jasonbirder
Member
Presumably, because nobody imagined what was put in the constitution as a relatively innocuous statement of "playing nicely" intended to mitigate against trespass, unauthorised access/removing gates etc etc...would be used by the more cunning of the administrators in an attempt to overrule the wishes of the BCA membership...
Nobody on the pro-CRoW side is tedious enough to make a "splitting hairs argument" about the constitution or that one of the stated "Aims" of the BCA is " obtaining, ensuring, maintaining and encouraging access"
Because neither points were put in that constitution in that spirit...its not about THE LETTER of the LAW its about the wishes of the membership...
And the members obviously and undeniably want the BCA to ensure Cavers have better access...much to the chagrin of many in positions of "authority"
Nobody on the pro-CRoW side is tedious enough to make a "splitting hairs argument" about the constitution or that one of the stated "Aims" of the BCA is " obtaining, ensuring, maintaining and encouraging access"
Because neither points were put in that constitution in that spirit...its not about THE LETTER of the LAW its about the wishes of the membership...
And the members obviously and undeniably want the BCA to ensure Cavers have better access...much to the chagrin of many in positions of "authority"