24th June 2013, 08:43 AM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:My interpretation of the Charter petition is that it's 75% of those who vote that is required and not 75% of the membership....
Hence my comment above, it'll be the same tiny proportion of the membership who normally vote (judging by the turnout in previous votes they've had) - and they are presumably the 'active' can-be-politically-arsed minority, no evidence their views are representative of the membership as a whole. The Chartership thing should have to be 75% of the whole membership. Who actually comes up with these figures for how many people there are in the industry? And indeed how? Am not aware we ever reply to surveys, and can remember a conversation a while back with the guy who runs another outfit who has never even been surveyed on the subject! Can't be the only one. They making the numbers up?
Doing lectures is cos I said yes, not cos anyone told me to, certainly wouldn't do it for free as a work activity - but as a personal enterprise, am having to use a day's leave to deliver it at the far side of the country, that'll be £30 in petrol too, no lecture fee... - hate doing the bl**dy things, but not much point digging stuff up it you're then going to keep it secret - oh, sorry, forgot, apparently we just do archaeology as a 9-5 job for the money, not cos we're interested in it, must remember that....