It is quite patent that the 62% of BCA members who voted ?in favour? when asked to do so in the ballot have been shafted.
The sole purpose of that ballot was to establish member?s views and to act upon them.
The members voted. There was a result.
Some people didn?t like the outcome and did what they could to frustrate the process at the expense of the majority and especially at the expense of a small number of people who worked hard and tirelessly to fulfil the desires of the majority.
I am quite certain we have all experienced situations where we didn?t get what we wanted. I am equally certain that when we lost democratically to others, we didn?t fire proverbial mortar bombs or behave like idiotic children (recent political events excepted).
Regardless of the intentions of the BCA committee, the matter is now a total shambles and the issue has become obfuscated with technicalities and (to be blunt) crap.
I know some very respectable members of the BCA who voted against the motion acquiesced and agreed to get behind the majority (which is honourable). However, a small number who had persistently sought to de-rail the process are not only now making themselves into a re-incarnation of the devil, they are bringing disrepute upon their fellow colleagues of the BCA. They are also disrespecting the view of the majority.
It is not just shameful, it is an utter disgrace.
The BCA committee should get off the fence, stop hiding behind technicalities, stop pandering to the bitching minority minority (yes, the minority of the minority) and they should stop lurking in the shadows. Grow a backbone and do what the members mandated you to do.
Stop f*cking about.
As for Tim and those other few that have worked hard to progress caving (as per the mandated vote) I would take heart in knowing the majority are with you. Keep pushing forward and ignore the BCA committee and the technicalities. You have a mandate provided by the majority ? use it. If the committee seek to discharge your position then they risk the wrath of the majority. In fact, they would risk the relevance and existence of the BCA itself.
Unless, of course, I have mis-understood the definition of democracy?
Ian