16th October 2005, 11:26 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by troll
Lets not forget guys-PIFA is as far as it goes for coal face archaeologists. AIFA and above is for those report writing and managerial types. Field archaeologists are PIFA and thats yer lot matey. One can have twenty years worth of field experience and have accrued ridiculous amounts of skills and guess what....yep-PIFA.
Quite agree Troll!!.
I hear a rumour however that the IFA 'committee' have been discussing a proposal that MIFA status should be granted to archaeologists with relevant field experience who for various reasons have decided not to accept the 'Black Spot' of archaeological promotion to consultancy, transport management, CV shuffling or tool maintenance managership. If I hear of any developments BAJR will be the next to hear!
Personally I think that the IFA would (overnight) become 100% more popular amongst the 'chattering classes' if it did recognise that field expertise alone was worthy of the highest grade of membership.
I of course, about to enter my 20th year of AIFA-dom, would resist the temptation to have to change my business cards for the sake of an initial.