OK, lets look at this more seriously.
Firstly, as I'm considering the credibility of an organisation that apprears to be claiming some kind of professional authority, let me tell you what qualifies me to comment.
I'm a professional in the health care services. I trained and graduated from university, to obtain my qualifications, but that's just the academic part. In addition to the "letters", I also had to be approved by the registering body of my profession. That took 3 years of practice to gain my licence, during which I had to demonstrate competance accross a range of skills, to numerous peers already registered and licenced. Since gaining my lincece, I and all others in my profession, have to continually demonstrate competance, on penalty of having our licence suspended or revoked. We can also, of course, be struck off the register, for malpractice or a severe breach of the code of professional practice. This is rattified by parliament and written into law.
OK, so lets look at this regulating body.
Firstly, let me say, I think the bushcraft industry, could well do with some kind of regulation, at the very least, guidance for practice and I have nothing against attempts to bring this about in a professional and propper manner.
This pseudo-organisation appears to be the brainchild of either one man, or a group of perople. While maybe not a bad idea, it's execution here is severely flawed.
A couple of key points.
By what authority are these people placed in this position of judgement?
What is thier code of practice?
Application seems to be arbitrary.
Why is application is granted or refused by an anonymous person (webmaster@)?
Application appears to be granted or refused for arbitrary reasons by (webmaster@).
Where is the bricks and mortar headquarters?
What is the address of the organisation?
What is the telephone number of the organisation?
Who are the fellows/members of the board - what are thier names?
By what authority/qualification do these fellows sit in judgement?
What is the criteria for acceptance/refusal?
Have the overseas members been vetted? If so, how is that done (or more to the point, how is it proven)?
Oh, dear, the list goes on and on. So, what this organisation is asking, is that you submit yourself before Solomon for his judgement. However, therew are no guidelines, no rules, nothing written, no specific qualifications, either academic or experiential, no appeal. It would seem it's simply "you apply, tell me why you think you should be accepted and I'll decide if you're good enough".
Well, I'm sorry, that isn't good enough.
Any organisation like this needs to set out clearly what thier requirements for qualification are, then accept ALL applicants who meet those requirements and refuse ALL applicants who do not meet them.
There should at the very least be a bricks and mortar name and address to write to, or a contact name of a real person. Webmaster@ is absolutely inadequate...
Oh, I could go on and on with this but whats the point?
It's possibly a reasonable idea in concept at least, that has been ill thought through and poorly executed. It does more harm than good to the industry IMO. It's a joke. An attempt at some kind of masonic boys club, nothing more.
These are my thoughts alone and have nothing whatsoever to do with BcUK.
If the owner of that site thinks my comments are unfair, I'd be more than happy to discuss it with him/her in person - that is if he/she is a real person.