7th August 2011, 12:56 PM
Wax Wrote:Chiz I am sure there are many like yourself who work tirelessly behind the scenes in a very diplomatic way . But hand on heart why did you have to set up the Diggers Forum and why have so many previous members of the IFA left? Where arnt the IFA ( as an organisation rather than vocal individuals within that organisation) more vocal in the more public facing media ? I have no wish to flog a dead horse and in my own way I do stand up for and take an active part to support the profession. It just isn't through the IFA
If you are faced with apathy by the majority you must ask yourself why
Afraid I'm with Wax, part of the problem is IFA - 'we set the standards and everyone else has to comply with them, and once/if we get chartered status you'll all have to pay up and become members or join th dole queue'....who put them in charge? Archaeologists (particularly the digging end of things) tend to be a pretty independent lot and IFA's not going to get much more participation than they currently have until they get off their high horse - certainly not from me or anyone I've talked to recently anyway. Sad but reality
