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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>"<SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I
would be most interest to know why David has such a jaundiced view on bells
advisors. <O></O></SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">It is true that
there are many different standards amongst them in how they go about their jobs,
what they regard as their brief and so on but I’ll bet that everyone of them
thinks they are doing a good job, whatever the rest of the of the ringing
fraternity may think about them. So HOW would you go about appraising
DBA’s?"<BR></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
color=#000000>Afraid I have a very jaundiced view of the CofE generally. There
are plenty of decent people at grass-roots level, but as an organisation I've
found it to be thoroughly unpleasant, arrogant and unwilling to answer
reasonable questions about its procedures (or lack of them).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
color=#000000>Anyway, to the specific question, I think the first point is that
they should be appointed fairly - i.e. the position should be openly advertised,
and any applicants should have to display an appropriate level of
knowledge - which could be measured with something such as getting them all
to inspect a particular ring of bells and write a report on them, in addition to
looking at their previous experience with bells.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
color=#000000>As regards ongoing assessment, it is of course not easy but
something along the lines of questionnaires to a selection of clergy / PCCs /
ringers at churches where they have advised, professionals who have carried
out work, etc would be a start. If there was a problem, this would probably
emerge.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
color=#000000>I'm certainly not saying that all bells advisers do a bad job -
many are excellent. However I do think that the situation, as certainly does
occur, whereby a diocese needs a bells adviser and somebody suggests old Fred,
or whoever, and he gets appointed for an open-ended term with no appraisal, is
wrong - he may be really good, but equally he may be hopeless and still stay in
the position for years.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
color=#000000>David</FONT></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>