In reply to redsulike:
The way it works is this. 2 or 3 weeks before the meeting, the chair sends round a email to the access reps, national council reps and the secretary, asking if anyone has anything they want on the agenda. Access reports and a national council report are standing features, but it's always good to have something a bit more interesting to generate some talk.
So we have one area activist, who just happens to be employed by the BMC, writing an article suggesting a fixed belay in the Keyhole Cave at Millstone, and another area activist, who just happens to be an access rep, thinking it would be really bad idea. Seems to be a pretty good topic for a debate. Doesn't meean the "committee", "cadre" or whichever c word you wish to describe us as thinks it a good idea.
Yes I may be a bit defensive, but I really do think Tony's comment was odd and unnecessary, and I think people should be aware of the corrosive nature of criticism of the volunteers who organise the meeting. Trudi has stepped down, Matt is going at the end of the year and I can't get away quick enough. Put your head above the parapet and you get shot at !
In one of your posts you said "All we seem to discuss at the moment is which crag to bolt next". I think discussion is healthy and people should be allowed to have their say, whether they would like more or less bolts. Nonetheless the only crag in which extra bolts have been placed with the meeting's approval is Horseshoe Quarry. Personally I don't see bolts at Millstone as being in any way justified, simply because it's quite obvious plenty of people are quite happy to climb those routes in their current state. Central Butress at WcJ - which was discussed last year - is perhaps a better place to consisder....
Anyway, I can assure you that the committee has no plans to discuss the grid bolting of Stanage until 2015 at the earliest. Actually, given the way the meetings tend to go, it will be more like 2025, or even half past eight