Now is the time to have your say on the future of our club.
We’re asking all members to vote on whether we can allow more investment from outside owners while keeping the club majority-owned by us - the fans.
This means changing the Trust rules to allow a new minimum level of fan ownership of 50.01% – our majority rule.
The Dons Trust rules currently mean we must have a minimum level of 75% of the voting rights in the Club. We..
Welcome to the September 2024 Dons Trust newsletter – our monthly collection of news and announcements about ongoing Dons Trust activities. Slightly edited but substantially the same as was emailed on 6 September 2024.
The Member called Special General Meeting will take place on Monday 16th September 2024 at 7 pm in the 1889 Lounge (formerly the Silver Lounge) at Plough Lane, as well as online, as previously emailed to members.
On Sunday 1st..
Continuing our series of answers to questions we’ve recently been asked online or in person recently, here is a slightly delayed round-up of questions and answers for August and the start of September which we think would benefit our wider membership.
Is ProBoards shutting down? (Reference to member handbook and the fact that X is the most used social media platform)
We’re currently revisiting how this board is managed, including specifically new arrangements for moderation. Like all our engagement..
Earlier this year the boards of The Dons Trust and AFCW PLC agreed a shared vision for the next chapter in our Club’s history. Our aim is to get to the Championship as a sustainable, fan-owned club.
Setting out an agreed vision and achieving it are two different things though. As we know from direct experience, it takes concrete actions and focus to do it. Part of that..
Continuing our series of answers to questions we’ve recently been asked online or in person recently, here is a slightly delayed round-up of questions and answers for July and the start of August which we think would benefit our wider membership.
Due to the date of the Members Special General meeting the Special General Meeting called by the Dons Trust Board for Monday 23rd September 2024 at 7pm in the 1889 Lounge (formerly Silver Lounge) has..
We are aware of the call for a formal meeting proposed by members, we’ve asked the Dons Trust Secretary and the Football Supporters Association to review the proposals.
We respect and endorse members’ rights to call a meeting under our constitution.
Our focus will continue to be delivering for members and working towards our aim of getting the men’s first team to the Championship as a sustainable, fan-owned club.
We invite the members who have drafted the proposals to..
Joint Board UpdateNearly two-and-a-half years ago, Mick Buckley agreed to step into the chair role at a time of significant change for the Club and he has done a fantastic job in putting AFC Wimbledon on a steady footing on and off the pitch.
The DTB would like to take this opportunity to..
The club’s audit tender process is now complete and has run very smoothly. Harris & Trotter have been appointed to act as new auditors for the 2024/25 financial year.
The Dons Trust Board would like to make sure that questions raised to us that have wider interest to members are published on our website, so as many people as possible can see the questions and answers provided.
The remit of the Dons Trust Board is to help set strategy, then oversee and hold the Club to account. Lots of the operational questions we get are ones for Club staff, which we pass on when relevant. Sometimes, the Club..
Thank you to all the Dons Trust members who attended online or in person and voted on the resolutions at our recent Special General Meeting on April 22, 2024.
The results are in the PDF here.