31st March 2012, 07:26 PM
Re Dino and tmsarch's latest posts - *nods* - we all know HERs are under-funded yet I'm struggling to think of many that have been less than helpful for either personal or commercial enquiries. I have no problem with HER charging for the above reasons, and because it's one-off, tied into usage of data agreements and a fairly nominal dent in the vaults of most developments. However I feel quite strongly that there shouldn't be a charge for routine services e.g. some places I know charge for providing a brief, making monitoring visits etc, which seems more than a little cheeky when said curatorial service makes such things compulsory.
What I meant by commercial funding (in addition to Dino's point about vested interests) was more that placing curatorial services in the private sector opened it up to competitive tendering - and then there's a mess so enormous it doesn't bear thinking about :0
What I meant by commercial funding (in addition to Dino's point about vested interests) was more that placing curatorial services in the private sector opened it up to competitive tendering - and then there's a mess so enormous it doesn't bear thinking about :0