16th March 2011, 07:06 PM
Quote:dig deep unit - you might get a grant (3 wishes)That did make me chuckle... nice one :face-approve:
Seriously though. Before this gets into a bash the CBA / defend the CBA thread, which will be counter-productive, to return to the main thrust of this.
I do agree with P Pentice that a cut to the CBA is a cut to archaeology. However, what are the CBA doing to be inclusive? I was at a conference a couple of weeks back, and my ire was raised when the IfA CBA Academics etc all decided to work together to protect funding and to move more into community projects because - and I quote - there is HLF money to be tapped into.
Now, call me a cynic, but thats not why you do something primarily... and certainly looks bad if it is because other funds have dried up...
Like everything there has to be changes, the CBA is a grand organisation, but times have changed, and sadly, just being a grand organisation does not cut it anymore when there are cuts to be made. If they can list the objectives, explain the importance, seek to be part of a whole rather than the whole. They can be part of teh future... indeed should be... but it must be deserved. :face-huh: Remember this is not just about the CBA, it is about the Digger in the field, the staff in the office, the jobs at county and National level. Lets keep it concerted, and focused on all of us.