Formats, shields, money, coaches and 2014

I continue to work with the CEO and fellow Directors to improve the "look and feel" of our publications - you may have noticed the format of the new Equity Policy. This week I was working on the format of the Board paper with David Sherratt, the CEO.

I read of the SAA's need to move away from the traditional shield and wrote to say that the new "Archery UK" logo can be adapted to Home Nations use, perhaps replacing the "UK" with Scotland or a Thistle. However, I guess that there is a need to find a logo that is acceptable to the membership and represents the Nation that is Scotland.

I also read of the reduction of the SAA's reserves and am personally concerned as the National Council (of which I am one) has the responsibility for financial management.

There are two great notes to end on.

First is the money allocated from sportscotland for support towards the Commonwealth Games in 2010. I wrote again to the SAA National Council saying that GNAS would sympathetically receive a proposal for additional funding.

Second is the 2014 Commonwealth Games result. I phoned the GNAS Chair to discuss and found that the ball had already been set rolling (with a contact to FITA) on looking at how that event (and the 2012 Olympics) would impact on Scottish archery. Just in case people don't know, GNAS, FITA and others made strenuous efforts to get archery into the Glasgow bid. The ball may have been set rolling but this is the start of a longish road with many discussion and profiling work still to take place.