BCRA NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2024

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BCRA NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2024

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In this newsletter
• BCRA online seminars
• BCRA Science Symposium 2025
• Hidden Earth 2025
• BCRA Membership
• Next Council Meeting
• Supporting BCRA

Mon 09-Dec, 19:30 to 21:00 BCRA Cave Science Seminar
Another in our series of online seminars, via Zoom. Further info at bcra.org.uk/seminars. Last-minute changes to the programme will be posted to our Facebook page.
With: Spyridoula Pappa, Senior Curator of Fossil Mammals, Natural History Museum
Time: Mon 09-Dec 2024, 19:30 to 21:00 GM. Details of this seminar to be confirmed.
It is intended that the seminar series will continue in 2025. Anyone interested in offering a talk or suggesting a speaker / topic should contact the Secretary.

2025 BCRA Science Symposium and AGM The.2025 science symposium and AGM will be held in October at Bristol University, hosted by Linda Wilson and Dave Richardson. We have been able to fix the date as 11/12 October 2025 in Geographical Science . The BCRA AGM will be held at lunchtime on the 11th October 2025 Further information will follow in the January newsletter

2025 Hidden Earth This is still in the planning stage so keep checking there social media and website as dates will be announced soon.

BCRA membership .
The Just Go membership system is now fully operational so when you renew your BCA membership it will be easy to add on BCRA membership. Membership for 2025 will be open on the 1st of December. Membership fees have had to be increased this year due to rising costs.

The next council meeting will be held on the18th.December via zoom 20.00 to 21.30 Further information is available on the BCRA website

Supporting BCRA.
Members will note that there has been a lack of field meetings since the end of Covid restrictions and we encourage anyone willing to organise a meeting to contact the secretary. Further information regarding supporting BCRA is available at the following link https://bcra.org.uk/volunteer/index.html

IT Support
We would also welcome support from members who have experience with IT / web services. The IT team have also identified tasks that could be undertaken by anyone with basic skills, and which would ease the load. If you feel that you can assist, please contact the secretary: bcra-secretary@bcra.org.uk

The next newsletter will be at the end of December 2024