2xw said:
How large would it need to be? Few of us are probably going to turn up
Can CIMs vote or is it only DIMs?
Will
Well 29 people turned up last time, including the non-voting chair and secretary, so 30 might do it...
Both CIMs, DIMs and honorary members (I think?) can vote in the house of individuals bit.
Any BCA 'group' can vote in the groups bit I think, so any club, 'access controlling body', the CDG etc. I represented my Uni club last time - one of only two Uni clubs and only 5 clubs in total, which is pretty embarrassing... (and also means that if CHECC organized getting a member from every Uni club to turn up, they could probably swing a lot of votes)...
Other voting groups in attendance were the regional access bodies (CNCC, CSCC, Cambrian CC, DCA, FODCCAG, Charterhouse CC), the Cave Diving Group, the Association of Caving Instructors and the Association of Scout Caving Teams.
So yes, the Big Decisions made last year were made by 27 voting members and 15 groups, of which only 6 were caving clubs... only 6 caving clubs in the entire UK bothered to get representation at the AGM... frankly the fact that I wielded 1/6th of the voting of every caving club in the UK last year is somewhat terrifying!
(I may have erroneously expanded some acronyms and/or miscounted - original source, the draft minutes
http://british-caving.org.uk/wiki3/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=about:documents:general_meetings:agm_minutes_2016.pdf )