What we need is for Derek to re-kindle TACCA and take over the world!!!!
I honestly couldn't give a rat's ar$e about being a member of a body that it isn't compulsory to be a member of in order to carry out my trade.
Being a SM franchisee I'm an affiliate member anyway, so I suppose some of my franchise fees goes towards that... don't know how it works to be honest and couldn't care less!!
I think that "publicly available standard" thing a couple of years ago was a step in the right direction, and who knows it might pave the way for a compulsory body like Gas Safe for plumbers. I'd happily pay for membership if the general public perceived that you were a cowboy if not a member.
So for the time being the status quo remains the same. And apathy reigns supreme in our trade, as always