The quoted statement below is from the SUSS committee. We have been asked to pay for high risk advice (from a non-caver!) as a condition of being allowed to continue as a University club. Needless to say we're not playing that game, so may well get kicked out. We'll keep the forum posted as campaign ideas develop but shall we say that being nice and reasonable hasn't worked.
"After trying to close some sports clubs at the university Usport
has admitted the threatened sports clubs back into the union
without funding and having to finance their own high risk safety
advice. Sheffield University Speleological Society (SUSS) would
thus have to pay a minimum of £200 for safety advice through Max
Holiday and Associates despite the fact that we have already
organised our own high risk advice through Nigel Atkins CIC
(Derbyshire Caving Assosciation training officer). The committee
believe this is too dangerous a precedent to set for all universities
and sports clubs and as such is refusing to pay for high risk
advice, when it is available free of charge through the DCA.
If you would like to support SUSS the vice chancellor's details can
be found here: http://www.shef.ac.uk/vc/ "
"After trying to close some sports clubs at the university Usport
has admitted the threatened sports clubs back into the union
without funding and having to finance their own high risk safety
advice. Sheffield University Speleological Society (SUSS) would
thus have to pay a minimum of £200 for safety advice through Max
Holiday and Associates despite the fact that we have already
organised our own high risk advice through Nigel Atkins CIC
(Derbyshire Caving Assosciation training officer). The committee
believe this is too dangerous a precedent to set for all universities
and sports clubs and as such is refusing to pay for high risk
advice, when it is available free of charge through the DCA.
If you would like to support SUSS the vice chancellor's details can
be found here: http://www.shef.ac.uk/vc/ "
