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Reminder – Register for the Spring Regional Convention

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Champange and StrawberriesReminder – The registration deadline for the Spring Regional Convention in Sioux City, IA on Saturday, May 18, 2013 is coming soon.  In case you have not received your form, here is a PDF you can download and mail.  Registration is $50 per person which includes the Iris Tour of homes and one public garden, a deluxe box lunch on the tour, and the banquet dinner to be held that evening.  Please preregister, the cut-off date for preregistration is April 30, 2013.

Check-in is either Friday evening at the Super 8 Motel or Saturday morning at the Super 8 Motel.before the bus tour leaves at 9:00 a.m.  Note there will be a Social for those attending on Friday evening at the home of Bob Flick.  See the form for additional details and addresses and contact information.

While you are on the tour is a great time for taking lots of iris pictures!  If you would like to share them, we would be glad to add them to this website.  You can email them to wrmesser@gmail.com or share them and other pictures from the meeting with our historian, Bob Flick.  Thank you Bob for the additional iris photos illustrating this reminder.

And thank you to the Siouxland Iris Society for hosting this meeting!

Register for the Spring Regional Convention – May 18, 2013

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Astrobubbles JPEGRegistration materials for the Spring Regional Convention in Sioux City, IA on Saturday, May 18, 2013 were recently mailed.  In case you have not received yours, here is a PDF you can download and mail.  Registration is $50 per person which includes the Iris Tour of homes and one public garden, a deluxe box lunch on the tour, and the banquet dinner to be held that evening.  Please preregister, the cut-off date for preregistration is April 30, 2013.

Check-in is either Friday evening at the Super 8 Motel or Saturday morning at the Super 8 Motel before the tour bus Bollywood JPEGleaves at 9:00 a.m.  Note there will be a Social for those attending on Friday evening at the home of Bob Flick.  See the form for additional details and addresses and contact information.

While you are on the tour is a great time for taking lots of iris pictures!  If you would like to share them, we would be glad to add them to this website.  You can email them to wrmesser@gmail.com or share them and other pictures from the meeting with our historian, Bob Flick.  Thank you Bob for the iris photos illustrating this notice.

And thank you to the Siouxland Iris Society for hosting this meeting!

News from the Region – Winter 2013 Edition Available

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Members of Region 21 should already have received the Winter 2013 edition of News from the Region our newsletter.  In case you missed it, or are have not yet joined the American Iris Society (to become part of Region 21), here it is.  You can see it on the left (click on the pictures to see larger versions) or download it here.

 

 

 

Join the Region 21 Iris Discussion Group

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One way irisarians in Region 21 can communicate with each other is the region21-iris discussion group at Yahoo!  This has been bringing iris lovers together since 2001!

From their description:

“Region21-iris is a discussion group for those growing iris in AIS Region 21 (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa). We will share information on all aspects of iris culture, as well as news and events about local iris societies in the region. Both experts and novices are encouraged to participate in our friendly conversation.”

To read the messages and contribute your own, you need to join the group.  Just click on the Join This Group! button and follow the instructions.  I believe this means creating a free Yahoo! account if you do not have one.

This is the not limited to members of the American Iris Society.  If you are not a member of AIS or Region 21, you are still very welcome to join in the conversation. Of course, we welcome you to join AIS and, if you live in N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Nebraska or Iowa, and now NWT, Nunavut, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, automatically become a member of AIS Region 21.

Hope to hear from you at region21-iris!

Upcoming Events – 2013-2014

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Upcoming meetings include the 2013 and the 2014 AIS Conventions – both in Dallas.  At the Region 21 Fall 2012 meeting, Dell Perry, one of our speakers,  described the gardens convention goers will be able to visit in 2013.  Dates for the 2013 Convention are April 15 – 20.  See also the AIS 2013 Convention page for additional details.  This is immediately followed (April 21 – 23) by the Society for Louisiana Irises 2013 National Convention at the same location.  The Iris Society of Dallas is hosting all three of these meetings.

Locations for the upcoming Region 21 meetings are:

  • Spring 2013 – Sioux City, Iowa
  • Fall 2013     – Omaha, Nebraska
  • Spring 2014 – Lincoln, Nebraska

Dates and further details to follow.

AIS Region 21 Affiliates and Websites

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The American Iris Society is divided into 24 Regions.  Region 21 includes Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, NWT, Nunavut, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.  These are the nine Region 21 Affiliate Clubs listed on the AIS website (which also includes other contact information for these affiliates) and links to their websites where I could find them.

If anyone knows of websites for the others, please let us know so we can update this list.