7th October 2011, 02:41 PM
BAJR Wrote:Sad but true... but often the other 96% ( I suppose in real terms it must be 98%) of the archaeologists in the UK... will grumble and complain... or do they fully accept that tehy are powerless? or that there is no point in voting?
However, the election result can obviously only be determined on the basis of votes cast. If only 4% of IFA members bothered to vote, then all you can do is count those votes and declare those with the most to be the winners. You can't really say 'well, only 4% voted, we'll run the election again until we get a decent turnout'. People who are members of the IFA had the opportunity to vote, if the majority chose not to exercise this right, then they can't really complain about the people that were elected, as they had the chance to influence this but decided not to. Similarly, people like me, who are not members of the IFA, can't really complain that we weren't given the chance to vote - if I decide not to join a club, I can't really expect to be included in its election process, or to complain if I don't like the result.
You know Marcus. He once got lost in his own museum