14th September 2005, 07:33 PM
I think that it would be fair to say that the varying arms of the "profession" have some pretty skewed views of eachother`s roles. It would be nice to see if we could all explore some common ground, concentrate on moving things forwards and in particular, come up with some sort of reallistic agenda. I feel that as a bottom line, field archs are simply asking to be accepted as the specialists that they are and, not seen as the muck-shovelling muppets of the 19th Century. In the same light, I assume that consultants, in the spirit of reciprocity, are fed up with being labelled as the parasitic element of the equation. So, to move forwards...lets get together, put our differences aside, discuss agendas that are close to our hearts and try to do something tangible about them at the forthcoming conference. Best wishes and happy ceasesfire to you all!