Paul Barford
10th July 2006, 01:14 PM
[from the "what do you think? thread]
quote:Originally posted by garybrun
Of topic... what is happening regarding waiting for information from Mr M Heyworth regarding the COP. Information that is coming back to me is telling me that some people have been telling "porkie pies" and miss quoting certain individuals??? Dodgy I think!!!
I presume the matter referred to is the concerns that were raised by certain detectorists about the statement in the original CoP press release issued by the BM that the Code of Practice for Responsible Metal Detecting would become compulsory for NCMD membership. As I understand it, to clarify this issue, a statement was issued on their website by the NCMD denying this, but that statement has now (it seems) disappeared.
On the other hand, Roger Bland writing in the latest Rescue News just out {alongside a number of other statements I find extremeley questionable, but this is not the place ...} "The NCMD is committed to making adherence to the Code a condition of membership" (RN 99 Summer 006, p. 5). Is this a continuance of the misinformation discussed here earlier? Or have there been other developments to which Roger Bland is party which supercede the NCMD statement on this matter issued at the beginning of May?
Paul Barford
quote:Originally posted by garybrun
Of topic... what is happening regarding waiting for information from Mr M Heyworth regarding the COP. Information that is coming back to me is telling me that some people have been telling "porkie pies" and miss quoting certain individuals??? Dodgy I think!!!
I presume the matter referred to is the concerns that were raised by certain detectorists about the statement in the original CoP press release issued by the BM that the Code of Practice for Responsible Metal Detecting would become compulsory for NCMD membership. As I understand it, to clarify this issue, a statement was issued on their website by the NCMD denying this, but that statement has now (it seems) disappeared.
On the other hand, Roger Bland writing in the latest Rescue News just out {alongside a number of other statements I find extremeley questionable, but this is not the place ...} "The NCMD is committed to making adherence to the Code a condition of membership" (RN 99 Summer 006, p. 5). Is this a continuance of the misinformation discussed here earlier? Or have there been other developments to which Roger Bland is party which supercede the NCMD statement on this matter issued at the beginning of May?
Paul Barford