20th June 2008, 10:54 AM
[quote]Originally posted by 1man1desk
"If you come across a piece of bad practice by an IFA member, you know who to complain to. If the archaeologist concerned is not an IFA member, and doesn't work for an RAO, to whom would you complain? And if you found someone to complain to, against what standards would your complaint be judged?"
It might be a bit difficult to implement, and I doubt the IFA would want to do so on the grounds of cost and practicalities, but why can't the IFA at least log complaints against non-members/non-RAOs/virtually anybody. They could even investigate them if they felt like it - although they would have no power to do anything about it if the results of their enquiries were public (at least in archaeological circles) it would be quite useful.
Before anyone says anything, I know it's all sounding a bit 'secret police' and could lead to a lot of unpleasant rumour mongering (the complainee/complainer/complainant, whatever the word is, would have to be recorded as well in some way to try and prevent this, although that of course then puts people off, afraid of being branded trouble makers) but if a unit or an individual is not a member of the IFA or an RAO and have done nothing wrong they shouldn't have anything to be worried about. If the IFA can't deal with complaints about/by non-members in some way it is never going to serve any useful purpose in terms of disciplinary action.
"If you come across a piece of bad practice by an IFA member, you know who to complain to. If the archaeologist concerned is not an IFA member, and doesn't work for an RAO, to whom would you complain? And if you found someone to complain to, against what standards would your complaint be judged?"
It might be a bit difficult to implement, and I doubt the IFA would want to do so on the grounds of cost and practicalities, but why can't the IFA at least log complaints against non-members/non-RAOs/virtually anybody. They could even investigate them if they felt like it - although they would have no power to do anything about it if the results of their enquiries were public (at least in archaeological circles) it would be quite useful.
Before anyone says anything, I know it's all sounding a bit 'secret police' and could lead to a lot of unpleasant rumour mongering (the complainee/complainer/complainant, whatever the word is, would have to be recorded as well in some way to try and prevent this, although that of course then puts people off, afraid of being branded trouble makers) but if a unit or an individual is not a member of the IFA or an RAO and have done nothing wrong they shouldn't have anything to be worried about. If the IFA can't deal with complaints about/by non-members in some way it is never going to serve any useful purpose in terms of disciplinary action.