12th August 2011, 01:40 PM
RedEarth Wrote:Certain level of AAIS being made MIfA, certain level being made AIfA etc, but the manner in which the 'equivalent' grades in the AAIS were judged is completely different. So now you have people who are MIfAs on the basis of being able to draw well, which is fair enough, but are they going to change the entry requirements for everyone else? The AAIS members seem to have shot themselves in the foot, and the IfA has hobbled itself by carrying them. So some consultation would have been nice since I now have no idea what the membership levels mean or what the point of membership is.
One hopes and presumes that the grades for former AAIS members were judged in the same way as everyone else, in that it doesn't matter if you can draw well - in the same way that being brilliant at half sectioning a post hole or pushing a wheelbarrow doesn't earn MIFAship: it's based on the level of responsibilty held by the applicant.