CLUB 1872 hope to hold further discussions with the Rangers board about a supporter representative on the Ibrox top table.
The organisation are currently the second largest shareholders in RIFC plc and will participate in the Light Blues’ share issue in the coming weeks.
And director Laura Fawkes is keen to strengthen the relationship with the Ibrox hierarchy going forward.
She told SportTimes: “We intend to poll members on extending our terms because we believe that stability will strengthen our position in terms of seeking a board place. At that point, we will have another meeting with the RIFC board and take it from there.
“In an overall sense, the relationship with Rangers is constructive, healthy. It is operationally difficult at times and difficult to deal with some matters.
“But the relationship allows us to give them constructive criticism and hold them to account and feed back the issues that members are bringing to us.
“People don’t see that process taking place but we don’t want to communicate with Rangers via public statement.
“The only reason Club 1872 can actually have this dialogue is because we have the shareholding behind us, we have clout. If you are a fans group, you have a limited amount.
“If the shareholding gets bigger, you will see that voice increase and increase but if it starts to dwindle it will go back the way and that is not going to help.”
Club 1872 have had a series of internal issues over the last couple of years and director Iain Mulholland stepped down from the board in May.
The organisation will continue to operate with five members – Fawkes, Joanne Percival, Euan MacFarlane, Stuart MacQuarrie and Bruce Taylor – for the foreseeable future.
Fawkes said: “You could get the most talented Rangers supporters, with the best business background, on the board of Club 1872. But it only works if we, as a support, take a collective responsibility for it.
“We don’t have any plans to bring anyone else on. The elections are not that far away.
“We are a working board and collectively we are putting in the effort, alongside the working groups.”
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