> As for the debate re close connections with the NCA / BCRA. They are
> currently in negotiations to call themselves Underground Britain reflecting
> the wide range of interests they are representing . NAHMO will also remain
> as a constituent body and have similar status to the regional Caving
> Councils under the present negotiations.
>
> I still have the view that there are opportunities to align aspects of NAHMO
> interest into the proposed structures equally I fully realise and so do the
> Caving Organisations recognise that NAHMO has a very definite function to
> represent a much wider range of interest other than just underground
> exploration and so may it continue.
I fail to see why NAMHO, supposedly representing serious scientific research
(archaeological and historical) on mines, need have anything to do with
so-called 'underground explorers' who are often responsible for destruction
or removal of scientific evidence.
Ian
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