18th October 2005, 10:10 AM
I tend to agree with Sith, but it does end up being a chicken and the egg thing - the IFA can only achive true validity and power in any archaeological debate when it has a significant number of members, who will only be willing to join once the IFA is seen to achive these goals. So in the end, those diggers out there that can afford the monthly subs should join, see what happens for a while, then make an informed decision about what good the IFA can do. It might be worth pushing the point that IFA memebership is tax deductable and maybe making more of a thing of what the IFA does provide (I myself have made frequent use of their very good legal line when poleaxed by legalese in contracts). Maybe the IFA should look into making itself a more attractive proposition to traditional field archaeologist in other obvious and meaningful ways (bulk buying kit for resale, subsidised stuff ??).