23rd June 2013, 09:29 PM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:As of last week there were 3062 IfA members of whom 900 were student/affiliates.....we have had this discussion before and Dinosaur is insistent that the IfA does not represent the majority of archaeologists. I think Dinosaur should be allowed that privilege.......its an irrelevance. As the IfA point out 75% of voting archaeologists need to approve the Charter petition for it to go ahead. I will be voting in that ballot, Dinosaur won't......
Dino seems to be under the illusion that his way of thinking alone represents all archaeologists and everyone else is some sort of clock-watching part timer, who plays politics in order to climb the greasy pole, while not really caring about the archaeology. At the same time he cares so much he is putting together talks at the weekend, presumably unpaid. Who's the bigger sucker? The IfA member getting screwed over by their organisations lack of effectiveness (discuss) or the person getting screwed over by their employer but convincing themselves it is because they love the archaeology so much? What a shambles all round.