It needs to be done.
The largest single gathering of cavers within the UK is at Hidden Earth and yet no attempt has been made to gather opinions at it.
BCA has between 5000 and 6000 members and an income of about ?125,000 yet decisions at last year's AGM were decided by 29 participants. With so few people attending, it will only take one small club to turn up in force at an AGM to outvote everyone there and get their own agenda through.
Some people on this forum have suggested that our caving organisations benefit those that run them. A cynical view perhaps but after what happened to me last year, I have to agree that some people representing British Caving are in it for themselves and their mates at the expense of other cavers.
It was dissappointing to see so much written about what CNCC should be doing and yet when it came to the AGM, only one new person put themselves forward to stand on the committee. It is no good shouting from the sidelines, if you want change then you need to put yourselves forward to do the work.
Power corrupts.
Time that we limited the duration of the main positions within BCA, BCRA and the regional councils.
We also need to limit the positions occupied by any one person across BCA, BCRA, regional councils and GPF.
Time for some democracy within UK Caving.
Can we have an Online Ballot of BCA members for BCA and regional councils on a regular basis ?
Similarly for BCRA members.
Why do we have so many physical meetings or is it to deliberately limit the participation ? Online meetings ??
Our caving organisations need to be transparent, representative and democratic.
Their primary purpose should be to secure the future of Caving for everybody and not just the few.
If they fail to do this then those that have the time and will need to change our organisations or create new ones.
Evolution or Revolution ?