garden/Exhibition judge and E.J. Mattson will be appointed as an Apprentice Judge (effective January 1, 2010).
SPRING
2010 JUDGES TRAINING IN REGION 2
So far, one judges training opportunity has been scheduled in Region 2 during 2010. The course is in the planning stages. The finalized information on the session will be mailed to American Iris Society Master Judges, Garden/Exhibition Judges, Apprentice Judges, and Candidates for Judgeship in May, 2010.
Exhibiting Iris (2 hours classroom credit)
Saturday,
May 22, 2010, 10 a.m. – 12 noon
This session is being sponsored by the Central New York Iris Society. The course will be
presented by Helen Schueler at her home, located at
Please let me know if any other judges training sessions are being planned within the region during the year 2010 (telephone – 585-621-8985 or e-mail – gwr67@peoplepc.com). The deadline to include the information in the May mailing to the judges is Thursday, April 15th.