DTB March Meeting Summary

The DTB held its full March meeting on Wednesday 19th  March at Plough Lane.

Apologies were received from Simon Hood, Hannah Kitcher and Graeme Price, noting that the meeting had been moved from the original planned date. Mick Buckley who was due to attend a section of the meeting also sent apologies.

The meeting began with a presentation from John Lynch on the latest projects and news from WiSH. This was followed by a q&a..

DTB February Meeting Summary

The full Dons Trust Board February Meeting took place on Wednesday 26th February at Plough Lane. Apologies were received from Graeme Price, with the Board noting that this was a result of the change in date for the meeting. The rest of the board were in attendance in person alongside George Jones and Reece Wheeler-Kelly. Michele Little and Craig Cope were also present for specific agenda items.

The minutes from the January board meeting were approved for publication.

At the meeting the..

DTB 17th February Meeting Summary

Dons Trust Board meeting Monday 17th February 2024

 

A meeting was convened in addition to the scheduled February meeting to discuss the club season ticket proposals. Apologies were received from James Longhurst and Ian Robinson who both sent in their views on the topics up for discussion and Reece Wheeler-Kelly.

 

At the start of the meeting Sean placed on record the Board’s sorrow at the passing of Tom Adam, who was elected to the first DTB in 2002, later..

DTB Meeting 8th January 2025 Summary

Dons Trust Board Meeting Summary

Date: 8 January 2025

The Dons Trust held its first board meeting of 2025 on Wednesday, 8th January.

Board Induction

Before the meeting, the board induction took place, which included talks from:

Mick Buckley (PLC Chair) Michele Little (PLC Vice Chair) James Woodroof (MD) Andrew Stead (Head of Commercial) Elouise Gillete (Head of HR) Laurie Hill (Head of Finance) James Willcox (Head of Operations) Marc Jones (Head of Brand, Marketing, and Comms) Luke Stevens (Head..

Dons Trust Board Meeting 4th December 2024 Summary

In attendance: Angus Fox (Chair), James Macdonald (Vice Chair), Hannah Kitcher, Mark Lewis, Kevin Rye, Alex Folkes, James Longhurst

Apologies: Graeme Price, Richard Shepherd

The meeting began at 7.00pm.

There was an update on the PLC Chair recruitment process.

There was a discussion and agreement to reinforce the boards wishes about hospitality at certain matches.

There was a discussion about welcoming new board members as observers to the December board meeting.

The board was reminded of the need to conduct a handover to new..

Dons Trust Board Meeting 11th December 2024 Summary

Dons Trust Board Meeting Wednesday 11th December 2024 Summary The entire current board excluding Hannah were in attendance, Also in attendance were George Jones (Acting Secretary), Reece Wheeler-Kelly (Acting Assistant Secretary) and  Michele Little (Treasurer). Also attending as observers were new board members Ivor Heller, Ian Robinson and Simon Hood. Angus opened the meeting by thanking the current board for all of their efforts over the last 12 months. The board received an update on the progress on their appointment of..

Dons Trust Board Meeting Summary November 2024

Dons Trust Board Meeting November 2024 Summary. The Dons Trust Board meeting took place across Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th November. The meeting began with David Growns and Sophia Axelsson providing the board with an update on the Women’s section and answering questions from the board. The board then took part in the online Meet The DTB event. The board meeting then resumed with George Jones and Reece Wheeler-Kelly providing an update on the work they have done to find a new..

Dons Trust Board Meeting Summary October 2024

The Dons Trust Board had it’s main October meeting on 9th October. Since the full September meeting the board has met twice. Once as a closed session where wording for the restricted action was discussed alongside the constitution review and plans for the drop in sessions. The second was a minuted meeting to finalise restricted action wording. Below is a summary from the full October meeting. Minutes for the full September and Short notice October meetings were approved. An update was..

Dons Trust Board Meeting Summary September 2024

Dons Trust Board Meeting September 2024 Meeting began at 6pm. At Plough Lane with apologies received from Anuk. The meeting began with Mick Buckley making a presentation. This was the first of what will be quarterly reports the PLC Chair makes to the DTB. Micks report was extensive and covered a wide range of issues at the club. More details of what was talked about will be included in the minutes. Following this item Mick left the meeting. Michele then..

Dons Trust Board Meeting 14th August 2024 Summary

Dons Trust Board Meeting 14th August 2024 Summary Introduction Prior to the meeting Angus, Andrea and George attended a meeting with the FSA to discuss their views on the members resolutions that had been published in the days prior to this meeting.

This months DTB meeting took place entirely online.

September SGM/ Members Called Meeting Each of the proposed resolutions were discussed including the views of the FSA and Andrea’s legal input. George reminded the board of the constitutional issues..