The full Dons Trust Board February Meeting took place on Wednesday 26th February at Plough Lane. Apologies were received from Graeme Price, with the Board noting that this was a result of the change in date for the meeting. The rest of the board were in attendance in person alongside George Jones and Reece Wheeler-Kelly. Michele Little and Craig Cope were also present for specific agenda items.
The minutes from the January board meeting were approved for publication.
At the meeting the..
Dons Trust Board meeting Monday 17th February 2024
A meeting was convened in addition to the scheduled February meeting to discuss the club season ticket proposals. Apologies were received from James Longhurst and Ian Robinson who both sent in their views on the topics up for discussion and Reece Wheeler-Kelly.
At the start of the meeting Sean placed on record the Board’s sorrow at the passing of Tom Adam, who was elected to the first DTB in 2002, later..
Dons Trust StatementThe Dons Trust is disappointed to announce that Ivor Heller is unfortunately not able to take up his position on the Dons Trust Board. Ivor was looking forward to using his knowledge and experience to help the Club continue its development and progress in this role, however he will continue to contribute as a valued Dons Trust member and Club Life Vice-President .
The DTB will begin the process for appointing a new board member at its next meeting
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Date: 8 January 2025
The Dons Trust held its first board meeting of 2025 on Wednesday, 8th January.
Before the meeting, the board induction took place, which included talks from:
Mick Buckley (PLC Chair) Michele Little (PLC Vice Chair) James Woodroof (MD) Andrew Stead (Head of Commercial) Elouise Gillete (Head of HR) Laurie Hill (Head of Finance) James Willcox (Head of Operations) Marc Jones (Head of Brand, Marketing, and Comms) Luke Stevens (Head..
Dons Trust chair
At our first board meeting the board elected Sean McLaughlin as chair for 2025, previous chair Angus Fox has become vice chair.
The board were unanimous in their thanks for Angus for his work since becoming chair in summer 2024.
Dons Trust PLC Representatives
Sean McLaughlin, Angus Fox and Graeme Price were unanimously voted to be the Dons Trust’s representatives on the PLC Board.
Working groups
The board agreed to start the year..
The following are the voting outcomes from yesterday’s Dons Trust AGM.
For
Against Abstain Turnout
% in favour
Passed
Resolution 1: To approve the minutes of the SGM on 22 April. (Paper 1)
370
19
38 427 95.12 Yes Resolution 2: To approve the minutes of the SGM on 16 September (Paper 2)
374
12
45 431 96.89 Yes Resolution 3: To approve the..
Dons Trust Board Meeting Wednesday 11th December 2024 Summary The entire current board excluding Hannah were in attendance, Also in attendance were George Jones (Acting Secretary), Reece Wheeler-Kelly (Acting Assistant Secretary) and Michele Little (Treasurer). Also attending as observers were new board members Ivor Heller, Ian Robinson and Simon Hood. Angus opened the meeting by thanking the current board for all of their efforts over the last 12 months. The board received an update on the progress on their appointment of..
The following are the final results from the Dons Trust Board Elections 2024.
The turnout for this election was 2110, which is a record turnout for a Dons Trust Election by number. The percentage turnout was 33.65%, which is fairly representative of previous elections. Given the large increase in the numbers of members due to the new approach to membership, this is an encouraging sign that engagement is not being diluted.
The total number of votes for each..
Dons Trust AGM 2024We are pleased to invite you to the Annual General Meeting, to be held on Monday 16 December 2023 at 7.00pm at Plough Lane and online.
The agenda and papers include the annual report and accounts and submitted board and member resolutions.
To make it as easy as we can for you to have your say, we are again using the system used for previous meetings and are asking members to submit proxies via a link which we are emailing..