10th April 2005, 02:47 PM
It depends what you mean by "full member". If you mean MIFA, or indeed AIFA, then yes, you will need a number of years experience iat a certain level of responsibilty. A PIFA however only needs 6 months experience, with a degree, at any level (if level is the correct word).
All three grades are Corporate, i.e. have voting rights, and are all therefore full members.If all diggers joined then perhaps it would better reflect the interests of that group.
I see what they are trying to do by having different grades, but many other professions abandoned them long ago - you are either an architect or you're not, for example.
It would be less divisive perhaps if ALL full (corporate) members were MIFAs. To denote experience, responsibility and maybe specialization they could have a system like the BAJR CV list, akin to the Assoc of Arch Illustrators.
All three grades are Corporate, i.e. have voting rights, and are all therefore full members.If all diggers joined then perhaps it would better reflect the interests of that group.
I see what they are trying to do by having different grades, but many other professions abandoned them long ago - you are either an architect or you're not, for example.
It would be less divisive perhaps if ALL full (corporate) members were MIFAs. To denote experience, responsibility and maybe specialization they could have a system like the BAJR CV list, akin to the Assoc of Arch Illustrators.