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The Artificial Cave was donated by Entre-Prises UK in 2010. As part of this an agreement was signed by BCA. (info needed)
A trailer was subsequently purchased by BCA along with various other bits and pieces. The Artificial Cave is now available for use by BCA Members, providing they are willing to abide by certain conditions outlined during the booking process. (copy needed)</description>
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General Principles

	*  Complaints should be treated seriously and investigated.
	*  Complaints should be resolved as quickly as reasonably practical given the volunteer nature of the organisation.
	*  Anyone involved in a complaint (either as the person being complained about, or the person making the complaint) should be given the opportunity to state their case.</description>
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The British Caving Association's Constitution may be found at the link to the main website, as agreed at the National Caving Association (BCA’s predecessor organisation) Special General Meeting, 1st November 2003 and subsequently amended at the 2010, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 BCA Annual General Meetings.</description>
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In respect of employees of BCA, it should be noted that where the disciplinary matter relates to an employee's work or where the BCA may be brought into disrepute by the actions of the employee, then the matter will be handled in accordance with current employment legislation and their contract of employment, rather than this procedure.</description>
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Sub-Section 11.5 of the Constitution bans use of the BCA logo without the permission of Council.

The following organisations have been given this permission:



	*  Sports Financial Services Ltd.
	*  Jardine Lloyd Thompson
	*  Entre-Prises Ltd.
	*  all Constituent Bodies</description>
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BCA Membership is split into 4 categories: Individuals, Honorary, Groups and Associates.

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Individuals

Individual Members join annually as either:

	*  Club Individual Members (CIMs)
	*  Direct Individual Members (DIMs)

Individual Members are represented on Council by four Individual Member Representatives.</description>
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Making or Amending Policy

BCA Policy is used to guide BCA in all its operations and, as such, is very important. Any new policy or changes to existing policy must, therefore, be ratified by the AGM, and only then following extensive consultation to ensure that the planned policy does not conflict with the complex layers of BCA's work.</description>
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Guiding Principles:

	*  BCA wishes to encourage publications.
	*  Anything published by BCA should be professional in layout and accurate in content.
	*  Nothing should be published that conflicts with the work of another part of BCA.</description>
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Representatives are vital to the smooth running of BCA. They help ensure the interests of all Constituent Bodies, Regional Councils and Committees are accommodated. However the role can be very demanding, particularly when immediate spur-of-the-moment decisions are requested at meetings. Therefore the following principles should apply to Representatives:</description>
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Artificial Cave

Complaints Process

Constitution

Copyright

Data Protection

Disciplinary Process

Employees

Head-Office

Logo Use

Membership

Policies &amp; Statements

Publishing a Document

The Role of Representatives

Web Services

Website</description>
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Follow the link for the Web Services Website</description>
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