5th June 2008, 11:01 AM
Who should we target our as yet unenlightened wrath at- Molas seem to be part of a Group that seems to be a schedule two exempt charity (Charities Act 1993) governed by the Museum of London Acts, 1965 and 1986 with twenty Governors on the Board of the Museum, ten of whom are appointed by the Prime Minister and ten by the City of London (resident voting population about 6000 and then some extremely odd mandate involving all directors of dodgy London registered firms) and as of 6th April 2008 they say that they are jointly funded by the Greater London Authority which is headed by Boris Johnson as Mayor of London (who might be a bit mifted he as he does not seem to be doing any important appointing of governers, and the City of London Corporation with a Mr David Lewis as its current Lord Mayor. The new Molas web site still gives the impression that they get funding from the Department for culture, media and sport that they were claiming to be part of until they changed their web site ((although the agreement would appear to have run out in 2006, what has been happening for the last two years)).
This is how their Director described themselves back in 2002 to the All-Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group Committee on the state of archaeology in the 21st century:
MoLAS is an archaeological contracting unit ? nobody in the unit likes the word ?contracting? ? that provides professional archaeological services to the property sector in the context of town and country planning and environmental planning requirements. It provides a wide range of services, from advice through to field work and carrying out land surveys. We effectively spend most of our time integrating multidisciplinary research into construction programmes. Our focus is trying to delivery meaningful results for cost-effective archaeology, which has a significant impact on our competitive position in today?s market.
Spotting the archaeologist in this beast gets even harder, the ifa claim that Molas are also an RAO (although you cant always tell as they may not have paid their fees yet)
This is how their Director described themselves back in 2002 to the All-Party Parliamentary Archaeology Group Committee on the state of archaeology in the 21st century:
MoLAS is an archaeological contracting unit ? nobody in the unit likes the word ?contracting? ? that provides professional archaeological services to the property sector in the context of town and country planning and environmental planning requirements. It provides a wide range of services, from advice through to field work and carrying out land surveys. We effectively spend most of our time integrating multidisciplinary research into construction programmes. Our focus is trying to delivery meaningful results for cost-effective archaeology, which has a significant impact on our competitive position in today?s market.
Spotting the archaeologist in this beast gets even harder, the ifa claim that Molas are also an RAO (although you cant always tell as they may not have paid their fees yet)