8th October 2008, 05:52 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by BAJR HostAha!
A full register that subscribes to a set of criteria.. that is self regulating... and has teeth .. now that might just work.
"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers
A set of criteria - what, you mean like a validation procedure?
Self regulating - what, you mean has its own disciplinary codes?
Has teeth - You pretty much have to have a closed profession in order to have teeth! Right now, chuck an individual or an organisation out of IFA and they still have the right to call themselves an archaeologist and get on with charging money.
Sounds like what the IFA have been proposing for quite a while. Obviously, the organisation has a strong argument to be the organisation that administers/organises/runs the system, but no-one I've ever spoken to has ever denied that if archaeology went down this route, the IFA would have to change fundamentally. Doesn't make it a bad thing!