The British Caving Association

Nonsense. According to such a viewpoint, if I lose my credit card I am no longer a customer of my bank. (Sigh) Perlease! If you must make with the analogies, at least pick one which is both appropriate, and correct. a) If you have lost your credit card, then at some earlier period, you had received...

They are insured because I have notified all their names and addresses to BCA and paid the relevant membership fee for them. They are members. Good for you. I too have paid the relevant fees, back in January, but until I have the BCA's official notification, in the form of a membership card, I do n...

Canda@CSCC wrote:Sorry, Rod, but you're wrong. BCA does not sell insurance.

Mere unsubstantiated opinion, not worth the bytes it's written on.

RodG

However, with the latest post perhaps it is worth reiterating a point mentioned at the last regional council meeting reminding everyone that BCA does not sell insurance and there is no insurance fee. Insurance cover is merely one of many benefits of membership of the BCA. I would like to point out ...

You are right in that the complications of the present system arise in part through the insurance issue, but you are wrong about the cure. I write as treasurer (and de facto membership secretary) of a university club and thus someone who has to deal with all the differing ramifications of the curre...

Two years in, and from my perspective, as a Direct Individual Member, the organisation of the BCA is a shambles. I thought I'd leave it for a bit, following my last post on the shortcomings of the BCA organisation, to let the flames die down, before inserting the ladle and stirring a bit more. I'm ...

Two years in and nobody wants/needs to discuss any aspects of BCA. Does this mean we have got it right, perhaps everybody is completely content with the national body, . Two years in, and from my perspective, as a Direct Individual Member, the organisation of the BCA is a shambles. For about 10 yea...

With Lynne Bailey's resignation, can anybody give some guidance as to how one now deals with updates/changes to a club's list of insured members and how one goes about getting as yet undelivered cards? I was somewhat surprised to read, above, that Lynne Bailey had resigned. As a Direct Individual M...