Additional Dons Trust Open MeetingsOn Monday 9th December, the Dons Trust is holding a Special General Meeting at Kingsmeadow to update Dons Trust members on the current situation with the financing of the stadium and discuss options.
Register for the SGM
In view of the importance of this issue, we anticipate there will be high demand to attend and are therefore asking members who intend to come to indicate so via this Eventbrite page to help us judge numbers. This is not to limit rights..
As promised, we have endeavored to answer the questions posted to us in an Open Letter from fans following the release of last week’s Dons Trust statement.
Some of the questions have been amalgamated in order to avoid unnecessary repetition – and some cannot be answered as fully as we would like at this stage. We have made it clear where this is the case.
We have attempted to be as full, frank and forthright as possible. It must be..
Stadium questionsThe Dons Trust and AFC Wimbledon boards recognise that Trust members and AFC Wimbledon fans have many questions they want to ask, following the paper regarding the financing of the new stadium released to Dons Trust members on Monday.
The boards wish to be as open as we can with members regarding the current situation and the options open to us. However, responding separately to each and every question members and fans send in is a difficult logistical exercise.
We..
Dons Trust SGM on 9 December. AGMs on 8 January
The Dons Trust Board has today written to members, ahead of a special general meeting on 9 December. The annual general meetings of the Dons Trust and AFCW PLC have now been rescheduled for 8 January, as the accounts are being finalised.
The Dons Trust’s SGM on 9 December has a number of items on the agenda, including the outcome of the board elections and two members’ resolutions regarding recent..
The counting of the votes cast in the 2019 election for the Dons Trust Board has taken place. The number of votes cast for each candidate is as follows:
Graham Stacey 493
Tim Hillyer 547
Mark Davis 670
Dennis Lowndes 455
Edward Leek 590
Jane Lonsdale 736
Mark Sturges 306
Anne Williams 470
The two-year terms of five Dons Trust Board members end..
Dons Trust board member Rob Crane has resigned with immediate effect.
He explained: “I was elected to the board last year and it’s been a real privilege to in that time do my best to represent the views of our members.
“But when members read the paperwork for the SGM that’s being held on 9 December, they’ll realise the serious situation that we’ve reached with the new stadium.
“I should pay tribute to an immense amount of hard work done by so..
When we get together with our mates and reminisce about games we saw many years ago, some of the best memories are of what happened before and after the game. And now, says Dons Trust Board member Luke Mackenzie, there is a new comms platform you can use to help shape your total matchday experience at the new stadium.
I’d like to start by saying hello and welcome to those who are representing Gillingham FC today. One of the duties..
Dons Trust Board member Colin Dipple has decided to step down from the board with immediate effect due to personal ill health.
Colin was due to step down at our next members’ meeting on Monday 9 December, following the expiry of his two-year term, but has decided to bring that forward.
On behalf of his fellow Dons Trust Board members, chair Mark Davis said: “It goes without saying that everyone on the board sends their best wishes and thanks to..
It’s coming up for a year since Rob Crane was elected to the Dons Trust Board, with a pledge to improve the Trust’s communications. So, he asks, what’s changed since then?
In April we sent our first monthly email newsletter to Dons Trust members. These newsletters aim to make members aware of news stories on the Trust website that they might otherwise have missed. They’re also useful for promoting upcoming events, such as the recent Foodbank collection. We send these..
The minutes of September’s board meeting aren’t yet online. Our volunteer minute taker was slightly delayed producing the draft, and then October’s board meeting – which should have approved them – was brought forward a week to avoid half-term absences.
The draft minutes are currently with board members and will be approved at our November board meeting.
In the meantime, members can read a summary of the meeting on the Trust Webjam.