27th January 2006, 03:22 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by beamo
If a curator writes a Brief and requests that contractors should be IFA RAO or 'IFA standard', then how is 'IFA standard' assessed and by whom. Is the curator going to ask an non-RAO contractor to provide the same level of information to them that an RAO has to present to the IFA ? Surely the only people who could assess whether a contractor is 'IFA standard' are those that sit (or have sat) on the IFA RAO Committee.
In a less compicated way the same thing applies with regard to those Briefs that require the fieldwork to be directed by an MIFA 'or equivalent'.
Beamo
Yes it would be difficult to stipulate that they are RAO or equivalent because, as you say, only those that sit (or have sat) on the IFA RAO Committee know how to judge that.
What I can do is check that they follow the IFA codes of conduct and standards and reject the work if they don't.
I would have to have a long sit down with our legal department before I even thought of saying that they had to be RAO.
When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces, I just know they're about to jab me with something.