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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. AIS Donations - Please go here for information on how to make a donation to the AIS.
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It is with sadness that we advise that our
American Iris Society President, Dr. E. Roy Epperson passed away
suddenly on the weekend of January 23/24 2010. |
News-Announcements
AIS
2010 Convention: (February 2010)
Time to sign up for the AIS 2010 Convention if you have not already done
so. This is an event you do not want to miss!
This year the AIS Convention takes place May 31 to June 5, 2010 in the Madison, Wisconsin area. Please go to the special section of the AIS website for the information on this exciting annual AIS event. AIS Convention 2010: Madison Wisconsin
See you all there. Enjoy lots of irises and iris friendships.
Bloomin' Bucks 2010
fundraising program:
(January 2010)
The AIS is a now a registered non-profit organization with the Bloomin'
Bucks 2010 fundraising program by Brent and Becky's Bulbs!
This is how it works: It's simple...supporters of the registered
organization, the (AIS) American Iris Society, can go to
www.bloominbucks.com and from a pull down menu of all of the
organizations registered, select
to support the AIS! One click takes you into the Brent and
Becky's Bulbs website where you can order whatever you want, in
whatever quantity you want...books, bulbs, tools, supplements, gift
certificates... anything...and a percentage of each order goes to
your organization! Every little bit helps and it all adds up to support
the AIS!
Please note: This is the only way to earn credit; go to the www.bloominbucks.com website,
then selecting to support your organization and
placing an on-line order ...so no phone orders, faxed orders, etc..
2010 AIS Exhibitions Program: (January 2010) The concerns regarding the 2009 AIS Exhibitions program and the management structure for the upcoming 2010 AIS Exhibitions program are covered in an open letter from the AIS President, Roy Epperson. Please go to the following special page to read the letter. 2010 AIS Exhibitions Program Info
AIS 2009 Photo Contest winners
announced:
(November 2009)
The winners of the AIS 2009 Photo
Contest have been announced. We will showcase some of them in the above
position over the next few months to help you get through the winter
season. Enjoy!
Please go to the Iris Information >
AIS Photo Contest area of the AIS website for full details of
the contest and a link to the AIS Photo Contest website where you may
view all the winners and runners up along with some of the other
entries. And perhaps you will have inspiration to enter your own photo
in the 2010 contest...
New items from the AIS Storefront:
(September 2009)
The supply of the 2010 Iris Calendar has arrived at the
AIS Storefront. 2010 Iris Calendar: $7.00 each domestic/$10.00 each international, or package
of 10 for
$50.00 domestic/$60.00 international. All postpaid.
Please go to
Member Services > AIS Storefront
for purchase details.
AIS 2009 Awards announced:
(August 2009)
The full listing of 2009 AIS award winners is available now in the
AIS Awards section of the AIS website. This
latest version includes the Japanese Iris (JI) awards and some minor
corrections to date indicated on the document.
2010 Tall Bearded Iris Symposium
Ballot (June 2009)
Sixty-ninth Official Tall Bearded Iris Symposium of the American
Iris Society. This year the list of iris eligible for the Tall Bearded
Symposium is again being bound into the AIS Bulletin. In an effort to
make voting as easy as possible, the list is also being made available
here on the AIS website.
For this item and further information please go to Iris Information > AIS Tall
Bearded Symposium
Contemporary Views by Perry Dyer
(March 2009)
The AIS website now has available a collection of Contemporary Views by Perry Dyer of Oklahoma
from 1988 to 2008. These are annual
articles involving personal observations and commentary on current
varieties of irises.
Please go to the Iris Information > Cultural
and Classification Information section of the AIS website.
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 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: February 2 2010
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