[Paddlewise] BCU Federalisation

So I was reading my copy of Canoe Focus and had some questions after 
reading about the BCU Federalisation on page 45.
Just to give some background, last year it was proposed and agreed 
that the BCU and the English Canoe Associations should not one 
organization. It was felt by many of the outside of England that the 
money generated through fees wasn't going towards programs outside of 
England. Also insurance that was grated to BCU coaches is only good 
if your in the English Canoe Associations or UK but you still paid 
the same fees if you were not. I may be a little off on the insurance 
conditions but bottom if you got your coaching certificate here and 
get injured or sued they will not be helping.

After reading the article I'm not completely sure I understand things 
and wanted to see if others in PW may have a better understanding of 
what's being done. This is how I saw it: The US will be setting up it 
own division of elected people and will be run independently of the 
head office (BCU -UK) but will be governed by a set of rules setup by 
them. If this is True then  what roll will the Norkapp trust be 
playing in all this. it was my understanding they were originally 
setup as a conduit for US relations with the OLD BCU. I'm hoping 
things will continue to improve with the BCU in the US as I like the 
organization.

JFF
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