National
Horticultural Exhibitors' Committee
National Committee
Members
of the National Horticultural Exhibitors Committee
The National Horticultural Exhibitors Committee
consists of a chairman and seven members who are nationally
respected horticultural exhibitors, geographically diverse
and representative of the diversity of exhibitor interest.
The current members of the committee are:
Chairman:
- Eric Yount,
Winter Park, FL
Members:
- Eddie Garcia, San Antonio, TX
- Suzanne Horn, Glendale, CA
- Sandy Lundberg, Bluffton, SC
- Andy Plasz, Libertyville, IL
- Dr. Satish Prabhu, Columbia, SC
- Robert Sutherland, Lexington, KY
- Robbie Tucker, Thomson Station, TN
Purpose
The purpose and objective of the National
Horticultural Exhibitors Committee is to encourage and
advance the art of exhibiting rose horticultural specimens
and the conduct of rose shows in the United States. In
pursuit of that objective, the Committee has identified a
number of functions it plans to undertake.
In the area of publications, the Committee functions as an advisory board to the editors of Rose Exhibitors' Forum, assists in the solicitation of articles on exhibiting for publication in ARS publications, and is available to advise on the technical accuracy of articles on exhibiting submitted to such publications. The Committee also seeks to encourage the submission of show reports from each geographical region to Rose Exhibitors' Forum and to maintain a historical archive of rose show results and national trophy winners for reference.
The Committee also administers the award of the Guy Blake Hedrick Award
In addition, the Committee seeks to cooperate with and be of assistance to other ARS national committees by providing the viewpoint of exhibitors on matters within their purview. This includes providing comments to the National Horticultural Judging Committee with respect to the judging of horticultural specimens; the National Committee on Prizes & Awards with respect to rose show classes and awards; and to the National Classification Committee with respect to proposed changes in varietal classification. The Committee is also vitally interested in making certain that all roses are qualified to be shown in ARS shows. It therefore seeks to coordinate with the Registration Committee to maintain and carry out the responsibility for the establishment of the approved exhibition names of roses.
The Committee encourages comments and suggestions on all issues of concern to exhibitors. These may be directed to the Chairman or to any regional representative.
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Brief History
The first ARS National Committee on Exhibiting
was established by then President Don Ballin in 1985. Sandie
Morris of St. Joseph, MO was its first Chairman and Dr.
Tommy Cairns was it Co-Chairman and Editor of the
Exhibitors' Bulletin. Its purpose was to develop a working
method of obtaining rose show results from all over the
country and to develop a publication to be published
quarterly with those results, as well as articles of
interest to exhibitors. They were also asked to interface
with the Judging Committee in future judging changes.
During the administration of President Dr. Charles Jeremias, 1988-1991, no Exhibitor's Committee was appointed. However, in 1992, under the administration of President Robert Whitaker, an Exhibitor's Committee was again appointed under the Co-chairmanship of Ada Allcott and Lucille Giglio of Florida. Other members of the Committee were Dr. Thomas Cairns, Bob Gold of Seattle, Ed Griffith of Mobile, Dr. Andy Plasz of Libertyville, IL, Peter Schneider of Ohio and Slats Wathen of Texas. With the administration of Pete Haring, 1994-1997, the Committee was again dropped. It also did not exist under the administration of Jim Hering, 1997-2000.
On the initiative of ARS President Dr. Tommy Cairns, the National Horticultural Exhibitors Committee was re-established in October 2000 under Robert B. ("Bob") Martin Jr, who served as Chairman from 2000 to 2006.