20th October 2008, 02:40 PM
The adoption of the new trading name 'Institute for Archaeologists' (IfA) was voted on by all the members present at the AGM last Wednesday (supported by a lot of proxy votes), together with the strapline 'A professional institute for the study and care of the historic environment'. The reasons for a name change have been debated by members for some time, and go to the heart of the type of professional institute that the IfA wants to become - that it should become. This idea was embraced by the members who voted for the change. Other resolutions were then passed which made changes to IfA documentation (such as the Code of Conduct) to reflect the same idea: that the IfA is not just for Field Archaeologists.
I identify myself as 'a field archaeologist' and I support the changes that have been implemented.
Hal Dalwood
I identify myself as 'a field archaeologist' and I support the changes that have been implemented.
Hal Dalwood