Dons Trust Board Meeting 4th December 2024 Summary

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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..

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Craig signs up for the Dons Trust AGM – Monday 16th December

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Dons Trust members who come along in person will be able to hear from director of football Craig Cope on Monday night.

The AGM is at Plough Lane on the 16th December at 7pm – you can find all the details here.

Craig will give members a quick update on the season so far, a look ahead to the January window and the rest of the season.

Members who’d like to ask Craig a question can do so in advance..

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Dons Trust Board Meeting 11th December 2024 Summary

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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..

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Dons Trust AGM 2024 – Member resolution withdrawn

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On Friday 6th December the Dons Trust Board were informed by members proposing resolution 16 to the upcoming Dons Trust AGM that they would like to withdraw the motion for consideration.

Following precedent the secretary will withdraw the motion on the night of the AGM, we have included below the accompanying statement sent to the board by the proposing members.

A message to members from Archie Willett, Paul Rolles, Dan Probert, Charlie Talbot, Ed Scott and Kris Stewart, the proposers..

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Dons Trust Election 2024 Results Announcement

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The following are the final results from the Dons Trust Board Elections 2024. 

 

The turnout for this election was 2110, which is a record turnout for a Dons Trust Election by number.  The percentage turnout was 33.65%, which is fairly representative of previous elections.  Given the large increase in the numbers of members due to the new approach to membership, this is an encouraging sign that engagement is not being diluted.

 

The total number of votes for each..

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Dons Trust AGM 2024

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We are pleased to invite you to the Annual General Meeting, to be held on Monday 16 December 2023 at 7.00pm at Plough Lane and online.

The agenda and papers include the annual report and accounts and submitted board and member resolutions.

To make it as easy as we can for you to have your say, we are again using the system used for previous meetings and are asking members to submit proxies via a link which we are emailing..

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November SGM Voting Outcomes

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Below is the provisional voting outcome from the November SGM.

 

Resolution 1:

Turnout: 1,509 (23.86%)

For: 1,174 (77.80%)

Against: 335 (22.20%)

 

Therefore Resolution 1 does not pass due to falling below the required turnout threshold of 3,164.

George Jones

Acting Secretary

2024 Elections hustings videos

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A collection of short videos has been produced by the candidates for the Dons Trust board elections.

Our thanks to the organisers Gary D, Graham S, and Joe P for making this happen! This channel is to promote the Dons Trust Elections 2024 and has no official affiliation with Dons Trust or AFC Wimbledon.

Restricted action votes 2024 – vote one results

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Outcome of Dons Trust Restricted Actions votes

The Dons Trust board would like to thank every single member who took part in these votes.

Whether you voted for, against or abstained, you have made this the single biggest exercise in Dons Trust democracy.

The number of members who responded is more than double the number who voted in our previous record vote to sell Kingsmeadow and return to Plough Lane.

Over 3800 of you responded. That’s a victory for our..

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Announcement: Changes in the Dons Trust secretariat

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The Dons Trust board would like to update members on recent changes within our secretariat team. Andrea Knox, who has been the board’s secretary since January 2024, is no longer the secretary to the board. We want to take this opportunity to thank Andrea for her significant contributions and hard work during her time with us. Her dedication has been greatly appreciated, and we wish her all the best in the future. To ensure continuity, George Jones, who has been..

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