>As a past Chairman and Secretary of NAMHO, I too would like to add my thanks
>for the often unremarked (and therefore unthanked) efforts of Ivor, Wes and
>Rob. Ivor has taken an active part from the birth of NAMHO in 1979, but Rob
>and Wes have also been active since the 1980s. Between them, they have
>spent many hours and put in lots of miles on our behalf.
Mike,
I would second that. Much of the work by NAMHO on behalf of the mining
history community goes on behind the scenes.
There are now new officers in place, familiar names and faces, who will
continue to work for the benefit of mining history and all it constituents.
NAMHO will not become 'a subservient part of the caving world'. It will
engage with national caving organisations in considering areas of common
interest, like mine exploration, and through those organisations seek to
influence the conduct of cavers in respecting the archaeology and
conservation of mines. But there are many other issues to consider which
have little or no connection with 'caving' - historical, archaeological and
environmental - and these will receive the full attention of NAMHO council.
As vice chair that is my agenda and I doubt Mike would disagree.
> "executive meetings are [to
>be] held in Society areas at least once every 18 months".
The feeling of Council was for a circulation of meetings around the mining
areas of the British Isles - visiting the societies on their home ground.
The meeting at Dolaucothi this weekend was certainly a success with
significantly more representatives present than at previous meetings in the
English midlands.
Peter
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