15th June 2005, 10:45 PM
Many thanx to all. Of course, my prompts were just that. I agree with Dr Wardle, pay and conditions/structure and career prospects must be central to our first event. I do however, feel that it is equally imperative that we approach the issue of archaeology in a commercial environment/accountability/value for money and the cessation of hack and slash archaeology in favour of developers and, the issue of under-resourced and un-armed, hog-tied curators. I also agree that it is extremely important for us to get together soon to discuss detail and, set a time and a place for the conference. I envisage a conference spread over a number of days (weekend in September 06?) to facilitate the range of potential sessions and more importantly, to give all an opportunity to offer a view.