27th February 2014, 10:40 AM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:... for the new CIfA to have any creditbility it cannot allow either self certification or direct transfer of current members.For sure. However, if current members cannot transfer their status or self-certify under the new system, who will certify them? Will it not just result in a "you certify me, I'll certify you" situation? Even if some sort of standard is agreed on by the membership as a whole, who is going to be signing off to say such-and-such a member is certified (or certifiable: your mileage may vary)?
It seems the archaeological world is plagued with both a lack of authority and a distrust of authority (both for very good reasons).