Members to be given vote in May on new governance structure for Scottish Rugby

Scottish Rugby President, Ian Barr, is to call a General Meeting in May to propose a new governance and organisational structure of the Scottish Rugby Union.

Following a presentation by the Standing Committee on Governance (SCOG) to Council, Ian Barr has informed members of his intention to call a General Meeting in May to present a motion and the rationale on the SCOG governance proposal and to then seek the approval of members to progress with the proposal.

Scottish Rugby Council Governance Task Force Disbanded

The Scottish Rugby Council have announced that their governance Task Force has been disbanded.  This follows last weeks public announcement that Scottish Rugby Board would not engage with the group until after the AGM and Ian Barr was President.

Governance Review - Board Update - 23rd April 2020

An interesting update to Clubs today from the Scottish Rugby Board, covering topics such as the AGM, Covid-19 and the governance task force.

Governance Task Force Update - 21st April 2020

The Governance Task Force have issued the following update on 20th April:

President Dee Bradbury Updates Clubs on Governance Task Force

Following the decision of the Scottish Rugby Council to set up a Task Force to address governance issues within Scottish Rugby, President Dee Bradbury has today provided Clubs with an update.

Scottish Rugby Council Taskforce on governance confirmed

Scottish Rugby’s President Dee Bradbury will convene a taskforce comprising of Council and Board members to consider the governance of Scottish Rugby. Their findings will be presented to Scottish Rugby’s Council. This initiative follows the Council meeting held on 27 February. In the subsequent communication to member clubs on 2 March, Scottish Rugby committed to ensuring that clubs were informed of the Taskforce membership.

Task Force to address the issues of Governance withIn Scottish Rugby

Message from Scottish Rugby President Dee Bradbury

Following the Scottish Rugby Council meeting last Thursday the decision was taken by the Scottish Rugby Council to form a Task Force to address the issues of Governance withIn Scottish Rugby. The current Governance Working Party will be stood down. This new task force will be established swiftly. The population of this group will be a decision of Council and will be confirmed to clubs as soon as possible. The Scottish Rugby Board is fully supportive of this initiative. It is anticipated that the task force will meet in the coming weeks to progress matters.

02 March 2020