Andy Sparrow said:
Devon & Cornwall Underground Council - not much information of the website. Please could somebody advise me on the following:
How does it work?
Who are the officers?
How and when are they elected?
Who is eligible to join?
Is a copy of the constitution available?
DCUC is the regional council for Devon & Cornwall, working within the BCA framework.
In short we aim to Work to foster cooperation between all parties with an interest
in the underground world of Devon and Cornwall
As others have said and I'm sure many will realise we are not one of the major caving regions however the region has many mines.
Interest in running DCUC has been minimal for many years and has traditionally fallen to members of the 2 long standing caving clubs within Devon, Devon Spel?ological Society and Plymouth Caving Group. During the last 3 years our Chairman Dave has been working on developing relationships with a number of the Cornish Mining groups with some of them now represented at meetings. Our relationship with these groups continues to develop, and we would welcome anyone with a interest in the underground to get in contact.
DCUC act as access controlling body for a number of caves and mines in our region (mainly Devon and East Cornwall) and anyone wishing to gain access to one of these sites should contact our Access Officer Roger who will provide advice and keys if required to gain access to DCUC locations, he can also direct individuals to others with knowledge of other locations.
Note. Other groups and individuals control access to underground locations within Devon & Cornwall outside of DCUC.
We aim to make access as easy as possible whilst working with landowners.
As you would expect we do have a constitution, Officers are elected at our AGM normally held early each year.
We plan to hold 3 meetings a year February AGM, July and October open committee meetings.
Our last 2 AGM's have been in Liskeard, Cornwall and this years will also be in Liskeard.
Other meetings have been in Plymouth or Buckfastleigh.
Our main committee post are
Chairman - Dave Warne - chairman@dcuc.org.uk
Secretary - Jason Pain - secretary@dcuc.org.uk
Treasurer - Roger King - treasurer@dcuc.org.uk
Access - Roger King - access@dcuc.org.uk
We welcome anyone interested in the underground in our region to our meetings, and would welcome your input,
we are a small group, not perfect, but doing what we can.
Jason Pain
Secretary DCUC