Al: Thanks for trying, but I don't subscribe to AQ and I suspect that I'm
not alone on that amongst folks who've gotten AOS awards -- nor do I think
an AQ subscription should be a requirement for getting an award registered.
I had even let my AOS membership lapse, until I got the award registration
bill on Ocean Storm, in protest over various AOS practices at its HQ
(cool-growing Miltoniopsis in the [south Florida] gift shop, labelled only
"Miltonia Hybrid," Dendrobiums planted in the ground in full sun to
"decorate" the grounds while they die ...). So I didn't have a current
Orchids to go searching in [had I even thought of that, which I confess I
didn't].
Florida is a VERY LONG state ... Jacksonville is a 6+ hour drive from here,
Orlando is 4+ hours, and even Miami is 2+. Awards are not THAT important
to me, so I only go to the judging at AOS HQ (1+ hour), and then only when
it fits between shows (judging is on Saturdays, so I'm usually busy
elsewhere). But having gone to all that trouble, and then _promptly_
registering both new grexes with RHS, I am admittedly VERY annoyed that it's
taken another YEAR in each case to actually get the award registered with
AOS.
By asking around, I did ultimately find someone who could put me in touch
with the right someone to finalize both of my awards (although I still don't
have the certificate on Ocean Storm (awarded 10/04), which was allegedly
mailed the week of 1/9/06, after my check arrived on 1/4/06, so maybe I'm
speaking too soon about that one). My point is that people need to be TOLD
how to complete this process, at the time they get the award, in writing.
It seems that at most judging centers, the judges and a few large commercial
growers are getting all the awards; they know how to do it, and the local
staff knows they know how to do it, so there's no perceived need for
instructions sheets, and maybe no need at all. But at AOS HQ, there are
actually some folks just "off the street" (not judges, growers, or even AOS
members) that bring in their orchids for judging, along with some smaller
local growers like me. Most of them don't get awards, but when one does,
s/he gets no instructions whatsoever about what to do next -- and doesn't
have an Orchids magazine or AQ to go searching through. Many of them
probably don't even know there's supposed to be more involved than taking
home the provisional award sheet with the sticker on it ... unless/until
someone gets around to sending them a bill ... which they wouldn't have been
expecting, because there's no notice posted anywhere that getting an award
will cost you $$.
Kenni
"Al" wrote in message
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P.S. That stupid PDF file does not seem to contain phone numbers or email
addresses. The Orchids Magazine used too have these and the most recent
Awards Quarterly does still have them, but I worry about posting this info
here.
"Al" wrote in message
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Kenni,
I don't know which Judging Center has jurisdiction in the area where the
plants were awarded. There are three Judging centers in Florida. Lucky
you.
Florida-Caribbean Center has a Miami address.
Florida North Central Center has a Jacksonville address
Orlando has an Orange Park address.
They all have Judging Center Chair names and contact info, phone numbers
email addresses, etc. I found a list in the back of Awards Quarterly.
It is also published in Orchids Magazine every month (or it used to be).
I also found a list online at aos.org
Here is a link to a pdf file that the AOS says contains the most current
contact info. I would contact the judging chair of the Center closest to
wherever the plants were awarded.
http://aos.org/aos/judging/documents...lendar_002.pdf
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ingredients, they never talked, at least not to me. Trigger never did
like me much anyway after I..... but that incident is best forgotten.
Happy Trails.