9th April 2009, 11:10 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by oldgirl
You could contact the IfA if you considered that the information contained within the website breached the Code of Conduct. http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/ic...onduct.pdf
However, I'm not sure which of the principles (if any) would be breached by this.
It may be that this person is working with other professionals in the area. I've certainly been part of a small organisation that set up a loose working agreement and supported each other on larger projects. They may also have people lined up for when any particular project starts up. I've also been involved in running a quite big organisation (up to 50 odd people) where the majority of the work was managed from a one bedroom house.
So, really, they may be entirely above board! Why are you worried about it though? Are you concerned that they may undercut on price and then not be able to do the job?
Thanks Oldgirl for those very sensible points. Perhaps I am over reacting and being mean, and largely it does come down to being undercut by someone who may or may not be claiming things that cannot be substantiated. It is the level of non-information that I find annoying, it makes it difficult to interpret what is actually going on. When all that clients are interested in is the cheapest price this sort of media manipulation makes a huge difference.
I also find it difficult to understand how anyone working from their house can be adequately equipped to carry out anything but the very smallest projects as it strikes me that it would be very difficult to, for example, deal with finds and samples in a professional manner. Do curators not consider this a cause for concern? There seems to be two conflicting attitudes - we want to be seen as professional, but there is allowed to be a certain amount of ad hoc near-amateurishness (spell check!) as well.