Almost decision time

AFC Wimbledon chief executive Erik Samuelson provided an update on the latest regarding our planning application in the matchday programme for the game against Dagenham & Redbridge.

You can now read Erik’s article on the AFC Wimbledon website.

 

November’s board meeting summary

The Dons Trust Board (DTB) held its monthly meeting at The Cherry Red Records Stadium on Thursday, November 19. Ahead of publication of the redacted minutes, this article summarises the main points that were discussed.

The first decision taken by the meeting was to delay the scheduled Trust and PLC AGMs to Thursday, December 17 at a venue still to be confirmed. This decision was taken because the original date coincides with a regular monthly scheduled meeting of Merton Council’s..

Thank you!

Dons Trust Chair Matthew Breach is pleased to announce the outcome of the recent vote in favour of selling Kingsmeadow and thanks members for their support.

AFC Wimbledon supporters can’t fail to have noticed the Back in 2 Ticks campaign — the Dons Trust’s drive to get members to vote on the sale of Kingsmeadow. We need to sell our current home to help meet the cost of AFC Wimbledon’s planned new stadium in Merton. Without members voting in large numbers..

Election hustings available to download

A recording of yesterday’s Dons Trust Board election live hustings is now available to download, thanks to the volunteers at Radio WDON.

We recommend that you download the file to your own computer and listen to it locally – click on the ‘download’ icon at the top centre of the screen. The file is in MP3 format and is over 20Mb in size.

Members have until 23:59 on Monday, December 7 to cast their vote.

If you are a Trust member and have..

Dons Trust pays tribute to Brian Lomax OBE

Before today’s match, supporters of AFC Wimbledon and Wycombe Wanderers joined together for a minute’s applause in tribute to Brian Lomax, a leading figure behind the supporters’ trust movement and an inspiration for the Dons Trust and AFC Wimbledon. This article appeared in the matchday programme.

Dons fans have spoken of their sadness at the death of Brian Lomax, the founder of the first supporters’ trust at Northampton Town, describing him as an inspiration to them in the establishment of AFC Wimbledon…

Listen to election candidates

A live election hustings of Dons Trust Board candidates is scheduled to take place on Sunday, November 22, starting from 2.30pm. It will be broadcast live by Radio WDON.

You will be able to listen to the broadcast through iPlough Lane or direct from Radio WDON’s live stream. (Note that the latter will appear blank until the stream starts.) The broadcast will not be available via Dons Player.

It’s not too late to submit questions in advance. Questions can be submitted:

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Outcome of Restricted Action vote

Following the first round of voting in October, the Dons Trust is pleased to announce the outcome of the second round of voting on the Restricted Action authorising the sale of Kingsmeadow, which took place at the SGM on 16 November.

The result was as follows:

The number of Trust members eligible to vote as of 30 September was 2,252 The number of votes cast was 1,949 which represents a turnout of 87% (the minimum required by the constitution is 50%) The..

SGM on Monday

Members are reminded that an SGM will be held on Monday 16 November to bring to a conclusion the votes authorising the sale of The Cherry Red Records Stadium.

The SGM is being held at The Cherry Red Records Stadium and starts at 7.30pm.

Dons Trust members have until 7.30pm on Saturday 14 November to cast their proxy votes online or return paper proxies. A final reminder email for online voting is due to go out tonight (13 November) via..

Live election hustings

There will be a live election hustings of Dons Trust Board candidates on Sunday, November 22 which will be broadcast live by Radio WDON.

If you have a question for the candidates, it can be submitted:

By emailing the Womble Underground Press fanzine By tweeting @wupfanzine using the hashtag #dtelection2015

Full details about this year’s elections are on the main elections page of this website. The deadline for voting is 23:59 on Monday 7 December, with the results announced at the Trust..