8th December 2008, 08:49 PM
Damn good post there...
The need is to take my original thoughts and to hone them into something that the majority can agree with (otherwise known as democratic process) and that meets the realistic requiremnts of those that wish to join.. I like very much the phrase.. NOT thema nd us.. but us & us. It is only going to be through some realisation that cooperation and openness is not an implied erosion of another group, but a strengthening of all of us.
There is much to think about, much to alter and much to turn into a firm proposal.. after which I would expect a meeting... but the case is made.. the support is obvious, its not a case of if... but how.
I perhaps should clarify the unionised aspect.. (as BAJR will not be a union - after all there is already one.. even if representation seems to be patchy) if people want union representation .. they will have to be unionised... to be a short term contract worker (ie a digger or similar) it can be difficult (but not impossible) - and if you want the Union rights, you will have to be in a union... as BAJR will not be one.
Part of the process will be establishing expectations... what is possible... why is it needed - the how comes later.. you can't create a fully fledged organisation without regard for what the members of the organisation want... and the organisation can't have that process without members... this is an initial consultation... the concept can be formed, the organisation formed, the members join and then... decide on the complete form of the federation.
Even if it is the federation of small businesses/individuals/groups and students/that are in someway involved in the legal frameworks that are current in UK archaeology (but thats..
FoSBIGaSTaiSIitLFtaCiUKarch which perhaps does not roll off the toungue.. :face-huh:
"Gie's a Job.."
Prof. 'Dolly' Parton
The need is to take my original thoughts and to hone them into something that the majority can agree with (otherwise known as democratic process) and that meets the realistic requiremnts of those that wish to join.. I like very much the phrase.. NOT thema nd us.. but us & us. It is only going to be through some realisation that cooperation and openness is not an implied erosion of another group, but a strengthening of all of us.
There is much to think about, much to alter and much to turn into a firm proposal.. after which I would expect a meeting... but the case is made.. the support is obvious, its not a case of if... but how.
I perhaps should clarify the unionised aspect.. (as BAJR will not be a union - after all there is already one.. even if representation seems to be patchy) if people want union representation .. they will have to be unionised... to be a short term contract worker (ie a digger or similar) it can be difficult (but not impossible) - and if you want the Union rights, you will have to be in a union... as BAJR will not be one.
Part of the process will be establishing expectations... what is possible... why is it needed - the how comes later.. you can't create a fully fledged organisation without regard for what the members of the organisation want... and the organisation can't have that process without members... this is an initial consultation... the concept can be formed, the organisation formed, the members join and then... decide on the complete form of the federation.
Even if it is the federation of small businesses/individuals/groups and students/that are in someway involved in the legal frameworks that are current in UK archaeology (but thats..
FoSBIGaSTaiSIitLFtaCiUKarch which perhaps does not roll off the toungue.. :face-huh:
"Gie's a Job.."
Prof. 'Dolly' Parton