2xw
Active member
I am sorry to report that the latest BCA council meeting agenda (for October 12th) includes an attempt by the Council of Southern Caving Clubs to overturn the decisions made by the membership at the last AGM.
On page 15, Alan Butcher on behalf of the CSCC alleges the following:
1. That the decision to appoint me (Will Burn) to the position of Direct Individual Member of council by the membership is invalid. This would boot me out of the BCA council and end my work on the Youth and Development group.
2. That the Youth and Development group "exceeded its remit" when it asked Charterhouse Caving Company to justify banning young people from caves.
3. That club delegates at the AGM were invalid because their letters of representation were hand written.
4. That voting on unopposed candidates at the AGM is invalid because those people should be automatically put in position if they are unopposed.
The amendments are worded differently and I have simplified them, but you are welcome to read them here on page 15:
https://british-caving.org.uk/wiki3/doku.php?id=about:documents:council_meetings:start
If supported, these agenda items set a precedent that decisions made by the membership at the AGM can simply be ignored/overturned within months by regional factions.
The CSCC is actively campaigning to support a ban on young people going caving (or, at least campaigning for the BCA to ignore it), and is actively campaigning to overturn democratic decisions made by BCA members at the AGM, using constitutional minutiae.
I have to ask the cavers who are members of clubs represented by the CSCC.
Are these your opinions? Are you represented well, in this instance, by the attempts here the CSCC to overturn decisions made at the AGM?
One of the key issues with the BCA is the rarity with which it communicates with its members. Anybody who would like to contact me about this or make a comment, feel free to DM me, or approach me for a chat in person at Hidden Earth.
On page 15, Alan Butcher on behalf of the CSCC alleges the following:
1. That the decision to appoint me (Will Burn) to the position of Direct Individual Member of council by the membership is invalid. This would boot me out of the BCA council and end my work on the Youth and Development group.
2. That the Youth and Development group "exceeded its remit" when it asked Charterhouse Caving Company to justify banning young people from caves.
3. That club delegates at the AGM were invalid because their letters of representation were hand written.
4. That voting on unopposed candidates at the AGM is invalid because those people should be automatically put in position if they are unopposed.
The amendments are worded differently and I have simplified them, but you are welcome to read them here on page 15:
https://british-caving.org.uk/wiki3/doku.php?id=about:documents:council_meetings:start
If supported, these agenda items set a precedent that decisions made by the membership at the AGM can simply be ignored/overturned within months by regional factions.
The CSCC is actively campaigning to support a ban on young people going caving (or, at least campaigning for the BCA to ignore it), and is actively campaigning to overturn democratic decisions made by BCA members at the AGM, using constitutional minutiae.
I have to ask the cavers who are members of clubs represented by the CSCC.
Are these your opinions? Are you represented well, in this instance, by the attempts here the CSCC to overturn decisions made at the AGM?
One of the key issues with the BCA is the rarity with which it communicates with its members. Anybody who would like to contact me about this or make a comment, feel free to DM me, or approach me for a chat in person at Hidden Earth.