EIBA Amalgamation Update

 

An update was given on the EIBA Amalgamation. There is a lot that is being worked on at the moment.

 

It has been confirmed that Jo Doust will be chairing the board designate. We've had the applications in from EIBA and Bowls England board members, an even number actually, which is very helpful for the process. And those successful candidates will be announced very, shortly. A bit of work is yet to be completed on from a governance perspective. John McGuinness has started to scope out the work around the performance side of things. He's going to undertake some research, consultation. The Presidential Team have also been spoken to and they are happy with the current structure, so we hope to maintain this as me move across to England Bowls. The EIBA are looking into whether they wish to adopt our new voting structure for the Presidential Team. Behind the scenes, some of the financial planning, systems alignment and due diligence work is progressing at speed. When the England Bowls board designate starts, they will start to discuss those items in a bit more detail ahead of our county conference in October.

 

It was requested that all information regarding the amalgamation to be sent out before September to County Administrators to give time for counties to talk with their clubs ahead of the County Conference in October.