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- | ====== BCA AGM Ballot 2021 ====== | ||
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- | **All BCA members whose emails addresses BCA holds should by now have received an email with a ' | ||
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- | If you have not received this email, you should contact the [[returning-officer@british-caving.org.uk|returning officer]] and ask for this to be sent. | ||
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- | Voting will remain open until midnight on Sunday 31st October 2021. | ||
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- | **Please forward this email to your members so that they know to expect an email from BCA regarding the voting.** | ||
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- | ===== ELECTIONS ===== | ||
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- | There are two candidates for Chair, Russell Myers (current acting Chair) and Rostam Namaghi (currently the Publications and Information Officer). You can read their election statements [[https:// | ||
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- | Please take the time to read/listen and form your own views on the candidates. | ||
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- | ===== CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS ===== | ||
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- | ==== 1. ANCHOR SCHEME ==== | ||
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- | The proposal to allow regional councils to appoint their own bolt installers is uncontentious and is supported by the CSCC Equipment Officer, Andrew Atkinson. | ||
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- | ==== 2. ALTERATION/ | ||
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- | This clause prevents the BCA getting involved in the internal workings of a member such as a club, regional council or access body unless invited to do so by the member. | ||
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- | A poll conducted by BCA of its members returned a majorty in favour of the clause remaining unaltered. | ||
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- | There are various alternatives to the current clause, but if you would like to keep the current position of non-interference, | ||
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- | ==== 3. MERGER OF EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING COMMITTEES ==== | ||
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- | This has been included under the heading of Simplifying the Bureaucratic Structure. Although in general, such simplifications are often a good thing, in this case, the inclusion of the merger of these two committees is a complication. | ||
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- | CSCC's Equipment and Training Officers are both against this proposed mergers, as is the BCA's Training Committee. To the best of my knowledge, since the resignation of the previous convenor of the BCA's Equipment Committee, the committee has not met to discuss the proposal. | ||
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- | The CSCC's Training Officer, Dave Keegan, read the following statement at the BCA eAGM on behalf of the BCA Training Committee: | ||
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- | //"The training committee has discussed and is against the proposal as a whole. The issue is with the merging of training and E&C, and the committee is open to becoming a working group. The training committee is open to future discussions to streamline processes and improve the training on offer to the BCA in the future."// | ||
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- | The CSCC's Equipment Officer, Andrew Atkinson, is also against the proposed merger. He believes that the two committees provide different perspectives and that a merger would have the effect of reducing overall safety standards. He has used the following example to explain his reasoning: | ||
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- | ==== 4. 5.& 6. RE-WRITES & UPDATING ==== | ||
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- | All these seem uncontentious. | ||
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- | I am happy to discuss any of the above further if anyone would like to contact me direct. | ||
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- | [[lindawilson@coly.org.uk? | ||
- | CSCC Representative on BCA Council\\ | ||
- | 11th October 2021 | ||
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