11th March 2009, 11:56 PM
Quote:quote:ALGAO is not a 'union', it is the Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers - who are responsible for HERs.Please explain the point why HER's, CBA and all other organisations signed up to the PAS agreement yet ALGAO did not. I'm sorry I do not understand.
Quote:quote:Unfortunately if you want to develop this proposal you will have to find out who is who, and deal with them, in order to better your chances of making it acceptable to the broader archaeological communityI don't think that is correct about being acceptable into the broader archaeological community.
The archaeological community has been harping on that our data is not passed on to HER's when all along the offer has been there. PAS wouldn't accept it... so other ways are being tried to get the important historical information onto the archaeological record.
Take a look at the false statements made about UKDFD in the Night Hawking Survey. We have published a statement regarding these (something we have never done before) and would like to have the facts corrected as that is what the public and UKDFD expect and deserve in a governmental official document.
We have received one email which to be honest wasn't satisfactory in addressing the issues we raised about the Night Hawking report.
Why UKDFD was even mentioned in such a report beats me and PAS was praised and exalted. Do you see my point.
The UKDFD's data transfer document is a well thought out proposal and is also based on agreements that are already in place with other archaeological organisations and the HER's who have signed up to those agreements.
So lets cut to the chase...
Does the archaeological community want the data that is offered or do they want to stall and use political arguments and save maybe their pride by not accepting it?
Are you not guardians of our history??
If only you knew Paul the loops, hoops and hurdles and other runarounds we have been given you would see how frustrating and hypocritical I am personally finding the certain circles of the archaeological community to be.
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