26th July 2010, 08:06 PM
Well, getting the funds out of the clients to do any sort of public access work is the responsibility of the Project Manager, is it not? I am afraid that, in my experience, I know of a number of PMs who just can't be arsed to include this sort of thing or don't want to have to ask their clients for more than is necessary. I suspect they have got into the cosy habit of getting their clients to pay for the barest minimum. I know this might be the subject of a different thread, but I do think that in many regards the PMs have too much authority in archaeology. Ok, some of you are going to say, of course they do - they are the interface with the clients. But I fear that I do not believe that all PMs are strictly doing everything that is necessary for the good of archaeology. There - I've said it...