When you come down to the practicalities of the site, a lot of what FW and BN say make sense, and in fact are a matter of necessity. It amounts to a format whereby...
1. We use the platform to run one or a few of our own campaigns (someone can offer to be lead campaigner/coordinator/editor in each case if they want, and Thornborough, naturally, would be one of them)
2. We entertain applications from others to join us and publicise their own campaigns (that should give us an endless source of discussion fodder here).
3. We devise a BRIEF Charter and/or a Campaign blueprint ("legal, decent, honest and truthful" etc) that we and others must conform to, and we publish it for all to see (reducing the scope for criticism).
4. We keep the focus on Prehistory, but include other stuff if it happens to be associated.
Plus, a couple of my own suggestions:
5. We should be Ireland as well as UK.
6. We should consider running "generalised" campaigns (eg, planning reform, metal detector control)
7. We should have an "Urgent Action" feature, where different sites can be periodically highlighted ( a means to prick the conscience of the authorities by showing a photo without necessarily having to run a detailed campaign).
8. The site should have no forum, but a link back to here. This is an important issue. I can't see that TMA would be willing to be associated with the new site, nor wish to see our discussions move elsewhere, but if this forum is the discussion area for the new site then both sites will benefit.
