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  Getting there at 5:00 you were greeted with coffee and a Danish pastry, a step up from biscuits and there were even some nice gypsy tarts left over at the end.
  
  The meeting itself was well covered by the media, with cameras flashing continuously and was very smoothly stage managed. DHB presented their opinion that they have always been very concerned about the town and that their desire to support regeneration has always been there. Following her explanation of the legal side of the proposed 'Port of Dover Community Trust' their legal consultant felt she had to add that she had never known such commitment from a board.
  
  As presented, the proposed PDCT would see an initial donation of £10m and £20m worth of shares in the newly privatised port. The dividend on those shares would see a guaranteed return of £1. million a year for the first five years. As a charitable trust it would be up to the board of trustees to determine how the money was spent in the town (a few possibilities as to types of spend were presented). The make up of the board and the appointment process is still to be decided and will be the subject of further meetings or seminars facilitated by DHB.
  
  A lot of questions were asked, and answered, but I will let someone else post on them. Vic did ask if it could remain a royal port and invest in the town but was told that the legal constraints on it's current status made that impossible.

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