BCSF Committees Four standing committees deal through the year with ongoing Federation functions:  A Publications Committee edits and publishes the Federation’s quarterly newsletter, the BC Caver, which contains trip reports, cave surveys and information on activities, conservation issues, and other topics of interest and is distributed (primarily online) to all members of member organizations.  First Nations Advisory Committee has a role in liaison between the caving groups and First Nations with respect to caves and karst  A Records Committee has responsibility for collecting and maintaining records of BC caves and caving activities.