1st July 2008, 02:55 PM
Posted by BAJR Host:
Any regulating body has to be appointed by someone, who will not only determine membership but will also set the remit. In terms of membership, you have certain options:
- self-appointment (like BAJR Host)
- appointment by someone else (e.g. HBMC is appointed by government)
- ex-officio membership (like members of ALGAO or SCAUM)
- democratic election (like IFA Council or Trustees of CBA)
If you go for a democratic process, then you have to define your electorate. If your electorate is 'all archaeologists', then you have to define 'archaeologist'.
Assuming that you want 'archaeologist' to mean someone with a good professional knowledge of archaeology and professionally involved in archaeology, you need to find a way to limit the electorate to that group.
One way to do that is to set up a process to validate the status of all who want to be considered archaeologists.
Follow all that through and, hey presto, you have something uncannily like the IFA!
Of course, you can depart from that path at any point along the line - but you still won't be able to find anyone genuinely independent; it is still just a choice of who they will be dependent on.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished
Quote:quote:The question keeps returning... who to complain to who is truely independent of any group?There is no such thing in the world as 'truely independent of any group'.
Any regulating body has to be appointed by someone, who will not only determine membership but will also set the remit. In terms of membership, you have certain options:
- self-appointment (like BAJR Host)
- appointment by someone else (e.g. HBMC is appointed by government)
- ex-officio membership (like members of ALGAO or SCAUM)
- democratic election (like IFA Council or Trustees of CBA)
If you go for a democratic process, then you have to define your electorate. If your electorate is 'all archaeologists', then you have to define 'archaeologist'.
Assuming that you want 'archaeologist' to mean someone with a good professional knowledge of archaeology and professionally involved in archaeology, you need to find a way to limit the electorate to that group.
One way to do that is to set up a process to validate the status of all who want to be considered archaeologists.
Follow all that through and, hey presto, you have something uncannily like the IFA!
Of course, you can depart from that path at any point along the line - but you still won't be able to find anyone genuinely independent; it is still just a choice of who they will be dependent on.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished