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-====== About BCA ======
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-Welcome to the [[http://british-caving.org.uk|BCA]] Manual of Operations.
-This is a working document detailing BCA's standard operating procedures. Please feel free to browse.
-Minor amendments, to keep the document up to date, should be made regularly. More substantive changes that affect how BCA runs, should gain approval of BCA Council before being made.
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-===== BCA Membership =====
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-BCA is the Governing Body for Underground Exploration in the United Kingdom.
-Membership is composed of [[http://british-caving.org.uk/?page=131|Constituent Bodies]], [[http://british-caving.org.uk/?page=88|Regional Councils]], Groups & Individuals.
-[[http://british-caving.org.uk/?page=131|Constituent Bodies]] and [[http://british-caving.org.uk/?page=88|Regional Councils]] have their own Constitutions and run their own affairs. They carry out certain functions on behalf of BCA and are entitled to send a representative to Council, and all of Council's Standing Committees. They do not pay a fee to BCA. The BCA website has a full list of [[http://british-caving.org.uk/?page=131|Constituent Bodies]] and [[http://british-caving.org.uk/?page=88|Regional Councils]].
-Group and Individual Members join annually and pay a membership fee. This is dealt with by BCA's Membership Administrator. They are represented at Council by four Individual Member representatives and four Club Representatives.
-===== Constitution =====
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-BCA's [[http://www.british-caving.org.uk/?page=79|Constitution]] was last amended in Summer 2010 after a postal vote of the membership, following amendments agreed by the 2010 Annual General Meeting.
-For historical interest copies of the Ballot papers are available: [[http://british-caving.org.uk/wiki2/Documents/Ballot_Group.docx|Group Ballot]] (Word), [[http://british-caving.org.uk/wiki2/Documents/Ballot_Group.pdf|Group Ballot]] (Pdf), [[http://british-caving.org.uk/wiki2/Documents/Ballot_Individual.docx|Individual Ballot]] (Word), [[http://british-caving.org.uk/wiki2/Documents/Ballot_Individual.pdf|Individual Ballot]] (Pdf)
-[[miscellaneous:secretary#Procedure_for_Ballots_on_Constitutional_Amendments|Notes on conducting a Postal Ballot]]