5th March 2009, 05:09 PM
One thing should be clear, this is not an organisation to replace any existing group.. ie.. the IFA or FAME etc...
This is a group that is designed to represent those that are not represented as a whole... the individual or small group..
So I have voted for both... though again, it should be clear that the contracted field staff and the small business have different needs, and so will require different handling.
Expectations are not overnight changes.. but very very quickly a mandated organisation can start the process of representation. BAJR will no longer be one person.. (well, to be exact, BAJR will be) but a membership organisation (current name BAJR Archaeological Federation) that has representatives from each section mentioned above - acting for the benefit of members : whether to ensure employment contacts are available, that information about small business guidance is available, and importantly, communicating to members and allowing members to communicate, ask for help, etc. To be present at meeting that affect all of us and to be a collective voice for those that previously were less heard from than (hopefully) now.
?When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.?
William Blake
This is a group that is designed to represent those that are not represented as a whole... the individual or small group..
So I have voted for both... though again, it should be clear that the contracted field staff and the small business have different needs, and so will require different handling.
Expectations are not overnight changes.. but very very quickly a mandated organisation can start the process of representation. BAJR will no longer be one person.. (well, to be exact, BAJR will be) but a membership organisation (current name BAJR Archaeological Federation) that has representatives from each section mentioned above - acting for the benefit of members : whether to ensure employment contacts are available, that information about small business guidance is available, and importantly, communicating to members and allowing members to communicate, ask for help, etc. To be present at meeting that affect all of us and to be a collective voice for those that previously were less heard from than (hopefully) now.
?When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.?
William Blake