Due to the impact of Coronavirus the IOG have announced a change in venue for the Extraordinary General Meeting that has been called to vote on a Special Resolution to change their name from ‘Institute of Groundsmanship’ to ‘Grounds Management Association Limited’ (trading as Grounds Management Association).

This meeting will now be held at the IOG Head Office, 28 Stratford Office Village, Walker Avenue, Milton Keynes, MK12 5TW on Thursday 2nd April 2020 starting at 12:00 noon.

All members of the Institute of Groundsmanship are entitled to attend, however, following current Government advice the IOG say they place the safety and well-being of their members and their staff as their highest priority, therefore they are asking that members consider now voting by post rather than by attending in person.

Should members wish still to attend they are asked to confirm ahead of time. Should in the days leading up to the EGM members or members of their family fall ill due to Covid 19 the IOG respectfully ask people to consider the risk of attending to yourself and to others.

Letters and emails are being sent to members with the appropriate voting forms. All forms must be signed and, due to the current circumstances with the potential for delayed post, the IOG say they would accept a scanned copy of the completed voting form, sent to iog@iog.org, to be received by no later than 3:00pm on Tuesday 31st March 2020, with the original being posted to the following address:

The Institute of Groundsmanship, 28 Stratford Office Village, Walker Avenue, Milton Keynes, MK12 5TW.

For further clarification, the IOG say should the government advice change as regards movement of people, this will not prevent the vote from proceeding, so they strongly recommend that members submit a Proxy Voting form if they wish to record their view on this Special Resolution.

The IOG have also issued a general statement on the coronavirus outbreak which can be read here.