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Welcome to the official American Iris Society (AIS) website
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Welcome to the American Iris
Society (AIS) website. We hope that you will find this website
an informative and helpful resource to all kinds of iris
information. The American Iris Society is a nonprofit institution incorporated February 2, 1927, in the County of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania. By the terms of the Charter, the Corporation has no stockholders and exists for the sole purpose of promoting the culture and improvement of the Iris.
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The wild looking SDB iris with a wild name! ZOOBOOMAFOO (Paul Black 2007) SDB - height 14 in. (36 cm), M,L standards are clear medium yellow with interesting burgundy veins low inside. Round and ruffled paler yellow falls are veined and washed dark burgundy to within about 1/4 inch of the edge leaving yellow bands. ...and an exotic touch of bright orange beards. photo: courtesy of Ken and Carol Coleman of C. Iris on Pond, Boise, Idaho
News-Announcements
The
Austin, Texas AIS 2008 Convention is now completed. We hope that you
were able to attend and that you enjoyed; the event, your visit to Texas,
new and old iris friends and the
iris display gardens. Convention event dates were April 14-19 2008. Please go to the
special AIS 2008 Convention information
section of the AIS website to see what is was all about. We will have
some AIS 2009 convention info coming along soon.
2008
AIS Photo Contest: (April 2008)
The 2008 AIS Photo Contest is now open and the entry form plus full
details are now available. Previous years
contest reports and results along with the winning and runner up
photographs are also
available for your viewing pleasure.
Please go to the Iris Information >
AIS Photo Contest section of the AIS website.
AIS Public Exhibits
Toolbox: (February 2008)
Exhibits at plant sales and Iris shows are a great way to promote our
favorite garden flower. AIS presents a toolbox of items you may find
useful for reducing your labor and making attractive exhibits and
displays.
Please go to Member Services >
AIS Public Exhibits Toolbox for this information.
New
item from
the AIS Storefront:
(January 2008)
2007 Registrations and Introductions Booklet
Please go to Member Services > AIS Storefront
for purchase details.
AIS Nominating Committee: (January 2008) The 2007 Nominating Committee is seeking your recommendation of individuals you believe should be considered in the selection of nominees for the AIS Board of Directors.
The recommended nominee must be an AIS member in good standing. A recommendation of a nominee should include some qualification comments. We strongly recommend that the individuals being proposed NOT be contacted in advance. The Nominating Committee will consider all candidates and will then contact the individuals selected by the committee. Nominating Committee contacts are: Barbara Aitken aitken@flowerfantasy.net Louise Carson nloucar@earthlink.net John Ludi kludi@juno.com Jody Nolin jody.nolin@gmail.com Nancy Pocklington irislady@royell.org
Check your AIS membership status: (November 2007) Need to know your membership expiration date? Need to lookup the expiration date for club members or your Region's members for AIS Affiliation? Easy and quick. Please go to: www.aislookup.org
For further details on news items please follow the link provided or go to the Member Services > News-Announcements area of the website to read these items of interest to the membership.
The answers to many questions on iris and the American Iris Society (AIS) are found within the AIS website. Please direct any iris questions you may have to your local area AIS RVP or a local iris club. These people will be pleased to help you. A full listing of these contacts for your area is provided under the AIS Regions listing page on this website ...or follow the link in the sidebar.
Please send all information for website
updates to:
John I. Jones, AIS Electronic Services and Website
e-mail:
aiselectronicsvcs@irises.org
Website creative design, production and
maintenance provided by:
Christopher Hollinshead,
Wolf Marketing Communications
e-mail:
aiswebsite@hotmail.com
Website updated: May 9, 2008
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