22nd September 2005, 02:37 PM
Good point Sith.
The issue here is that the IFA is quite a small organisation, and it cannot go out and check up on every project run by every unit. It sets down rules, makes units show the procedures they have in place to implement them (annually), and monitors on an occasional basis. That is actually quite a lot to do.
If a unit transgresses, the IFA can only take action if someone makes a complaint to them and can back it up with evidence. They have recently demonstrated willingness to take action if they do get a complaint (cf de-registration of Archaeological Solutions). I hope that no one is asking them to de-register RAOs when there is no actual evidence presented! Gossip on this website does not constitute either a formal complaint or evidence. So - go and complain!
All of the above applies, more-or-less, to every professional body in the country (with the possible exception of the General Medical Council). The only significant difference at the IFA is that too many members of the profession stay outside the IFA, complaining that it is too weak while making sure that it stays that way.
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The issue here is that the IFA is quite a small organisation, and it cannot go out and check up on every project run by every unit. It sets down rules, makes units show the procedures they have in place to implement them (annually), and monitors on an occasional basis. That is actually quite a lot to do.
If a unit transgresses, the IFA can only take action if someone makes a complaint to them and can back it up with evidence. They have recently demonstrated willingness to take action if they do get a complaint (cf de-registration of Archaeological Solutions). I hope that no one is asking them to de-register RAOs when there is no actual evidence presented! Gossip on this website does not constitute either a formal complaint or evidence. So - go and complain!
All of the above applies, more-or-less, to every professional body in the country (with the possible exception of the General Medical Council). The only significant difference at the IFA is that too many members of the profession stay outside the IFA, complaining that it is too weak while making sure that it stays that way.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished