First thing to go in my view is the auto-membership all it does is put a head count on ticket holders. What is point if those said holders " just wanna watch football...e.g. 90% of them. DT membership through enlistment rather than enrolment through wanting to, serves no one. If the "club" want to have participants for marketing, that shouldn't be offered as being part of an ownership scheme. Like it or not, those who aren't intvested in the DT, dilute the level of involvement in which tangible and measured interest occurs. So you get ridiculously poor responses both as percentages of turnouts and the ability of changing things as unobtainable membership of voters are interested enough to vote the changes through.

23% of members vote in an election! Surveys are pretty useless because of course the question is "Do you want to stay fan owned?" not "Are you willing to pay hundreds of pounds extra a year so we can stay fan owned?"

We cannot have it all. We have to give up something that is the least unpleasant. Some want to remain fan owned, have a competitive League One squad, keep ticket prices and discounts as they are, and stay solvent. It ain't happening chaps. Sorry to break it to you.

Those who vote will be predisposed to fan ownership or nothing, especially the way the question is asked. If you ask do you want to remain fan owned, without setting out the implications of that, good and bad, members will keep saying yes. They don't ask anything about how much they are prepared to commit financially to remain fan owned and competitive. If they did, we'd get a different answer as I doubt many would accept huge ticket price rises (with most of it falling on adults to subsidence our ever growing categories of concessions). I doubt many would be happy to make donations on an ongoing basis to fund the shortfall.

No idea Kerry, but it has always been near unanimous to remain fan-owned.

Just what percentage of those surveyed actually actually vote?

Yeah could that Laurence. Not sure if that would increase traffic through the club shop which is very busy at certain times. You would need more security along the way to block off certain areas.

6MD, the reason DT say that fan ownership is non-negotiable is because the members at every occasion have indicated via a vote or survey that this is their wish.

6MD, let me clarify that I am NOT in favour of increasing ticket prices, I am saying that if we want to be a sustainable club with our current ownership model, this has to be on the table.

The simple one is no discounts in West Premium blocks.

I'm not talking about removing discounts completely. I'm talking about the plethora of categories and the fact they are given in all parts of the stadium. Make over 65s and under 16s 50%of a full adult price for certain parts of the stadium. If they want to sit in the west stand premium seats they can but they have to pay the full price.

Name a club that doesn't give discounts to children and/or students and/or pensioners

While the club is heading towards oblivion, the focus of the DTB is rewriting a constitution for something that may cease to exist or celebrating another award it's won for a sustainability index that is so flawed in it's concept it would be laughable if this was not so serious.

100% agree with everything you've said Six Million Dollar Man

If we did sell up completely, we'd have no say over matchday ticket prices or anything else. Other than the inner circle, we don't have much say now but they're unlikely to do anything radical, otherwise they already would. They can't even get past the ridiculous discounts we offer to sit anywhere in our stadium.

If the majority don't want to balance the books by reducing player wages and accepting relegation to a level we could sustain without outside investment then we would be better off selling up now while we have some say in the matter. The stadium is owned by its own legal entity. I'm not sure legally if you could hive it off so that it sits outside the group so an administrator couldn't get their hands on it. Ditto a prospective new owner. The problem is that is where most of the value is so an administrator is unlikely to find somebody to pick up the debris in a fire sale or a new owner willing to pay money for little more than fresh air. This would result in the club being liquidated and ceasing to exist.

The reason administration is inevitable is every communication from the club or DTB talks about fan ownership (sic) being non-negotiable. They fail to understand what a football club exists for. The lack of interest in the DT will ensure nothing changes, hence administration. Footballers are greedy. Supporters demand success. Somebody has to pay up or shut up. Most supporters see football ownership akin to socialism, i.e. they want somebody else to pay. The issue is somebody else does pay for 99% of other clubs. I don't even know what the mission statement and strategy of our club is. I don't know what most supporters want as we keep getting fan ownership rammed down our throats.

Stuart - you block off access to changing room areas, and have access from opposite the club shop. Reallocation of space.

I have never craved for fan ownership but at the time it healed the wounds from our unjust move away from Plough Lane. Not prepared to pay extra to to maintain the present ownership model. If 50+1 is productive in bringing extra investment then great if not sell up and sink or swim like the vast majority of other football clubs.

StuD - cheers. Every time I pass it I think that we could do something with it.

Nick R mentioned in at ‘Meet the PLC’ recently. I believe the rental was too high for us to afford and the club were keeping an eye on it in case it isn’t rented out and the asking price reduces.

How much is it to rent the vacant retail unit on the corner of Greyhound Parade?

We have the 3 lounges on the middle floor though? I would think the old offices wouldn’t be possible due to them being right next to the players changing area and access is highly restricted.

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I agree with Laurence about the ground floor. I reckon it would be popular to have a decent lounge or lounges there to go to before and/or after the game, get a seat in the warmth, buy a drink or three and maybe some grub, with the TV matches on in the background. Maybe season ticket/Dons Trust members only?