Minutes of Monthly Meeting, 2nd Sept 2010

The meeting started at 7pm and apologies for non-attendance were received from Ben Donnelly, Dan Wood, Craig Buckley and Paul Starr.

Membership:
The membership secretary reported that renewals and new members totalled 100 adults; 7 children and 4 family groups (totalling 14). Whilst this is a little disappointing we suppose last seasons disaster and the subsequent drop in attendances has had an impact, summer holidays, the whole country being skint and those amongst us who mean to do it but haven't got around to it yet.
Members have until September 25th - vs The Imposters at home - to rejoin and keep their membership number. After that date they will of course lose that particular number and their e mail address will be deleted from our mailing list so please all members who haven't got round to it (including the PISA Chairman!!!) be quick.
Paypal on the blog works now, committee members will always be at Eb's pre game or e mail PISA via the blog.
And a reminder that membership costs: Adult £5, Child £1, Family of two adults and all kids under 16 £10.
If anyone wishes to set up a yearly Direct Debit Pisa's bank details can be found via the blog.The payment will be requested 1st July 2011 and subsequently to allow us the month to check our bank statement and reconcile the amounts with the correct members details.
A few people have asked about joining for a longer period and if anyone wishes to join for a five year period in one go they can for the same price as today IE £25 for the five years. Bargain!

Treasurers report:
The account stands at £5172.78.
Money is still coming in from membership payments and soon the money from PISA shirt orders will make their presence felt so the account will continue to look healthy. The raffle will recommence at the Oldham game and remains a valuable source of income.

Merchandise:
To date there have been around 20 orders for shirts. All three designs have proved popular and there are a lot of All Time XI teams are still being considered by various members so we expect the sales total to rise.
All three styles are only £15 with an extra £5 to pay if you wish to put your All Time XI on the back of the Retro or Polo shirt.
Please PM Adi Mowles (Wycliffe) to order via londonroad.net or email us at pisa2000@gmx.co.uk.

Hall of Fame Evening:
We propose to hold an event on Thursday 25th Novemeber with two inductees: Faz and Tyles.
The evenings have always been a success and generate some income for us. Alongside the superb DVDs Boozy produces we are hoping for several ex colleagues of the lads to be present for a chat during the evening, a raffle for a one off prize and a generally great evening of POSH memories.
Admission prices for PISA members (if any) will be announced nearer the evening but there will be a small charge for non PISA members.
The evening needs to be on a Thursday for a variety of reasons, not least because Tyles still plays and so it avoids a possible clash with a fixture, and also club managers generally will accept a Thursday to let their players out. If this date changes obviously we will let everyone know.

Charitable Donations:
The committee discussed the suggestion that we consider a few local charities alongside our traditional favourites. A few were nominated and committee members will check them out and when a decision is made about which ones the membership will be advised by e mails and comments welcomed.
Also the committee voted to donate £150 to londonroad.net. Obviously this is a service that is an integral part of the POSH supporting experience and they have always been incredibly supportive of PISA. Contrary to what people think the site is not cheap to run so we hope this contribution helps.

Other Business:
The committee voted to join The Football Supporters Federation the umbrella organisation for an awful lot of supporters groups including a lot of Trusts and Independent Supporters groups.
It is free to join but will also give us a platform to liaise with other groups, discuss things affecting our members and football fans in general and help build relationships with other clubs supporters.

Due to the incredibly awful fixture list when it comes to away fixtures this season - pre-Christmas at least - there are no coaches planned. However a number of PISA members have asked about the possibility of a coach to Southampton. Although this a lot further than we would normally choose to travel, it seems a good one bearing in mind it is a new ground most of us have not been to and by all accounts the parking around the ground is non existent. It is also apparently miles away from the train station.
Adi will get quotes from a variety of companies and will also suss out the strength of interest through .net and at Eb's.

The meeting finished at 21.10

All PISA members; feel free to make any comment re the above to the PISA email via the blog or indeed to any Committee member you mat know or come across.

Thank You

Adi Mowles;
Chairman.