Re: IAM masters/RoSPA gold?
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:55 pm
Yeah, yeah, we can read between the lines ...
"We're bigger than you" - yup, not in question
"We've got externally verified standards" - well yes, in the last 2 years you have
"We've got the Masters that's better than your Gold" - well maybe, but again, only in the last couple of years
"Rospa being better is an outdated idea" - well maybe, but there's actually no need for a willy-waving contest.
My comment was purely tongue-in-cheek, as you very well know. Your signature advertises both standards, yet for some reason despite your protestations you still want to keep saying the IAM is better. Better organised, more profitable maybe. Better at producing high quality drivers, moot. As Rob says, the accepted gold standard was, at least, Rospa Gold. Things may be changing, but there's no reason for us not to try and sing from the same hymn sheet.
I just looked at the Master's Standard, and it appears a worthy document, although, as you implied, it doesn't actually define much of a standard in anything. Perhaps that's why such widely differing results are being achieved, by people we know to be all of a very high standard to start with?
"We're bigger than you" - yup, not in question
"We've got externally verified standards" - well yes, in the last 2 years you have
"We've got the Masters that's better than your Gold" - well maybe, but again, only in the last couple of years
"Rospa being better is an outdated idea" - well maybe, but there's actually no need for a willy-waving contest.
My comment was purely tongue-in-cheek, as you very well know. Your signature advertises both standards, yet for some reason despite your protestations you still want to keep saying the IAM is better. Better organised, more profitable maybe. Better at producing high quality drivers, moot. As Rob says, the accepted gold standard was, at least, Rospa Gold. Things may be changing, but there's no reason for us not to try and sing from the same hymn sheet.
I just looked at the Master's Standard, and it appears a worthy document, although, as you implied, it doesn't actually define much of a standard in anything. Perhaps that's why such widely differing results are being achieved, by people we know to be all of a very high standard to start with?