Dear hosty any news on your enquiries into the UAFT and a UK branch. The original thread seems to have disappeared.

Little Tim

I know the topic is locked and I respect the right to lock this or delete it completely but can we please have some serious discussion and I would like to raise this point.

?Sniper? (un-named, but we believe this to be Katie Tucker)
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I agree with both sides of the arguments here and being a project manager myself i have worked both sides of the table.

Not wanting to get into a heated argument, i would point out one face that disturbs me greatly.

Mr Johnson, for all your valid comlaints about the vitriolic wingeing on this site that has never been brought to your attention, I am concerned by your above quotation that states "we believe to be. "

Whether or not sniper is who you think she is, i think it only polite to make sure that she IS who you says she is before stating facts about her. In the event that sniper is NOT who you think she is, where does that leave you? Open to libel yourself?

Just my thoughts on the issue, and i fully respect troll's right and David's right to edit my input.

I've always taken my role as pm seriously and realise that despite the constant figures in your head, people are not only figures and profit margins and sick leave.

I follow Dr. Pete and say lets get back to talking bout the units we DO want to work for.

Well done to those that have now brought BAJR into a situation where I could be taken to court. This is a public forum.... think before you type.

If you want BAJR to be here in a month... then think about it

I feel quite sick

cheers



Another day another WSI?

Right-enuff venom and stuff. How many times have we all attended/organised one of those public days and got bored? How about competitions and displays so Joe Public can see we actually do have a sense of humour (behind the ranting). Contributions please....

the red barrows display team-dazzling and breathtaking displays of seat of the pants barrow flyin...red smoke flares/commentary/synchro pairs..

re-arrange the mosaic to make a rude word...

trowel semaphore/throwing/jugglin/
speed sections
blue and white pottery wanging
static portaloo garden displays
surveyors staff javelin (oops HS)
making genitalia out of vertical stratigraphy
rudest word snuck onto a context sheet...
pin the ranging rod on the culture secretaries bum

The IFA does have rules about this - if you think they have been broken, and you have evidence, then report the unit. They have recently shown willingness to discipline RAOs, but they need a complaint and evidence first.

On the specifics you mention (and assuming that the digs in question are commercially-commissioned work) -

Students: some use of students is probably ok, as long as they are a small proportion of the workforce (say, no more than 10%); are supplementary to a workforce that would be adequate without them; are paid; and are not employed in term-time.

Retired amateurs: Again, some use of such people is ok - they often have lots of experience. However, they must be employed, not working as volunteers. They will often be slow and painstaking, which is good for the archaeology but might mean that they are not very cost effective (assuming they are paid).

Graduates of their own training dig: Can't see any problem with that - these are young diggers setting out on a professional career, why should they be banned from working for a unit that provided some of their training?

Overall: Any of the above categories are ok in their place, but if a site is staffed entirely with these kinds of staff, the team will be very unbalanced. They may be cheap but they will probably also be slow, and without sufficient skill overall.

1man1desk

to let, fully furnished

Anybody enlighten me on the current Chair of SCAUM?

who is this masturbation victim?

C`mon then, name the baby.....

Hows about " 21st Century British archaeology; rebuilding a career/profession in ruins"

or " who`s been a naughty trowel then?"

or "who`s been stirring my porridge?" no.It`s not going to go that way...seriously now.....

Having realised that I could`nt possibly put a paper/talk together for the forthcoming BAJR conference without it taking six weeks to present (think you lot have had enough of my mouth already), here`s what I propose....

Somehow, I/we mailshot every unit/uni in the UK simply asking what people would like to see in the way of change in 21st Century British archaeology. I can then present peoples responses. Tis about time that the workforce was asked for their pennies worth. Of course, this means that everyone retains their confidentiality but-we finally get to dip our toes in the tide. Lets do it!

Was discussing this old chestnut t`other day-when did this new fangled idea hit these shores? From memory (old and shot) I seem to recall about 100bc and the Aylesford-Swarling culture. Apparantly, wheel thrown pot was introduced as the result of Belgic influence? Also, visually, how does one tell the difference between clamp-kiln fired pot and that produced in an open firing (bonfire`ish) regime? Ta very muchly....