The latest Dons Trust board meeting was at Plough Lane on Wednesday evening, 8 November. James Macdonald & Anuk Teasdale dialled in, and Graeme Price gave apologies in advance due to previous committments. New board member Hannah Kitcher was present as an observer.
Election Steering Group (ESG) report
- ESG feedback regarding elections received with further comment at AGM
Board theme groups update
Community
- Anuk has taken over the role of chair from Kevin Rye
- The process of agreeing how to collect ED&I data across the club and DT is underway
- Club D&I group are now meeting
- WOWSA have had a planning meeting held re Women on Boards event in March – Mark from the DTB was present
MS&E
- Pull up banners now at the ground on matchdays – currently West Stand concourse & hospitality area
- A discussion was had on next steps for growing member numbers with plans to create leaflets for non-members at games
- Website updates were discussed
- AGM prep discussed
Culture, Mission and Oversight
- A paper from the Finance Committee on debt repayment and equity was discussed and also a proposal from Graeme on how unbudgeted extra income should be used for debt repayment
- Annual review of DT and Club KPIs discussed
AOB
- Kev presented his report on the Debt survey and agreed to present brief summary at AGM
- Two papers on Boardroom policy and Matchday tickets policy were discussed