YOU BE THE JUDGE (or the clerk)
The 2025 judging seminar will be held on July 26 from 9AM-4PM at the Corralitos Women’s Club. Sign-ups coming soon!
The address is 33 BROWNS VALLEY RD, CORRALITOS, CA, 95076
You are requested to bring your ADS Classification Handbook, your ADS Guide to Judging Dahlias and your questions. Learn about the vagaries of hue, tint, fade, blend and bleed. How to value a long snaky stem over a stubby thick neck? How much to deduct for ratty leaves? Who should attend? EVERYONE! Anyone interested in learning more about our favorite flower should attend. Your benevolent dahlia society will pay your attendance fee—that’s how important it is to have better informed members. Come see some of the new dahlias; meet bloomerati from other societies; share stories. Consider becoming a candidate judge. Attrition has depleted our trove of treasured senior judges; we need new minds learning discerning methods. If not a candidate judge, consider volunteering as a clerk who accompanies our judges.
Judges need clerks! Clerk trainings will cover:
How to fill out an entry form.
How judges mark a completed entry.
What stickers go on what forms and where.
How the judged entries are recorded on the paper clerk sheets.
How the judged entries are entered into the tally spreadsheet
Technical requirements for phones to be used for direct entry
How to set up a phone for direct entry
How to access the tally spreadsheet from a phone for direct entry
How to navigate the phone interface for direct entry
Clerk Training Dates: Dates Coming Soon!
Central Coast: TBD
San Francisco (DSC): TBD
Monterey Bay: TBD
San Leandro: TBD
JUDGES should try to attend the trainings as well so you are better able to help your clerks. These trainings are also an excellent opportunity for growers new to showing to learn about the entry forms and judging process even if they decide not to clerk.
For DSC members who want to learn to clerk, the Zoom link will be in the Deborah’s DSC August newsletter.