BCA Chair
Member
Hello Everyone
I am pleased to announce that effective immediately, Russell Myers is the Secretary of the British Caving Association.
Russell came forward shortly after I announced my intention to step down last month and is the only person to express any interest in taking on the Secretary role. He will serve as Acting Secretary until the AGM in October, where he can be elected properly. I will be working with Russell to ensure a smooth handover where my input is needed.
We are extremely lucky to have such an enthusiastic and capable volunteer. He has previously served roles in the NCA, the CNCC (chairman from 1988-1998) and the Craven Pothole Club, so his experience stands him in an excellent position. He has my full support.
I am saddened that my vision for BCA?s future was so controversial that it generated both personal abuse towards me and so many opposing AGM proposals, some of which were specifically aimed to drive a few of the people with who I worked most closely out of BCA Council. I'm not cut out or thick-skinned enought for this kind of calculated politics; I just wanted to use what I had learned from six years in the CNCC to try to help BCA Council to make the BCA a slicker and more productive and modern-minded organisation that cavers could be proud of.
Clearly my continued involvement was going to result in a messy and embarrasing AGM and further north-south divisions within our national body. I hope Russell can achieve a better balance of modernisation and diplomacy than I could.
I wish BCA well, and look forward to catching up with many of you around the caving world once things get a little more back to normal.
Best wishes
Matt Ewles
I am pleased to announce that effective immediately, Russell Myers is the Secretary of the British Caving Association.
Russell came forward shortly after I announced my intention to step down last month and is the only person to express any interest in taking on the Secretary role. He will serve as Acting Secretary until the AGM in October, where he can be elected properly. I will be working with Russell to ensure a smooth handover where my input is needed.
We are extremely lucky to have such an enthusiastic and capable volunteer. He has previously served roles in the NCA, the CNCC (chairman from 1988-1998) and the Craven Pothole Club, so his experience stands him in an excellent position. He has my full support.
I am saddened that my vision for BCA?s future was so controversial that it generated both personal abuse towards me and so many opposing AGM proposals, some of which were specifically aimed to drive a few of the people with who I worked most closely out of BCA Council. I'm not cut out or thick-skinned enought for this kind of calculated politics; I just wanted to use what I had learned from six years in the CNCC to try to help BCA Council to make the BCA a slicker and more productive and modern-minded organisation that cavers could be proud of.
Clearly my continued involvement was going to result in a messy and embarrasing AGM and further north-south divisions within our national body. I hope Russell can achieve a better balance of modernisation and diplomacy than I could.
I wish BCA well, and look forward to catching up with many of you around the caving world once things get a little more back to normal.
Best wishes
Matt Ewles