18th June 2009, 01:49 PM
Hello Oxbeast,
I think, but don't know, that the new fed would be open to anyone who signs up to it? but since very few people bothered to discuss membership, who knows! I don't think it was geared originally to be for people already in Groups, but to complement the existing groups as a pressure/lobby/mutual grouping for those who are not in formal or long term employment.
Are we talking about essentially the old BAJR, plus hosting private fora for existing professional groups? I too noticed a distinct lack of traffic on the BWA forum, but maybe all the action is on facebook, I dunno, all this fragmentation into little empires and new media does my head in, I don't have time to check 10 fora/facebook/twitter feeds a day. I pop in here for the jobs really, the rest is all fluff and nonsense at the end of the day. But given it exists, lets all be open and share our views and questions, that is the value in this place, you post a question, or opinion, and get replies from outside your comfort zone, from curators, bosses, students, nutters....
As a freelancer I personally would like a group to help me and my kind within archaeology, an IFA Special Interest Group for freelancers would actually be ideal, and model contracts, T&Cs and the like could be provided cheap if enough signed up to cover the cost.
I thought the Digger's Forum covered a lot of what the Fed wanted to do, but then no-one joined that......
I think, but don't know, that the new fed would be open to anyone who signs up to it? but since very few people bothered to discuss membership, who knows! I don't think it was geared originally to be for people already in Groups, but to complement the existing groups as a pressure/lobby/mutual grouping for those who are not in formal or long term employment.
Are we talking about essentially the old BAJR, plus hosting private fora for existing professional groups? I too noticed a distinct lack of traffic on the BWA forum, but maybe all the action is on facebook, I dunno, all this fragmentation into little empires and new media does my head in, I don't have time to check 10 fora/facebook/twitter feeds a day. I pop in here for the jobs really, the rest is all fluff and nonsense at the end of the day. But given it exists, lets all be open and share our views and questions, that is the value in this place, you post a question, or opinion, and get replies from outside your comfort zone, from curators, bosses, students, nutters....
As a freelancer I personally would like a group to help me and my kind within archaeology, an IFA Special Interest Group for freelancers would actually be ideal, and model contracts, T&Cs and the like could be provided cheap if enough signed up to cover the cost.
I thought the Digger's Forum covered a lot of what the Fed wanted to do, but then no-one joined that......