2nd November 2005, 02:33 PM
IFA representativeness:
Troll and Mr Hosty want the IFA to represent and communicate with the whole profession, and Troll won't join until they do (see their previous posts).
However, the IFA is a professional institution. It is funded by the subscriptions of its members, and its duty is to represent and communicate with them. If the whole profession joins, the whole profession will be represented and communicated with. Anything that is on their website is available to you just as it is to me, so presumably what you want is IFA mailings. However, if all archaeologists were to receive IFA mailings without joining, then I personally will be subsidising them through my subscription - why should I do that?
If you want the IFA to reform, or to be more pro-active, then join it and take an active part. Staying outside and carping from the sidelines only weakens it further, perpetuating the situation to which you object, without actually promoting the cause of reform at all.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished
Troll and Mr Hosty want the IFA to represent and communicate with the whole profession, and Troll won't join until they do (see their previous posts).
However, the IFA is a professional institution. It is funded by the subscriptions of its members, and its duty is to represent and communicate with them. If the whole profession joins, the whole profession will be represented and communicated with. Anything that is on their website is available to you just as it is to me, so presumably what you want is IFA mailings. However, if all archaeologists were to receive IFA mailings without joining, then I personally will be subsidising them through my subscription - why should I do that?
If you want the IFA to reform, or to be more pro-active, then join it and take an active part. Staying outside and carping from the sidelines only weakens it further, perpetuating the situation to which you object, without actually promoting the cause of reform at all.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished