National Caving Body Announces Historic Breakthrough: Agreement to Discuss Having a Discussion

The British caving establishment was celebrating this week

by Doug Crack

8/1/20211 min read

This week, the British Cabbaging Association (BCA) announced that representatives from several regional organisations agreed to explore the possibility of establishing a working group to consider whether a future meeting might be appropriate.

The breakthrough follows months of negotiations over the wording of a proposed agenda item at the BCA AGM, which some delegates felt implied that a decision might actually be required.

“This is a significant step forward,” explained a spokesperson for the newly formed Council for Slow and Counterproductive Consultation (CSCC). “We have established that there is broad agreement that the matter is complicated, that further consultation is needed, and that nobody should rush into anything.”

Asked what the matter actually concerned, the spokesperson referred Dankness Below to a document outlining the background to a previous document issued by the CSCC's now defunct predecessor, and written by its then chairman who died 18 years ago.

The next meeting is provisionally scheduled for a date to be agreed, subject to confirmation of venue, quorum and whether the previous meeting's minutes accurately reflected the absence of a decision.

Meanwhile, ordinary cavers continue to go underground.

A final decision is expected shortly after everyone involved has retired.