Footage of the session is now available.
It covered diversity and inclusion from Chris Phillips, and Michele Little providing a finance update, covering some of the consultation and survey work we’re doing on debt refinancing. See below.
September Board Meeting Summary
Wednesday 13 September’s board meeting was planned to have been a formal meeting of the board. However, because of the recent changes to the board, specifically the departure of Kris Stewart (see statement), the formal section of the meeting was only to discuss and agree the filling of the casual vacancy left by Kris’s departure (according to rule 64 of the constitution).
Once this decision was made there then followed a series of discussions on different matters with no further..
New DT AFCW PLC rep appointed
The Dons Trust Board has agreed to appoint James Macdonald as its third director on the board of AFCW PLC, following the departure of Kris Stewart.
He will be the third board rep and will sit alongside new DT Chair, Michele Little, and new Vice-Chair, Graeme Price.
Read more about the Dons Trust Board, its composition and role.
Communications Manager wanted
The Dons Trust https://thedonstrust.org/ is the membership organisation which owns AFC Wimbledon https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/ – the football club started in 1889 and which has been fan-owned since 2002.
We are looking for a comms-savvy volunteer to help support The Dons Trust’s external and internal communications.
This position will help to gain hands-on experience and training in many aspects of communications, public relations, and marketing, while also gaining a good understanding of the workings of a large, voluntary organisation, a professional football..
New casual board member appointed
Edward Leek has been appointed as a board member of The Dons Trust (DTB). He fills what’s known as a ‘casual vacancy’, created by the departure of former Chair Kris Stewart, who was asked by AFCW PLC to step into a role to temporarily oversee stadium and club operations as AFC Wimbledon seeks a new Managing Director.
The appointment, permitted under the constitution (Rule 62 concerning ‘casual vacancies’), enables the trust to operate up to and including the..
Dons Trust Update
Kris Stewart to depart from Dons Trust Board to help out at AFC Wimbledon
Departure sees several other changes to key personnel
The AFCW PLC board has asked Kris to help out temporarily at AFC Wimbledon while the recruitment process for a new MD gets under way.
To ensure good governance and avoid any confusion over roles and responsibilities, Kris has immediately stepped down as a director both of The Dons Trust and all AFC Wimbledon group companies, including AFCW..
The Dons Trust reopens membership applications and renewals
As previously announced, the Dons Trust and AFC Wimbledon have been working hard to include the administration of Trust membership within AFC Wimbledon’s ticketing system in order to consolidate contact details and use the Ticketing system’s payment methods.
This work has now been completed and we are delighted to announce that Membership renewals and new Membership applications are now live again (see below).
The new setup allows members to update their own contact details using their Ticketing account. As part..
Board meeting report 07/08/23
The latest Dons Trust board meeting was at Plough Lane on Monday evening, 7 August. Kevin Rye let us know beforehand that he’d be on holiday and so not able to join us.
James Macdonald & Chris Phillips weren’t there in person but were present online.
We signed off the minutes for July for publication and they are now up on the website https://thedonstrust.org/dtb-minutes/
Project to locate and record previous DT policies and decisions
Project is progressing well
Review..
Meet The DTB 11 September
The latest session of Meet The DTB will now take place on 11 September with Michele Little and Chris Philips.
This session will cover Finance and Diversity and Inclusion, with Dons Trust Board Members Chris Phillips looking at diversity and inclusion, and Michele Little providing a finance update, covering some of the consultation and survey work we’re doing on debt refinancing. The new series of Meet The DTB has a slightly different format to previous years. The session will start..
Change of date for Meet the DTB
This week’s planned Meet the DTB has been put back to Monday 11 September at 19:00.
We’re extremely sorry to members for this late notice cancellation, which has happened because of unavoidable circumstances.
We will publish full details to members via the monthly news email and website later this week.