QUODCUMQUE FACIENDUM : NIMIS FACIEMUS
The views expressed by contributors to the Belfry Bulletin,
including those of club officers, are not necessarily the views of the
committee of the Bristol Exploration Club or the Editor, unless so stated. The Editor cannot guarantee that the accuracy
of information contained in the contributed matter, as it cannot normally be
checked in the time at his disposal.
The usual list of club officers etc., has been omitted from
this B.B. owing to the proximity of publication to the A.G.M. The new officers etc. will be printed in the
November edition.
Editorial
Clarification
With the A.G.M. fast approaching, and bringing, no doubt,
its usual crop of members resolutions and the like, it might be a good time to
prevent any misunderstandings by setting the record straight on a small but
important point recently raised by a member about the status of the current
B.B. team.
In the interests of accuracy, his description of it as the
'Editorial Sub Committee' is not a correct description for two reasons. Firstly, a sub committee is a body set up by
a committee for some special purpose during the lifetime of that
committee. The B.B. team was set up by
last years A.G.M and must therefore be considered (if it is necessary to label
it at all) as a special committee; a working party or a standing
committee. In fact, when the club did a
vaguely similar thing in 1957, they called it the B.B. Editorial Board.
But, coming to the second point, the present team is not an
Editorial board. The chairman of the
A.G.M. made it clear that editorial responsibility and, in fact,
responsibility for the whole team remained within the present editor.
By defining what should be done and who should be doing it,
the A.G.M. chairman was acting in accordance with traditional practice whereby
the basic arrangements concerning the B.B. are laid down by the general
membership of the club at General meetings. Thus, the B.B. is effectively managed directly by the club
membership. Further guidance may be found
in the discussion non the constitution and the B.B. in the minutes of the 1970
A.G.M.
Growth Of The B.E.C.
In this issue, the series of articles lately running is
completed. It would be interesting to
see if any members can draw different conclusions from those in this B.B. As always, correspondence is welcome.