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Membership Information (updated December 4 2009)


AIS Membership
AIS Donations
Under 19? You are invited to join the American Iris Society

AIS Sections and AIS Cooperating Societies membership

There are several types of American Iris Society (AIS) memberships. Listed below are the membership rates for the American Iris Society and the various associated AIS Sections/Cooperating Societies. (Please note that membership information is not available here for local and regional societies. Check with AIS Regional VPs or local club leaders for those membership rates. See the Local Iris Societies listings elsewhere on this website)


AIS Membership
Benefits of membership in the American Iris Society include a subscription to the AIS Bulletin. The AIS Bulletin is published four times per year (see details of the AIS Bulletin elsewhere on this website). You may also choose to participate in events such as local AIS sanctioned iris shows and the annual AIS Convention. Many local AIS affiliated iris clubs/societies have iris sales or auctions, garden tours and other iris focused events.

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American Iris Society (AIS) Membership Rates: (applicable to USA, Canada and Mexico)
Annual Triennial Lifetime*
$25.00, Single, annual $60.00, Single, triennial $450.00, Single, lifetime
$30.00, Dual, annual $75.00, Dual, triennial $545.00, Dual, lifetime
*Senior Life (age 65+): 15% discount. (For Dual Senior Life, both members must be 65 or older.) 15% Senior Discount applies only to Life Membership.
Youth Rates (under Age 19) (see details provided below)
Youth without Bulletin $5.00
Youth with Bulletin $9.00
American Iris Society (AIS) Overseas Membership Rates: (applicable to all other countries) 
Annual Triennial
$30.00, Single, annual $65.00, Single, triennial
$35.00, Dual, annual $80.00, Dual, triennial

All membership fees are payable in U.S. funds. Rates shown above are current as of information provided/available June 2006. These are the rates that are in effect for any memberships received from April 1, 2005.

To become an AIS member please send a check made payable to the American Iris Society (AIS) or alternatively payment may be made by providing your VISA or MasterCard number, expiration date, and signature. The AIS accepts VISA and MasterCard only.

If you wish to send in your membership via postal mail a membership form is provided. This item may also be useful to promote the AIS by producing multiple hard copies as handouts at shows or iris sales events.  AIS membership form (33k PDF file)

You may sign up for an AIS membership directly via e-mail if you include your charge card information. E-mail the information to the AIS Membership Secretary.

Join or renew your AIS membership with our on-line AIS membership selection. Click to go directly to this area: AIS On-Line Membership

Check your AIS membership status: Need to know your membership expiration date? Need to lookup the expiration date for club members or your Region's members for Affiliation? Easy and quick. Please go to:  www.aislookup.org

Tom Gormley - AIS Membership Secretary | New address effective November 21 2009
205 Catalonia Avenue
P.O. Box 177
DeLeon Springs, FL 32130
Phone and fax: 386-277-2057
E-mail: aismemsec@irises.org


AIS Donations

AIS Donations - Please go here for information on how to make a donation to the AIS.


Under 19? You are invited to join the American Iris Society

The American Iris Society, a non-profit horticultural organization, devoted to the culture and improvement of the iris, also offers special memberships to young people under 19 years of age.

A Youth Member is entitled to all the privileges and pleasures of adult members including a quarterly Bulletin, correspondence groups and pen pals, and the garden tours, meetings, shows and related activities held on a local, regional and national basis.

Special activities help young members enjoy learning about iris culture. In some areas, Youth Members have their own meetings devoted to special themes, hybridizing lessons, slide programs, gardening information and iris art projects, with fun as a bonus. Adult members are often glad to help the youth iris enthusiasts with technical problems and in obtaining specialized information.

Are you interested in science, photography, history, winning show ribbons or adding dynamic beauty to your garden? Discover the world of iris!!! Budget minded memberships for youths are available at $5.00 if a member of your immediate family already belongs to the AIS or $9.00 (to include your own copy of publications) if you are the first in your family to join the AIS.

Mail membership dues, along with your date of birth, to the AIS Membership Secretary.

All membership fees are payable in U.S. funds. Rates shown above are the new rates that are in effect for any memberships received from April 1, 2005.


AIS Sections and AIS Cooperating Societies membership

AIS Sections and AIS Cooperating Societies are special interest groups that deal with information on specific classifications of iris. Benefits include informative newsletters with a focus on specific types of irises. Many of these groups also hold events such as mini-conventions on an annual or semi-annual basis. Membership in these groups is in addition to AIS membership. 



This option is provided to enable you to join these associated societies on-line. Click to join the AIS and one or more of the associated AIS Sections or AIS Cooperating Societies now!

Additionally, each of the societies have their own website and they are all listed below. Please check directly with the specific society for the most current and complete membership rate structure. This allows you the option of joining one or more of these societies directly using the information provided on their society website.

AIS Sections:
Median Iris Society (MIS)
President: Perry Dyer, 7204 N. Council Road, Blanchard, OK 73010
e-mail: perry55dyer@aol.com
Membership: Rita Gormley, 205 Catalonia Avenue, P.O. Box 177, DeLeon Springs, FL 32130
e-mail: gormleygreenery@aol.com
website: www.medianiris.com

Society for Siberian Irises (SSI)
President: Judy Hollingworth, 124 Sherwood Road East, Williamston,  MI 48895
e-mail: cyberiris@cablespeed.com
Membership: Susan Grigg, 105 Trotters Ridge Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614
e-mail: ssimemsec@nc.rr.com

website: www.socsib.org

Spuria Iris Society (SIS)
President: Keith Smith, 6008 Wonder Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76133-3623
email: masfw@flash.net 
Membership: Nancy Price, 32009 S. Ona Way, Molalla, OR 97038
email: flags@molalla.net
website: www.spuriairis.com

Society for Japanese Irises (SJI)
President: Dennis Hager, PO Box 390, Millington, MD  21651  
e-mail: hager@aredee.com
Membership: Catherine Button, 70 Sharpless Blvd., Westhampton, NJ 08060
e-mail: ridingthewind@gmail.com

website: www.socji.org

Reblooming Iris Society (RIS)
President: Ken Roberts, 341 Schwartz Rd., Gettysburg PA 17325-8622
e-mail: builderken@cvn.net
Membership: Rita Gormley, 205 Catalonia Avenue, P.O. Box 177, DeLeon Springs, FL 32130
e-mail: gormleygreenery@aol.com
website: www.rebloomingiris.com 

Dwarf Iris Society (DIS)
President: Brad Kasperek, 9130 North 5200 West, Elwood, UT 84337-8640
e-mail: zebrairis1@aol.com
Membership: Kathie Kasperek, 9130 North 5200 West, Elwood, UT 84337-8640
e-mail: zebrairis1@aol.com

website: www.zyworld.com/DISoA/Index.htm

Society for Pacific Coast Native Irises (SPCNI)
President: Debby Cole, 7417 92nd Place SE, Mercer Island, WA 98040
e-mail: dcthree@juno.com
Membership: Kathleen Sayce, PO Box 91 Nahcotta WA 98637-0091
email: ksayce@willapabay.org
website: www.pacificcoastiris.org

Species Iris Group of North America (SIGNA)
President: Will Plotner, PO Box 250, Molalla, OR 97038-0250
e-mail: gardens@molalla.net 
Membership: Rodney Barton, 3 Wolters Street, Hickory Creek, TX 75065
e-mail: rbarton@hsc.unt.edu

website: http://www.badbear.com/newsigna/index.pl

Historic Iris Preservation Society (HIPS)
President: Paul W. Gossett, 129 East 33rd Place, Tulsa, OK 74105-2542
e-mail: pwgossett@juno.com
Membership: Judy Eckhoff, 7911 South Yoder Rd., Haven, KS 67543
e-mail: judye@msinter.net
website: www.hips-roots.com 

AIS Cooperating Societies:
Aril Society International (ASI)
President: Pat Toolan, PO Box 568, Angaston, S.A. Australia 5353
e-mail: pattoolan@hotmail.com
Membership: Reita Jordan, 3500 Avenida Charada Ave. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107
e-mail: sjordan@unm.edu

website: www.arilsociety.org

Society for Louisiana Irises (SLI)
President: Harry Wolford, 2605 Oakhaven St. NE, Palm Bay, FL 32905
e-mail: n8kxp@cfl.rr.com
Membership: Bobbie Ann Hutchins, 10319 Caddo Lake Rd., Mooringsport, LA 71060
e-mail: mizzzbobbie@aol.com

website: www.louisianas.org


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