Welcome to the seventeenth regular issue of the AIS News & Notes.  Please let us know what you would like to see here.  And if you have notes you would like to add, or you would like to become a reporter, please let us know!  You can contact either Bob Pries or Wayne Messer with your comments or interest.

 

 

The deadline for Spuria Iris Society members to submit their list of  favorite spurias from the 2014 season has been extended to November 30th.  You can select up to 10 irises and varietal comments are welcome.  Send your list to Kate at kbrewitt@rogers.com.

See the list of 2012 and 2013 poll winners here.  And the 2014 results will be in the Spring Edition of the Spuria News.  See membership information and join online here.

You should have your Fall 2014 Bulletin in your mailbox already.  See Andi Rivarola's description on the World of Irises blog.  A great issue with photos of AIS Medal Winners and the 2014 Photo Contest Winners!

You can see it online with your Emembership by going here (username and password required).  And learn more about becoming an Emember at the end of this newsletter.

 

The latest Irises Bulletin has the 2014 Photo Contest Winners.  You can see all 76 photos that are winners, runner-ups, and honorable mentions on the AIS website as a slideshow here.  And this page now has links for the photo contest winners from 2008 through 2014.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Time to start thinking about your photos for the 2015 Photo Contest as well.

Some technical difficulties have required changes to some email addresses of the AIS committees.  These were irises.org email addresses that have been changed to the committee members personal email addresses.  Janet Smith's email address for some of her responsibilities, such as aisphotocontest@irises.org, is now her personal email of gbyp456@gmail.com.  With the old address, you will receive a bounced message notice.

You can see the updated email addresses (and keep up with any other changes) on the AIS Committee Contacts page.  Other good pages to be aware of, contact information for Officers is on the AIS website here, and; for Directors see this page.

 

Region 6, covering Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan,  has their new website available.  Check it out beginning here.  They have done a nice job recognizing their Medal winning hybridizers and other ballot winners on their front page and on the hybridizers page.

The More Info page has copies of their recent newsletters, information about the display gardens in their Region, and lists of reblooming irises for the Region or Indiana.  The reblooming information was originally compiled by Mary Lou Swann-Young and is being updated by Jean Kaufmann.

For more reblooming information, you can see the Reblooming Iris Society website.  Their Gallery 1 has all types of reblooming irises except TB.  See Gallery 2 for listings of TB rebloomers.

One other observation about the Region 6 website, this is a Weebly website.  It is a choice you might consider if your Club or Region is setting up a website.  Weebly claims that building a website has never been easier; it is all drag and drop done in your browser.  Certainly, Region 6 illustrates what a nice website can be created with it!

An iris originally planted in 2009 which bloomed well this year; not sure if it was the first time or just my first time to get a good photo.  It is the IB 'Rare Edition', which is a Sass Medal Winner.

Again, two versions for your enjoyment.  See the Standard version here.  Or try the Harder version with twice the number of pieces here.

What puzzles would you like to see?  Please send your suggestions and comments to wrmesser@gmail.com .  Thank you for your help.