The latest Dons Trust board meeting was at Plough Lane on Wednesday evening, 11 October. All board members were present, bar Mark Lewis who gave apologies in advance due to a work commitment.
Introduction to new board members Angus, Anuk and Edward.
The board welcomed Anuk Teasdale and Angus Fox (co-opted) and Edward Leek (Casual Vacancy) to the board.
Oversight, Culture & Mission
SGM planning for 1 November including the DTB resolution to change our rules on the number of board members needed plus six member resolutions
We discussed the member consultation process on management of debt and agreed that the member wide survey should go out next week
Big Step survey
The results of a survey about affiliation to the campaign were discussed
Transfer fee policy
A policy on disclosure of transfer fees was discussed and should be put to the PLC next week
The risk register was reviewed
Volunteers
A discussion was had about how we should survey volunteers
Board Theme Groups
- Community
WOWSA presented to the group on the work they’ve been doing
- MS&E
The 16-24 advisory group met again and discussed how they could be more involved in membership growth and input to the club
The next Meet the DTB was discussed involving Kev and Mark.
AOB
The work being led by Kevin Rye was discussed. Good progress is being made to formalize a lot of processes and communications activities.