1st March 2006, 09:07 AM
As opposed to just talking about them?
It depends on definitions - and I think I was being sloppy with mine! (mea culpe)
To address an issue I meant discuss the problem, agree on the causes of the problem, discuss soultions, decide on best solution(s) and formulate a strategy to get those solutions implemented, and then do those actions. And there have already been many conferences and reports (think APPAG) which cover these areas.
The point is that whilst conferences can be very useful, they complement any strategy to improove thigs, and should not be seen as a goal in their own right.
I personally think that it would be a shame if the oppertunity of the BAJR conference just ended in 150 archaeologists telling each other how bad things are and were, in a kind of '150 yorkshiremen sketch'
which to my mind would fail to address any issues, and hardlyconstitute action
It depends on definitions - and I think I was being sloppy with mine! (mea culpe)
To address an issue I meant discuss the problem, agree on the causes of the problem, discuss soultions, decide on best solution(s) and formulate a strategy to get those solutions implemented, and then do those actions. And there have already been many conferences and reports (think APPAG) which cover these areas.
The point is that whilst conferences can be very useful, they complement any strategy to improove thigs, and should not be seen as a goal in their own right.
I personally think that it would be a shame if the oppertunity of the BAJR conference just ended in 150 archaeologists telling each other how bad things are and were, in a kind of '150 yorkshiremen sketch'
which to my mind would fail to address any issues, and hardlyconstitute action