DT membership: change to renewal process

All Dons Trust members please read on!

As has been discussed at the last two Dons Trust General Meetings and in recent membership renewal letters, we want to simplify the management of our membership process. So we are shifting to a single fixed-term membership period that will run from August to July – in line with the football season.

This approach will significantly reduce the workload on our hard-working volunteers and should also improve our service in terms of timely..

Elections really do matter!

This article originally appeared in the Scunthorpe United matchday programme.

Dons Trust Secretary David Hall looks ahead to the Special General Meeting next month and explains why there is an important debate on the agenda.

As Dons Trust Board Chair Matthew Breach explained in the Wycombe programme, part of the upcoming Special General Meeting, to be held on 16 September at 7.30 pm at The Cherry Red Records Stadium, will be devoted to updating members on the club’s proposed move..

Welcome Back! says DT Chairman Matt Breach (from the Wycombe programme)

Dons Trust Board chair Matthew Breach summarises what the trust has been up to during the summer and what’s coming up over the next few months.

On behalf of the Dons Trust Board I’d like to welcome back to The Cherry Red Records Stadium all our members and fans for this first home league game after the summer break. I’d also like to give a warm welcome to our opponents today, fellow supporters-owned club Wycombe Wanderers. Any side that is..

“Keep Cov in Cov” protest on Wednesday 14th

Coventry City fans are continuing their fight to ‘Keep Cov in Cov’ and tomorrow – Wednesday 14 August- are holding a protest outside the Football League’s London office at 30 Gloucester Place, London, W1U 8FL between 4.30pm and 6.30pm.

The Sky Blue Trust tells us that they’ve been getting great support from other clubs’ fans, including the Dons Trust. So if you can spare the time tomorrow, please do go and show your solidarity with the Coventry fans’ protest. After all, Wimbledon fans will..

Reminder : Upcoming SGM

There will be an SGM on Monday 16th September

The next Dons Trust Special General Meeting is scheduled for Monday 16 September when amongst other things there will be an update on the new stadium proposals in Wimbledon.

Under Rule 23 of the DT Constitution members are also allowed to put forward their own motions.  They must be signed by the proposer and 5 other members and sent to the Dons Trust Secretary no later than noon on..

Summary of July DTB meeting

The Dons Trust Board held its monthly meeting on Thursday 11 July.

First on the agenda this month was a question and answer session with Club first team manager Neal Ardley. This covered a wide range of issues, including Neal’s perspective on last season and what he had learnt most from the experience; the summer’s recruitment plans; the style of play for next season and how the squad was adapting to it; the long-term benefits that..

Dons Trust “worried about future” of Coventry City

AFC Wimbledon owners The Dons Trust has expressed its deep concern about recent developments at Coventry City, stating that it is “worried for the future of the Club.”

Chair of The Dons Trust, Matthew Breach, said that Coventry’s move to ground-share at Northampton Town “could be extremely dangerous for football”.  

The Football League has permitted the would-be owners of Coventry City to move the Club to Northampton for three years, citing Wimbledon’s previous move to Selhurst Park in 1991 as..

Supporters Summit

The joint Football Supporters Federation/Supporters Direct Supporters Summit took place on Saturday 22 June with 300 fans present, including Dons Trust Vice-Chairman David Growns and Secretary David Hall. Topics discussed included: Away Fans Matter (with Football Supporters Europe) Safe Standing (with Aston Villa, Peterborough United and the Safe Standing Roadshow) Tackling Discrimination Through Football (with Kick It Out) Tackling Homophobia (with the Gay Football Supporters’ Network) To find out what happened, visit the FSF website. The FSF’s Annual Report 2013..

June Dons Draw Results

The June Dons Draw took place recently at Kingsmeadow. Winning numbers were drawn in the presence of Erik Samuelson (Chief Executive), Neil Messenbird (Dons Draw Administrator) and Tom Gavin (Volunteer).

The winning ticket numbers and prizes were:

1st prize of £1000 – ticket 3584 – Michael Shepherd – SW15

2nd prize of £500 – ticket 3054 – David Lancaster – RH9

3rd prize of £250 – ticket 1063 – David Colman – BA2

4th prize of £150 – ticket 2620 – P Hearty – SW20

5th..

Summary of June DTB meeting

The Dons Trust Board held its monthly meeting on Monday 17 June, chaired by Vice-Chairman David Growns.

The first substantive item on the agenda was an update on the AFC Wimbledon budget for the 2013/14 season.   Club Chief Executive Erik Samuelson took the Board through the revenue and capital budgets for the year.  The key items for discussion were how to treat the Dons Draw money and the treatment of ‘We Are Wimbledon Fund’ money in the accounts.

A discussion..