17th November 2011, 05:25 PM
But to be fair (to me!!) that wasn't what you wrote.
You wrote 'Even if it was desirable to restrict archaeological work to ROs there would need to be considerable changes to the IFA to introduce some form of reporting system so that Curatorial services knew who was and wasn’t a member' My reply showed it is easy to see who a member is, just by looking at the IfA web site.
I accept the point though regarding where RAOs might be willing to work...but I think its a little like London cabs, until you ask you can't be certain if any of them are willing to go south of the river...even the ones right on your doorstep might turn down a job for a small householder if they couldn't cover their costs...
You wrote 'Even if it was desirable to restrict archaeological work to ROs there would need to be considerable changes to the IFA to introduce some form of reporting system so that Curatorial services knew who was and wasn’t a member' My reply showed it is easy to see who a member is, just by looking at the IfA web site.
I accept the point though regarding where RAOs might be willing to work...but I think its a little like London cabs, until you ask you can't be certain if any of them are willing to go south of the river...even the ones right on your doorstep might turn down a job for a small householder if they couldn't cover their costs...
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