2019 election candidates announced

Posted on October 10, 2019 by The Dons Trust

With five places on the Dons Trust board up for grabs this year, we have received eight nominations for election. In random order, they are:

Edward Leek Dennis Lowndes Mark Davis Mark Sturges Tim Hillyer Graham Stacey Jane Lonsdale Anne Williams

Their mini-manifestos will be published in the Portsmouth matchday programme (on Saturday 19 October).

Their full manifestos will be sent to members. Voting won’t open until early November, so don’t worry about not receiving voting instructions at the same..

Can you help the Junior Dons?

Posted on October 9, 2019 by The Dons Trust

The Junior Dons section of the Dons Trust is looking to recruit several new volunteers.

Jane Lonsdale (Trust board member with responsibility for Junior Dons) is looking to recruit several volunteers to assist them. The adverts are lower down on this page and the roles cover:

Junior Dons Christmas Party volunteers Increasing the member offer for 12–16 year old Junior Dons Junior Dons Working Group members

Scroll down this page to see more details about the different roles.

The Junior..

Update on Dons Trust Elections 2019

Posted on October 8, 2019 by The Dons Trust

This is to confirm that, subject to candidate and proposer verification of eligibility, there will be a contested election for 2019.

Once the verification process has been completed, the names of the candidates will be announced.

Dons Trust members will be aware that, this year, the Trust is trialling an electronic nomination system. For personal data reasons, the verification process will take somewhat longer than in previous years, but an announcement is expected later in the week.

EFL Trophy survey result

Posted on October 2, 2019 by The Dons Trust

The Dons Trust recently held a ‘temperature test’ survey among our members to help determine the club’s approach to future EFL Trophy matches.

The number crunching has been done and the outcome was that the club should:

continue its existing stance towards the EFL Trophy = 678 votes (74.10%) change its existing stance towards the EFL Trophy by opening hospitality and fully promoting all EFL Trophy matches = 235 votes (25.68%)

Two members spoilt their paper or gave no answer.

Members therefore voted to continue the..

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July’s board meeting summary

Posted on October 1, 2019 by The Dons Trust

The Dons Trust Board (DTB) held its monthly meeting at the Cherry Red Records Stadium on Wednesday 24 July. Ahead of publication of the redacted minutes, this article summarises the main points discussed.

Present from the DTB were Rob Crane, Mark Davis, Colin Dipple, Hannah Kitcher and Luke Mackenzie. Apologies were received from Roger Evans, Cormac van der Hoeven, Anna Kingsley, Edward Leek and Jane Lonsdale. The meeting was quorate.

Also in attendance were Trust secretary David Growns, minute takers..

Latest video from our new stadium site

Posted on October 1, 2019 by The Dons Trust

Our friends at The Air People have been back onto our new stadium site and taken some more footage as some of the first steel beams were lifted into position.

Check the ‘Returning to Plough Lane’ playlist on our YouTube channel on a regular basis for more videos as they’re released.

Diary date – 9yrs Podcast election interviews

Posted on September 29, 2019 by The Dons Trust

Following the success of the live video interviews during last year’s Dons Trust Board election, the Election Steering Group expect to endorse a similar event this year.

Trust members considering standing in this year’s Trust board election may wish to note that the proposed date is Sunday 3 November.

Do you receive info from us through the post?

Posted on September 29, 2019 by The Dons Trust

If at all possible, we urge all members to sign up to receive email communications from the Trust, rather than postal communications.

Not only does this save the Trust a considerable amount of money, it will also help us engage with you in a much more timely fashion as we seek to improve our communications.

If you are already a member and wish to switch to email communications, please email membership@thedonstrust.org and let our membership secretary know your name, your..

Club history – discussion facilitator wanted

Posted on September 24, 2019 by The Dons Trust

We are looking for a volunteer to facilitate discussions about how we celebrate our history at our new stadium.

The role will involve leading discussions between a range of supporters – including Wimbledon in Sporting History (WISH) – to determine a way that allows display of the widest range of artefacts possible while ensuring that any organisation involved in displaying material in the stadium’s museum is ultimately accountable to the Dons Trust.

The role will involve:

arranging and facilitating discussions..

Update on history discussions

Posted on September 24, 2019 by The Dons Trust

The Dons Trust board knows that many members are unsure where we currently stand with regard to representing our history at our new stadium. This follows regrettable inactivity by the board since this issue was discussed at April’s SGM.

As well as issuing this update, we are now advertising for a volunteer facilitator to take the lead on discussions to ensure that we end up with a museum at our new stadium that we can all be proud of.

For..