Council Members

Council is made up of the following voting Officers and Representatives. These should form part of the BCA’s Council mailing list and should receive all BCA Council circulars including meeting notifications.

Executive: Chair, Treasurer and Secretary

Standing-Committee Chairs (aka Officers): Conservation & Access Officer (C&A) Equipment & Techniques Officer (E&T) Youth and Development Officer (Y&D) Training Officer

Other Officers (without Committees): Publications and Information Officer

Regional Council Reps: Regional Councils should appoint a representative to BCA Council. It is recommended that this is done as soon as possible after each AGM. A regular representative is shown on the website contacts page. If the usual named representative is unable to attend a Council meeting, an alternative representative may take their place. It is the responsibility of the named representative to find a replacement should they not be able to attend and to ensure any relevant documents are passed on.

Regional Councils currently include:

  1. Cambrian Caving Council
  2. Council of Northern Caving Clubs
  3. Council of Southern Caving Clubs
  4. Derbyshire Caving Association
  5. Devon and Cornwall Underground Council

Constituent Body Reps: Constituent Bodies should appoint a representative to BCA Council. It is recommended that this is done as soon as possible after each AGM. A regular representative is shown on the website contacts page. If the usual named representative is unable to attend a Council meeting, an alternative representative may take their place. It is the responsibility of the named representative to find a replacement should they not be able to attend and to ensure any relevant documents are passed on.

Constituent bodies currently include:

  1. William Pengelly Cave Studies Trust
  2. Association of Caving Instructors
  3. National Caving Scout Active Support Unit
  4. British Cave Research Association
  5. National Association of Mining History Organisations
  6. Council of Higher Education Caving Clubs
  7. Cave Diving Group
  8. British Cave Rescue Council

Group Representatives: Up to four representatives of groups/clubs (two-year terms). Current post-holders are listed on the website contacts page.

Individual Member Representatives: Up to four representatives of individual members (two-year terms). Current post-holders are listed on the website contacts page.

The above positions are all voting (hence currently 29 voting positions available). In addition, the following members are invited to meetings and encouraged to take part in all discussions, but do not hold a formal vote on BCA Council:

Working Party Convenors:

Currently these include:

  1. Cave Registry
  2. IT (Information Technology)
  3. CRoW (Countryside Rights of Way)
  4. QMC (Qualifications Management Committee)
  5. Radon
  6. Vision

Other appointed positions:

Currently there include:

  1. Rope-Test Officer (Appointed by Council on recommendation of E&T Officer)
  2. Newsletter Editor (Appointed by Council on recommendation of P&I Officer)
  3. Webmaster (Appointed by Council on recommendation of P&I Officer)
  4. Web Services Officer (Appointed by Council on recommendation of P&I Officer)
  5. Insurance Manager
  6. British Caving Library Rep
  7. UIS Rep
  8. FSE Rep
  9. Media-Liaison Officer
  10. Safeguarding Officer
  11. Membership Administrator
  12. Training Administrator

It should be noted that, although an individual is free to represent more than one Group, no one individual is entitled to more than one vote.

Formally adopted at January 2020 Council Meeting. Last review: 11/01/20