1st November 2005, 03:56 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by 1man1desk
The purpose of the RAO scheme is to uphold archaeological standards, not to recruit individual members.
I think that it is fantastic your organisation has 100% IFA membership. I know of a number of RAOs that will pay the annual subscriptions for IFA members. Again a good thing and I am guessing an incentive to non-IFA members to join.
However, (and this is probably a matter of semantics), the RAO scheme in itself does not uphold archaeological standards. The IFA says 'The RAO scheme is a by-law of the Institute. It does not itself define detailed standards for best practice; instead it provides a general control against which the adherence to
professional standards can be judged'
As for whether the RAO scheme could be construed as an incentive to recruit new IFA members... Section 2 of the Application form for RAO status asks what the applicant organisation does to 'actively encourage individual IFA membership'.