IfA - A Chartered Institute

[kevin wooldridge]

TO be fair... You would not expect anyone but members to have a voice in whther the IfA become chartered

In general there are lots of bodies and organisations that become Chartered - this weeks list has the MCC and some public school on it. I can imagine that there might well be non-members who have a right to contest an application by a variety of organisations for all kinds of reason. In the case of archaeologists who object to the IFA becoming chartered, they have a choice to either 'put-up or shut-up' and I think that's right. I suspect however, that other than moans to BAJR forum, no-one will protest or contest the IfA's progress to Chartered status in any way at all. That's sadly how archaeology in the UK works....Imagine how powerful as a lobby archaeologists might be if only a fraction of the cant that has been spat at the IfA over the years could be harnessed as a power for good and the general improvement of the profession.