THE AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY
REGION 7

Candidate for Judgeship Application

1.	Name____________________________________________________________Date_________

2.	Address_______________________________________________________________________

3.	When did you become an AIS member? _____________________________________________

4.	How many years have you grown irises? ____________________________________________

5.	Circle the types of irises you grow.  TB  BB  MTB  IB  SDB  MDB  AB  ARIL  SIB  SPU  LA Others (Specify) _______________________________________________________________

6.	How many iris introductions of the past ten years do you grow? __________________________

7.	Name ten of the newest irises you have in your garden.  1. ______________________________ 

2. _____________________ 3. ________________________ 4. _________________________

5._____________________ 6. _________________________ 7. _________________________

      8.  _____________________9. _________________________ 10. ________________________

8.	How many visits to other gardens (including the Regional Test Garden) do you make each year? _____________________________________________________________________________

9.	To what Regional or local Societies do you belong?  ___________________________________

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10.	What Regional or National functions have you attended and when? _______________________

11.	What local club offices and committee posts have you held and when? _____________________

12.	List any National, Regional, or Area offices or positions you may have held.

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13.	Have you contributed articles to Regional or National Publications? _______________________

14.	Do you have a copy of the latest AIS HANDBOOK FOR JUDGES? ______________________

15.	Have you been a member of AIS for the past three consecutive years? _____________________

16.	What iris shows have you attended in the past three years? ______________________________

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17.	In what iris shows have you exhibited in the past three years? ____________________________

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18.	What show committees have you served on during the past three years? ____________________

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19.	Do you hybridize? __________ How many seedlings do you have?________________________

20.	 List AIS Judge’s Training Programs you have attended during the past two years.  Give length of each session, where, and when. __________________________________________________

21.	It takes approximately 10 AIS members for every judge in our region.  How many AIS members have you secured personally?______________________________________________________

22.	 Realizing that the duty of the AIS judge is to evaluate irises on the show bench and in the garden, and knowing that the judge must have a knowledge of new irises as well as older ones, and realizing too that there is often personal expense involved along with these duties, I hereby apply to become a Candidate for Judgeship under the Judges’ Training Program of the American Iris Society, Region 7.

                                            Signed ____________________________________________________

Complete and mail to the RVP in Region 7.  Attach with your application a letter from five AIS judges who will recommend that you be allowed to enter the Judges Training Program.  (or see that these recommendations are sent to the RVP)  These five judges must sign the recommendation themselves, but all five may sign the same paper.  Suggested form:

We, the following judges, recommend ______________________________ for the Judges Training Program.

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