26th July 2006, 06:02 PM
I've never been asked to do anything for the PAS, but have done other similar things for free - including giving talks, helping with surveying and fieldwalking, a bit of digging, archive help, etc. Some of this I can wrangle through work, some not.
For me, it's not really a lot of time and I think that the benefits to the profession of showing accessibility and openess is invaluable. I would also rather see people do something under instruction once, so that they can see what best practice is and can manage a good job on their own the next time.
As a one off it wouldn't bother me personally, but if it became an expected committment I would probably suggest someone else...
cheers
ML
For me, it's not really a lot of time and I think that the benefits to the profession of showing accessibility and openess is invaluable. I would also rather see people do something under instruction once, so that they can see what best practice is and can manage a good job on their own the next time.
As a one off it wouldn't bother me personally, but if it became an expected committment I would probably suggest someone else...
cheers
ML