9th November 2013, 01:40 PM
P Prentice Wrote:ifa has 3000 voices and you have listened to how many?
Apologies for yet another post, but this comment really does exemplify what I, and others, have been on about. Yes I'm new to this game, but I do work in an environment populated by an itinerant workforce. Most of those I've spoken to have been about, working around the country for various units, so collectively are probably closely connected to a large proportion of the commercial workforce. I've also done a bit previously on volunteer projects. So, I've seen a good cross-section of those who work in the field. The IfA may have 3000 voices, but to my knowledge that does not include most of those who are out there day in and day out getting cold, wet and covered in mud actually producing the data that those in their nice cozy studies can sift over and produce their lucrative theories. So, again, slightly patronising and sadly indicative of an attitude that sounds warning-bells about the competence of those supposedly vested in the power to further our aims. Address this issue, and yes there have been suggestions as to how this could be done, and maybe we can move on. Stick with that attitude that those that disagree do so because they don't know any better will only reinforce the divisions and hasten the fragmentation of this industry. Your choice - actually listen to what is going on out there or become a dictatorial irrelevance.