4th November 2005, 02:22 PM
Mercenary,
Yes, the IFA do do quite a lot more now than when they started. Over the years, they have steadily introduced new initiatives, many of them long-term ongoing commitments. Just to give some examples -
- they have published technical and legal guidance papers that could not have got published elsewhere;
- they developed, published and revised Standards and Guidance documents - no one else has even tried (where are you, ALGAO?);
- they published the first minimum wage guidelines, which did result in improvements (wages may be low now, but not as bad as they used to be);
- they developed the first, and so far only, system for the registration and regulation of archaeological organisations;
- recently, they co-operated with the Institute of Civil Engineers to develop a standard contract for archaeological investigations that actually worked, now published by the ICE.
Just a few examples from many. Not all of these initiatives are as effective as we might hope - but then, no one else is even trying. I don't count ranting on a website as trying.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished
Yes, the IFA do do quite a lot more now than when they started. Over the years, they have steadily introduced new initiatives, many of them long-term ongoing commitments. Just to give some examples -
- they have published technical and legal guidance papers that could not have got published elsewhere;
- they developed, published and revised Standards and Guidance documents - no one else has even tried (where are you, ALGAO?);
- they published the first minimum wage guidelines, which did result in improvements (wages may be low now, but not as bad as they used to be);
- they developed the first, and so far only, system for the registration and regulation of archaeological organisations;
- recently, they co-operated with the Institute of Civil Engineers to develop a standard contract for archaeological investigations that actually worked, now published by the ICE.
Just a few examples from many. Not all of these initiatives are as effective as we might hope - but then, no one else is even trying. I don't count ranting on a website as trying.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished