Dons Trust Election 2025: Candidate AnnouncementWe are proud to be a fan-owned club, and the ultimate decision makers are the people Dons Trust members elect to the Dons Trust Board. The ESG are pleased to say that they have accepted 8 candidates to look to fill the vacant places, so there will be a contested election.
The candidates names have been randomised in the order they appear here with a separate random order being used on Dons Discord. Paper ballots will use a different random..
Dons Trust SGM: Your Questions, Our Updates, and Two Big Votes
On Monday 11th August 2025, we held our latest Special General Meeting in the 1889 Lounge at Plough Lane and online. It was another brilliant night that showed exactly what makes us a fan-owned club.
A Flying Start with Aaron Paul We kicked things off with a special Q&A as Maddi Sweetman sat down with broadcaster Aaron Paul to talk about the season ahead. Aaron gave his take on..
The Dons Trust held its August meeting on 13th August with apologies being received from Hannah and David. The board approved the minutes from both July meetings. A number of email decisions taken over the last month including: The appointment of James Ledward to fill a casual vacancy position, The appointment of David Rey to fill a casual vacancy position and the appointment of Dave Boyle to assist the ongoing constitution rewrite and to help advise the secretariat when needed..
Dons Trust Elections 2025We are proud to be a fan-owned club, and the ultimate decision makers are the people that Dons Trust members elect to the Dons Trust Board annually.
Elected members serve on the Board for a fixed time period, with a third stepping down each year, and this year however due to two board members not completing their terms there will therefore be elections to choose a minimum of five members.
Three will be elected to serve three year terms and..
Thank you to all Dons Trust Members who took part in the August SGM last night across Dons TV, Zoom and of course those at Plough Lane.
I am pleased to confirm the final voting outcomes for the two formal resolutions:
Resolution 1:
In favour: 1642 Against: 85 Abstain: 130 In favour %: 95.08%
Resolution 2: In favour: 1595 Against: 111 Abstain: 163 In favour %: 93.49%
I therefore declare both resolutions formally pass.
Both resolutions were subsequently passed..
Dons Trust SGM 11th August 2025Special General Meeting of The Dons Trust We are pleased to invite you to a Special General Meeting, to be held on Monday 11 August 2025 at 7.00pm in the 1889 Lounge at Plough Lane and online.
The meeting will begin with a special Q&A with special guest Aaron Paul live from 7pm to preview the 2025/26 season.
The meeting will include a vote on the minority investment from John Green and Across the Pond Dons LLC. More information on..
A Dons Trust Board Meeting was held on the evening of Monday 14th July online. Apologies were received from Ian Robinson. All other remaining board members were present.
The meeting was called following the board being informed that Sean McLaughlin had resigned from the Dons Trust board and Club board with immediate effect.
At the meeting Angus Fox was elected as chair, Graeme Price was elected as vice chair and James Longhurst elected as a representative on the Club board.
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Dons Trust StatementSean McLaughlin has resigned from the Dons Trust board and Club board with immediate effect. Following this a Dons Trust board meeting was held on the evening of Monday 14th July where Angus Fox was elected as chair, Graeme Price was elected as vice chair and James Longhurst elected as a representative on the Club board.
The Dons Trust Board held its July meeting at Plough Lane on the 9th July. Apologies were received from Alex, Hannah and Martin. The board approved the minutes from the June meeting. The outstanding actions list was reviewed with a number being completed since the last meeting. The decision to approve the 2025-26 budget was ratified. A discussion took place surrounding topics covered at the recent club board meeting. An update was provided on the clubs financial position with a lengthy..
Dates for your diary summer 2025We are delighted to confirm two dates for your diary including an open strategy and the details for our Summer SGM.
Monday 14th July 7.30pm: Strategy consultation online open meeting.
A live meeting where members can ask questions and give their views to the board on the strategy document shared at the Spring SGM. The document can be viewed via: Link
This meeting will take place live on the Dons Discord. If you have not registered yet you can join..