19th February 2009, 11:02 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by historic building
Or we could have a scheme where units are assessed by an outside body who periodically monitors their work and investigates complaints - by god we already do. Why not just use the RAO scheme as a good number of curators do around the country already.
Indeed we do, but it would appear that curators use the RAO status in quite a variety of ways - do some use it to 'recommend' archaeologist? Others might only subtly hint that RAOs are 'the best', one list I know of only highlights those organisations that are RAOs (by which I literally mean highlights, as in they are shown in a different colour on the list). Kind of makes the status of RAO a bit variable across the country, and therefore ultimately a bit meaningless. Can't curators agree on this? Or do they all actually use the same system while it appears different? Clearly without going round and asking them all I can tell.