Dave Tyson
Member
Hmmm. Ballot closed at midnight yesterday. It's now 21 hours later. No sign of any white or black smoke on the BCA website so are the 6000 votes still being counted or is there a problem?
Dave
Dave
Deafing silence on the BCA ballot
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As I understand it the vote counting is very quick. With only the few postal votes taking a little time. I expect those charged as returning officers have to check things through and pass on the results to the exec. It may be that over the weekend some have other duties to perform which may slow things down a bit. Council members have been told that we will get to hear the result shortly before it goes public. Nothing yet, but to be honest I wouldn't expect an announcement over the weekend. We'll see.
tony from suffolk
Well-known member
Didn't Johnson & The Tories win?
BCA Chair
Member
Dave, the ballot finished at 23:59pm on Friday.
Please remember most people in BCA are volunteers and don't work 24-7. I already give about 8-10 hours per week to the role but I do like to keep my weekends for the more fun side of caving... i.e. the underground bit
The results will be announced in the next few days, just a few postal ballots to add on and a statement from our Returning Officer to put together.
Please remember most people in BCA are volunteers and don't work 24-7. I already give about 8-10 hours per week to the role but I do like to keep my weekends for the more fun side of caving... i.e. the underground bit
The results will be announced in the next few days, just a few postal ballots to add on and a statement from our Returning Officer to put together.
GarDouth
Administrator
Dave Tyson said:
Perhaps Dave, if you'd like things to move swifter you'd like to take up one of the vacant volunteer roles in BCA and give up some of your time to help. You will find all you need to get involved here: https://british-caving.org.uk/wiki3/doku.php?id=vacancies
Dave Tyson
Member
I apologise. I had assumed most of the votes would be online and so the computer would tally them and there would only be a 100 or so paper votes - this is clearly not the case.
As newstuff points out I did 3.5 years as CCC secretary and 4 years as newsletter editor and still do the day-day administration of the CAL agreement. I have to write the end of year report for NRW in a week or so.
I was out on a wet and windy Tuesday this week taking photographs and surveying Cwm Cynfal Copper Mine so I could write an 8 page report to submit to the Snowdonia National Parks authority in opposition to a hydro scheme which would probably destroy some of it and make the adit inaccessible.
So I will pass on a BCA post for a little while yet, but would not rule out applying in late 2020
Dave
As newstuff points out I did 3.5 years as CCC secretary and 4 years as newsletter editor and still do the day-day administration of the CAL agreement. I have to write the end of year report for NRW in a week or so.
I was out on a wet and windy Tuesday this week taking photographs and surveying Cwm Cynfal Copper Mine so I could write an 8 page report to submit to the Snowdonia National Parks authority in opposition to a hydro scheme which would probably destroy some of it and make the adit inaccessible.
So I will pass on a BCA post for a little while yet, but would not rule out applying in late 2020
Dave
alastairgott
Well-known member
Dave Tyson said:
Good to hear you're still on it with the surveying Dave.
nearlywhite
Active member
Dave Tyson said:So I will pass on a BCA post for a little while yet, but would not rule out applying in late 2020
Those are famous last words
Graigwen
Active member
Dave Tyson said:
As the mine is well downstream from the abstraction point is it the pipe that threatens the mine?
(I have happy memories of surveying Cwm Cynfal as a Cu/Pb/Zn prospect almost half a century ago. The proposed level of abstraction would, I think, diminish the amenity value of the falls. It is a beautiful little area.)
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Dave Tyson
Member
Graigwen said:
Yes, it's the pipeline and roadway which would be very close to the line of the vein and would pass over some of the area which was worked. There have been changes since the description by Bick and some collapses have meant that the accessible bits are a lot smaller. Interestingly the archaeological survey which was commissioned as part of the application said that most of the surface stuff was quarry and just mentioned a small rectangular pit as a possible site of the mine. They missed the glaringly obvious adit and spoil trail down to the river - probably deliberately. The resident bats weren't mentioned in the biological survey either... Looks like an attempt at a stitch up, but WMS and NAMHO have also objected. I would interested in any details you can recall to compare the changes that have taken place - please PM me if you have any useful info
Dave
