13th April 2005, 08:22 AM
ok lets summarise...
1) Most diggers don't feel IFA or Prospect represent their interests.
a) The perception being that these institutions are primarily
made up of "office" archaeologists not field archaeologists.
And what has been said many times in different ways, is these
institutions are only concerned with the opinions of its
active members, no real surprise there.
2) That leaves diggers with two options:
a) Try and change IFA / Prospect, in the face of "Political
carnage".
b) Head off into the sunset and setup an alternative.
Personally I'm for the political carnage, but if people are serious about setting up a serious alternative then people have got to start thinking/ talking about:
a) How do we set one up?
b) How do we make it recognised?
c) Who's going to run it?
d) How do we pay them? (if at all??)
and many, many, many, other questions...
Stig
dead cat tell no lies
1) Most diggers don't feel IFA or Prospect represent their interests.
a) The perception being that these institutions are primarily
made up of "office" archaeologists not field archaeologists.
And what has been said many times in different ways, is these
institutions are only concerned with the opinions of its
active members, no real surprise there.
2) That leaves diggers with two options:
a) Try and change IFA / Prospect, in the face of "Political
carnage".
b) Head off into the sunset and setup an alternative.
Personally I'm for the political carnage, but if people are serious about setting up a serious alternative then people have got to start thinking/ talking about:
a) How do we set one up?
b) How do we make it recognised?
c) Who's going to run it?
d) How do we pay them? (if at all??)
and many, many, many, other questions...
Stig
dead cat tell no lies