Ollie Palmer [Link]

All comes back to what I told OI the other day: this is just bedwetting from people who have PTSD from 2002.

What is the point of WISA when, essentially, every fan will be a voting member of the society that owns their football club? How much more of a voice can the fans truly have?

We have a constitution, which probably needs updating, we have some life members and also active members. Also have some new members. It’s important we fans have a fans voice on the board. Brian Lomax taught me that. Right now I don’t think we have that.

Ferret - Yep. Why?

Does WISA have any sort of agreed stance or a path to one Lou? I do think you need a WISA or similar now to stop the turkeys abolishing Christmas (thanks Nick).

Aha thanks Leigh

Sorry Kev

Lou - I'm guessing Anuk.

Are you a DT member KD?

This is it. We don't want people like Kevin Rye 'running the club' any more. We're too big now.

Scotty: Was that Kevin Rye?

Personal issues always come first. But should we have DTB representation where an unelected member of the board who choose not to stand in December appears to have missed five of eight board meetings, wasn't present last night and I think attended one of the two meetings pre Christmas.

I didn't get sufficient seconders last time and can't be arsed nowadays, but I'll stand by my two resolutions. Resolution 1: To instruct the Dons Trust Board to instruct each of the Theme Group Leads to, within a month of the AGM, publish the Theme Group's terms of reference and the annual plan that was previously ratified by the Dons Trust Board, showing their annual objectives, and to provide an update on the progress against those objectives with a narrative that describes the work delivered and outputs. Resolution 2: 30 calendar days prior to future AGMs, Theme Groups will publish their previous annual plan, showing the last year's progress, and the proposed annual plan for the forthcoming year, with the next year's annual plan comments on by the Dons Trust Board and a recommendation made to DT members on:a) Whether each individual Theme Group is still required to support the Dons Trust meet their strategic objectives; b) Whether to approve each individual Theme Group's annual plan for the next year; c) Expected budget for the Theme Group to meet its goals; The recommendations made by the Dons Trust Board are then to be voted on by DT members at the subsequent AGM for each Theme Group.

Yes Hardon,hence my 10/20% ST price rise post a couple of weeks ago,

Having seen the very unpleasant treatment meted out to those standing on a platform of change I would be very surprised if many people are willing to put their heads above the parapet on this, which is why there is unlikely to be any change in governance - this is a case where the turkeys actually control whether Christmas comes along or not

IIRC The name change idea was raised in the same meeting the ST bundling was first publicly (to my knowledge) raised. That one got quickly buried but could easily have had similar or more support than the idea they ran with. It’s very hard reading the tea leaves to work out WTF are the real motivations in all of this.

So does this mean my ST in the middle of the West Stand will be circa £600 next season? Erm, well worth it......

Glad there's agreement on some of this, anyone fancy standing on that platform and getting it sorted? Would need a full slate of candidates, prob over two election cycles. I'm not really up for being on the board at this time for various reasons, but happy to help in whatever way anyone would find helpful.

I can see why they want to rebrand the DT. I'd also make it 'AFC Wimbledon Trust' (the Trust - which owns the club) and 'AFC Wimbledon Board' (the Board - which runs the club). Two very different things, and people can get them confused.

More Wrexham publicity. At least AFC Wimbledon get a mention. [Link]

I also support the idea - cut the DTB back, directly elect reps to PLC board - DT to only provide oversight of PLC and no side projects or funding for other things. Anything that is deemed worth doing can be done outside the DT structure (e.g. DLAG) or funded via the PLC. Simples.

Agree. Direct elections for DT member representation on PLC Board. Not sure whether there remains a role for a DTB?

Totally agreed, cut the number of DTB members, and directly elect the 3 reps to PLC board.

Needs to happen. The AFC Wimbledon board is where the big boys/girls play.