16th March 2011, 02:17 PM
P Prentice Wrote:whilst agreeing that there are indeed far too many bodies with vested interests it is worth remembering that the CBA is the only body with genuine links to, and concerns with actual people - you know the public, the ones who really own it.
I'm not convinced they have as much contact with real people beyond enabling people who come to them (i.e. that section of the public who are already signed up supporters of and participators in achaeology) to link up with the sort of service they're looking for e.g. a local/regional/specialist group, publications or excavations/fieldwork. But surely all organisations who operate within and in association with archaeology and heritage should have this broad public interaction at the centre of their various agendas for exactly the reason you state.