RE: UKNM: chartered status for web professionals

[Felix Velarde]

On 13/10/98 I read:


>> Chartered Status? good idea, but the success of it relies on the

>> certificating authority being trustworthy.


>Peer review for third parties seems like a better approach than 

>direct application: it'll be interesting when the full details emerge.

>Still, I can't help thinking that in this business, you're as good 

>as your last site, and that's what gets you noticed. And given the 

>caballerie of london.new.media, that's what will get you work.


There is, and has been since '96, the very authority that seems to be 

under discussion here, with several thousand members, and based on 

peer review - the Internet Professional Publishers' Association 

(IPPA), at http://www.ippa.org. This body is one of the few that 

generally seems to be universally respected, is actually qualified to 

judge what is and is not 'proper' (most UK bodies are hopeless when 

it comes to their ability to judge, or have been set up purely for 

self-serving purposes along the same lines as most UK awards bodies 

in our 'sibling' industries), and is quite happy to tell you when you 

are wrong, out of line, or have sold your integrity for the price of 

a cup of tea. They keep telling us when we ignore WebTV's browser :(


hope that's of use


Felix Velarde


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