9th March 2006, 06:38 PM
I can see the benefits of the IFA becoming a chartered institute but surely they need to address some issues first.
There seems to be a moderately high number of archaeologists who choose not to be members of the IFA or have left (for whatever reasons - surely the IFA should be looking at those archaeologists and ask themselves why? Could they not do an online survey and ask for feedback from archaeologists who are not members and why they are not members? -then attempt to address some of these issues and show willing? To grow as a professional body and eventually be given chartered institute status they need to re-evaluate themselves as a professional body and target those who are not members.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
There seems to be a moderately high number of archaeologists who choose not to be members of the IFA or have left (for whatever reasons - surely the IFA should be looking at those archaeologists and ask themselves why? Could they not do an online survey and ask for feedback from archaeologists who are not members and why they are not members? -then attempt to address some of these issues and show willing? To grow as a professional body and eventually be given chartered institute status they need to re-evaluate themselves as a professional body and target those who are not members.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)