JUDGES TRAINING REPORT                                                Wendy Roller

 

 

REGION 2 JUDGES and STUDENT JUDGES

Status Roster – as of July 31, 2011

 

                       Master                                                         Garden/Exhibition

 

                       David Baehre                                              Joanne Bassett

                       Chuck Chapman                                        Kate Brewitt

                       Maria Gerbracht                                          Sylvia Chapman

                       Gloria McMillen                                           John Colley

                       Wendy K. Roller                                          Diane Crandall

                       Helen B. Schueler                                      Ann Granatier

                       Dorothy Stiefel                                            John W. Heimke

                       Judith Tucholski-Zon                                   Emily Ives

                       Ken Viner                                                     Raymond Ives

                                                                                             Donna James

                       Retired Master                                          Ronald James

                                                                                              Eugene Koschara

                       James G. Burke                                         Mildred Koschara

                       Ruth C. Burke                                             Terrance Laurin

                       Daniel P. McMillen                                     Maureen Mark

                       James McMillen                                          E.J. Mattson

                       Dr. Carolyn Schaffner                                Val Saari

                       Kathleen Shadrack                                    Vaughn Sayles

                                                                                              John T. Schueler

                       Apprentice                                                  Mary Jane Shanley

                                                                                               Janette Smith

                       Marilee Farry                                               Frank Sorbello

                       Robert Granatier

                       Nancy Kennedy                                          Seeking Reinstatement

           

                       Candidate                                                    Donna Lowry

                                                                                               Carolyn Schaffner

                       Patricia Kluczynski

                       Mary Urist

 

If approval is granted at the AIS Fall Board Meeting, Marilee Farry, who has completed her Apprentice Judge requirements, will be appointed as a Garden/Exhibition Judge; Donna Lowry and Carolyn Schaffner, who have completed their requirements for reinstatement, will be reappointed as judges; and Patricia Kluczynski and Mary Urist, who have completed their Candidate for Judgeship requirements, will be appointed as Apprentice Judges.

 

  

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

 

During the period August 1, 2010 – July 31, 2011, Region 2 judges and student judges collectively earned 181.5 hours of credit for attending classroom and in-garden training sessions. The training sessions were held in Louisiana, New York, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and several locations in Canada.  A summary of all of the judges training sessions offered within Region 2 during the last year is as follows:

 

1.  During the 2010 Region 2 Annual Fall Meeting event, a classroom session on “Judging SPEC and SPEC-X Irises in the Garden,” was taught by Marty Schafer and Jan Sacks (Joe Pye Weed’s Garden, Carlisle, Massachusetts).

 

 

2.  During the 2011 iris growing season, two classroom sessions were conducted: “Exhibition Judging with Emphasis on Louisiana Iris Seedlings” by Joseph F. Musacchia, Jr. (Gray, Louisiana); and “Awards and Balloting” by Judith Tucholski-Zon.

 

3.  Four in-garden training classes were conducted:  “Judging Siberian, Median, and SDB Irises in the Garden” by Joanne Bassett; “Garden Judging with Emphasis on Louisiana Iris Seedlings” and “Garden Judging with Emphasis on Louisiana Iris” by Joseph F. Musacchia; and “We Are The Smaller Bearded Iris-Hear Us Shout” by Donna James.

 

4.  Four apprentice and student judge in-garden sessions were led by Joanne Bassett,

Gloria McMillen, and Judith Tucholski-Zon.

 

5.  Three show bench tutoring sessions were led by David Baehre, Chuck Chapman,

Sylvia Chapman, Maria Gerbracht, Ann Granatier, Gloria McMillen, Mary Jane Shanley, and Ken Viner.

 

 

FALL 2011 JUDGES TRAINING COURSES IN REGION 2

 

1. Japanese Irises – Saturday, September 24, 2011 – 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

 

The American Iris Society Region 2 Annual Meeting is planned for Saturday, September 24, 2011, at the Riverside Inn, 930 South First Street, Fulton, NY 13069.  R. Dennis Hager, President of the Japanese Iris Society and Owner of Academy House Garden, will conduct a judges training session on Japanese Iris.

 

2. Reblooming Irises – Saturday, October 2, 2011 – 1 ½ Hour Course

 

A Fall Iris Show will be held on Saturday, October 2, 2011, atChapman Iris Gardens, RR #1, 8790 Wellington Road 124, Guelph, Ontario, N1H 6H7 Canada.  After the iris show, an in-garden judges training session on Reblooming Iris will be presented by Master Judge Chuck Chapman.  For additional information about the session and to register for the course, please contact Chuck by telephone at (519) 856-4424 or by e-mail at irischapman@aim.com.