4th January 2006, 11:56 PM
Churning out new standards and guidelines when we all know that they are regularly ignored is pointless.Talking to BAJR is commendable but one man out of 6,000? Standard contracts have been in place for years.A newsletter to the Society of Antiquaries has what impact on the problems in current commercial practise exactly? Effective action within two weeks? 1man1desk-you recently suggested that I provide the IFA with one example of a breach of codes of practise/conduct and then wait 6 months.When most field projects can be as short as a couple of weeks, any intervention is simply too little too late.Six months? You really don`t do them any favours as a volunteer marketing officer sir.There are some horrific problems in commercial archaeology and there has been for years.The IFA have not moved to confront those issues once to my knowledge. Before I came to archaeology as a profession, I worked in industries where accountability was paramount and, codes of practise strictly adhered to and yes-enforced.Since working in archaeology-I`ve never seen anything quite like this before.All I am asking is that the IFA honour their own mission statement.Or retract it.
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)