Dons Trust Board Meeting Summary October 2024

The Dons Trust Board had it’s main October meeting on 9th October.
Since the full September meeting the board has met twice. Once as a closed session where wording for the restricted action was discussed alongside the constitution review and plans for the drop in sessions. The second was a minuted meeting to finalise restricted action wording.
Below is a summary from the full October meeting.
Minutes for the full September and Short notice October meetings were approved.
An update was given by Michele Little on the latest following the flood. During this section the board unanimously thanked all the club staff for their tireless efforts over recent weeks.
The board then approved the strategy document with sits out in detail what’s next for the club and how the club can achieve these objectives. The board have commissioned a version that could be made available to members in the next few weeks.
The board then received updates on issues it had raised with the PLC including the new turnstiles.
Michele then provided a positive update on the Plough Lane Bonds.
The board then received updates from the various theme groups whose reports included the outcomes from the recent new member survey. A report on this will be made available in due course.  During this section Michele also provided an update on the membership revenue.
George provided an update on the constitution working group.
The board then discussed the progress of the Women’s team.
The board then gave permission for George to go and investigate alternative platforms to ProBoards to improve user experience in the future.
James M provided an update on PLC Chair recruitment including an update timeframe.
The board meeting ended a closed session which was at the request of the secretariat to discuss a confidential matter.
George Jones
Assistant Secretary