TRACCE no. 4 supplement
IFRAO proposed resolution
July 18, 1996
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Whereas, The IFRAO Convener used IFRAO letterhead on March 24, 1995
to propose a private research contract for himself and another individual
with EDP Portugal;
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Whereas, The IFRAO Convener used IFRAO letterhead on March 24, 1995
to state to EDP that "if the [Coa] art were shown to be post-Palaeolithic,
its importance would diminish dramatically and the controversy concerning
its preservation would be largely resolved;"
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Whereas, The IFRAO Convener published an article in Antiquity using
the IFRAO organizational identification and that article contain misstatements
of other's research, unfounded opinion, opinions not approved by the IFRAO
member organizations, and direct personal attacks on many respected members
of the international rock art community;
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Whereas, The IFRAO Constitution explicitly states in Article II, Section
1: Members of IFRAO are organizations, not individuals;
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Whereas, The IFRAO Constitution explicitly states in Article II, Section
4: IFRAO shall promote high scholarly standards of rock art research and
publication;
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Resolved, That the IFRAO member organizations find that the use of
the IFRAO name in private consulting and the tone of the Coa publications
of Convener Robert Bednarik are in direct opposition to the constitution,
goals, and spirit of IFRAO;
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Resolved, That the IFRAO member organizations censure Convener Robert
Bednarik and hereby direct him to cease using the IFRAO name in the publication
of personal opinions not approved by the IFRAO member organizations;
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Resolved, That if a majority of IFRAO member organizations are not
represented at the 1996 meeting, those present and voting ask the 1996
IFRAO President to conduct a mail ballot of all member organizations and
report the results of that vote to the member organizations and the Convener
in a timely fashion, but no later than the 1997 meeting.
Submitted by William D. Hyder
President, American Rock Art Research Association
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