CNCC
Well-known member
**** CNCC Committee Meeting 22nd June, Clapham Village Hall, 9:30am ****
The agenda for this meeting has just been posted on our website, and includes the following items in addition to the usual housekeeping:
(1) An update on the York University Cave and Pothole Club training facility situation.
(2) Constitution: The last major review of our constitution was nearly 10 years ago. Since then various amendments have been made to individual sections, but several areas are perhaps a little out of date, and would look very different if written from scratch today. A complete constitutional review every 10 years is not unreasonable for an organisation. We will be asking for thoughts on whether this is needed (and if so, identifying volunteers).
(3) Finances: You will have seen in a separate UKCaving thread a discussion on BCA finances, and how their cash reserves are not as high as they once were. The CNCC was the largest spending regional council last year, with our annual claim increasing from £4230 in 2022 to £8691 in 2023 (nearly £1.50 per BCA member), partly due to the expansion of our subsidised training workshop program, but also various new-to-caving and promoting caving initiatives, website costs and conservation projects. Unfortunately, we did not pre-notify the BCA of this anticipated increase, which contravened their funding rules. How can we control our spending better to enable greater compliance with BCA rules? Do we need to search for alternative sources of funding to enable greater flexibility in our work?
Attendance:
Our Committee meetings are open to all, you can attend in person with no prior notice (we are usually done by midday). Our meetings are friendly, welcoming and although voting is for Committee only (our 14x clubs and Individual Caver rep), we always welcome input, ideas, suggestions and questions from anyone. If you would like to attend online via Zoom, email our Secretary closer to the time for joining details.
The agenda for this meeting has just been posted on our website, and includes the following items in addition to the usual housekeeping:
(1) An update on the York University Cave and Pothole Club training facility situation.
(2) Constitution: The last major review of our constitution was nearly 10 years ago. Since then various amendments have been made to individual sections, but several areas are perhaps a little out of date, and would look very different if written from scratch today. A complete constitutional review every 10 years is not unreasonable for an organisation. We will be asking for thoughts on whether this is needed (and if so, identifying volunteers).
(3) Finances: You will have seen in a separate UKCaving thread a discussion on BCA finances, and how their cash reserves are not as high as they once were. The CNCC was the largest spending regional council last year, with our annual claim increasing from £4230 in 2022 to £8691 in 2023 (nearly £1.50 per BCA member), partly due to the expansion of our subsidised training workshop program, but also various new-to-caving and promoting caving initiatives, website costs and conservation projects. Unfortunately, we did not pre-notify the BCA of this anticipated increase, which contravened their funding rules. How can we control our spending better to enable greater compliance with BCA rules? Do we need to search for alternative sources of funding to enable greater flexibility in our work?
Attendance:
Our Committee meetings are open to all, you can attend in person with no prior notice (we are usually done by midday). Our meetings are friendly, welcoming and although voting is for Committee only (our 14x clubs and Individual Caver rep), we always welcome input, ideas, suggestions and questions from anyone. If you would like to attend online via Zoom, email our Secretary closer to the time for joining details.
