It was with some sadness that I read the new secretary's report posted just yesterday. It confirmed pieces of information I heard around the BCA stand at Hidden Earth. Namely that the BCA webservices and IT group convener, David Cooke, was refusing to adopt the mandate passed at the BCA AGM. As I understand it he has refused, on several times of asking, to hand over access to BCA systems as directed. What is there to hide?
That an officer of BCA should point blank refuse to accept the instruction of an AGM is bad enough but this is the same guy that likes to bring up arguments based on the minutiae of the constitution to delay and deter matters that he doesn't agree with.
It is sad because most comments around the BCA stall at Hidden Earth were quietly positive about the direction BCA was taking. There were a number of comments put in the suggestion box (and which appear in the published P&I Officer report) that suggest it is just this sort of thing that puts people off the BCA.
So if a council member of BCA is refusing to carry out the clear mandate of the AGM how can he possibly remain in post?
Link to reports here: https://british-caving.org.uk/wiki3/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=about:documents:council_meetings:council_meeting_12th_october_2019_reports.pdf
That an officer of BCA should point blank refuse to accept the instruction of an AGM is bad enough but this is the same guy that likes to bring up arguments based on the minutiae of the constitution to delay and deter matters that he doesn't agree with.
It is sad because most comments around the BCA stall at Hidden Earth were quietly positive about the direction BCA was taking. There were a number of comments put in the suggestion box (and which appear in the published P&I Officer report) that suggest it is just this sort of thing that puts people off the BCA.
So if a council member of BCA is refusing to carry out the clear mandate of the AGM how can he possibly remain in post?
Link to reports here: https://british-caving.org.uk/wiki3/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=about:documents:council_meetings:council_meeting_12th_october_2019_reports.pdf