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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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BEST BUDDY (Paul Black 2006) SDB,
height 14 inches (36 cm), ML
photo: courtesy of Ken and Carol Coleman of C. Iris on Pond, Boise,
Idaho
News-Announcements
(May
2008) Everyone is now looking forward
to the next AIS 2009 Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. As usual we
will have the details conveniently provided here on the AIS website for
you to plan ahead. The convention organizers, the Greater Kansas City
Iris Society, also have a website with information. The 2009 AIS Convention
will take place May 11-16 2009 in Kansas City, Missouri with visits to
official iris tour gardens in the surrounding area. Follow
the links provided below for more details of the 2009 event. There will
be
two places to get information:
1. Here on the AIS website: AIS 2009 Convention information *coming
soon
2. From the organizers website:
Kansas City AIS
2009 Convention
(please note that this is not part of the
AIS website, it is provided by the 2009 convention organizers)
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.
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 11, 2008
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