26th October 2011, 01:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 26th October 2011, 01:19 PM by kevin wooldridge.)
Vulpes is right... the IfA announced a while back that it had received a legal opinion to the effect that curators could be justified in excluding non-RAOs. I am sure I mentioned this on BAJR at the time, but can't for the life of me find the thread right now....
......such a policy doesn't necessarily discriminate against new units. The RAO system is based on the principle of a responisble IFA member rather than the organisation itself, so the obvious answers for a 'new unit' are 1) make sure you are compliant with the IfA RAO rules, 2) make sure you have a 'responsible' (MIFA) grown-up in a position of authority, 3) Apply for RAO status. I note that some RAOs are infact 'single person' so I guess size is not everything...
I think the arguments of not trusting the IfA, not wanting to become a member etc etc are perfectly valid and I know some folk feel that the IfA have let them down in the past, but if the rules of the game say that we are now playing with a round ball on a big green pitch, then that's the rules of the game....I don't think anything is going to persuade the IfA that they need to consider the wishes of the recusants above the aspirations of its members. Especially if those aspirations are supported by law, rather than the laissez-faire situation that now governs archaeological standards.
......such a policy doesn't necessarily discriminate against new units. The RAO system is based on the principle of a responisble IFA member rather than the organisation itself, so the obvious answers for a 'new unit' are 1) make sure you are compliant with the IfA RAO rules, 2) make sure you have a 'responsible' (MIFA) grown-up in a position of authority, 3) Apply for RAO status. I note that some RAOs are infact 'single person' so I guess size is not everything...
I think the arguments of not trusting the IfA, not wanting to become a member etc etc are perfectly valid and I know some folk feel that the IfA have let them down in the past, but if the rules of the game say that we are now playing with a round ball on a big green pitch, then that's the rules of the game....I don't think anything is going to persuade the IfA that they need to consider the wishes of the recusants above the aspirations of its members. Especially if those aspirations are supported by law, rather than the laissez-faire situation that now governs archaeological standards.
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