I'm NO registration expert by a long shot, but do have some experience working with the registrar and registration chair extensively during my tenure with AHS. I'm fairly sure the rule 24 must have been enacted since my term as President ended, so since 2015. I'm glad to see this rule, as some hybridizers (who have been named here in previous post) have verbally expressed to me that as long as they used "their" prefix, any previously used name was just fine. That was a prevailing attitude, and has needed changing because of the confusion resulting. So this rule will hopefully be enacted going forward, but we shouldn't expect it to apply retroactively.
Also, a tip for those using the AHS DB. The previous registrar taught me this years ago. DONT type in the full name, since it is so case and punctuation sensitive. Type in the first few letters or a couple words. A few may pop up, but you'll usually find what you are looking for more quickly. For example, I just looked for Cabana Anna and typed in the first 4 letters only. Several names popped up, but I quickly scrolled down and hit the one I wanted.
