The Dons Trust board is sad to pass on the following statement from board member Richard Shepherd:
“I’ve taken the difficult decision to step down from the board in December 2024.
The role has become all consuming and has taken a significant impact on my work/life balance. I think it’s a sensible decision to step down now and allow someone new to join who has the time to dedicate to the Trust.”
We are pleased to invite you to a Special General Meeting, to be held on Monday 28 October 2024 at 7.00pm at Plough Lane and online.
The papers can now be accessed via: Covering Letter
Agenda
Blue Paper
Majority Rules Document
You can attend the meeting online. Please register via: Link
Registration will close Midday Monday 28th October.
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..
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AFC Wimbledon is a rare commodity – a league football club owned by its supporters. We are very proud of this and determined to maintain it. Many people give time as volunteers to help the Club in practical ways alongside paid staff. But it’s also essential that supporters are able to exercise oversight of the way the Club is run – its priorities, policies, finances and so on. This work is done on your behalf by..
*This meeting has now been moved online. Please follow this link to read more‘
The Dons Trust board are hosting a drop-in session for members at Plough Lane on Monday 23rd September between 7-9 in the Legends Lounge.
The meeting is an informal chance for members to raise questions and discuss with the board and each other.
We will have board members, the treasurer and assistant secretary across the room on topic focussed tables including:
The Restricted Action votes..
Following the Member called SGM that took place at Plough Lane on Monday 16th September, The voting outcomes and the board response can now be found at Link
George Jones
Assistant Secretary
Dons Trust Board Meeting September 2024 Meeting began at 6pm. At Plough Lane with apologies received from Anuk. The meeting began with Mick Buckley making a presentation. This was the first of what will be quarterly reports the PLC Chair makes to the DTB. Micks report was extensive and covered a wide range of issues at the club. More details of what was talked about will be included in the minutes. Following this item Mick left the meeting. Michele then..
We are delighted to announce that after a lot of work from the secretariat, the board and the club (special thanks to Bal Srai at the club), we have managed to secure the 1889 Lounge (formerly the Silver Lounge) to host the members called SGM on Monday 16th September.
We also must thank the originally booking holder Merton Council for being so flexible and accommodating to allow us to secure the room
We have also included a clarification in the..
We are pleased to invite you to a Special General Meeting, to be held on Monday 16th September 2024 at 7.00pm at Plough Lane and online. Please note that this meeting is now in the 1889 Lounge (formerly the Silver Lounge).
This is a Special General Meeting called at the request of members representing over 10% of the Dons Trust membership to vote on five Resolutions proposed by them.
Details of these Resolutions are outlined here 3-Member-Yellow-Paper-1.pdf (thedonstrust.org) along with the meeting’s agenda,..
Update: Please note that this meeting is now in the 1889 Lounge (formerly the Silver Lounge), and not the Legends Lounge (formerly the Platinum Lounge).
We can confirm that a Special General Meeting called by members will take place on Monday 16th September 2024 in the Legends Lounge (formerly Platinum Lounge) at Plough Lane starting at 7pm. Due to the date of this meeting the Special General Meeting called by the Dons Trust Board for Monday 23rd September 2024 at..