26th October 2011, 02:00 PM
trowelfodder Wrote:So does this mean that we are now moving close to membership of the IFA being compulsory?
And will this change the status of the organisation?
Will it be become a chartered institution and is this the position that they are aiming for all along by engineering this situation?
To be honest, it has been my feeling since this issue was raised (Council policies requiring RAO's, MIFA to undertake work) over ca. 10 years ago that this would eventually become the case. I did post a similar issue ages ago (back in 2004). I have my own reasons for not joining the IFA, I don't dispute that some of their aims are useful, yet I do not always support their aims nor do I feel like I should be forced to do so and feel that they far from represent field staff. Obviously these issues have been thrown around in the forum (s) for yonks.
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