Minutes of Committee Meeting, 16 February 2011

PISA 2000 Committee Meeting 16th Feb 2011 at Ebeneezer's

Meeting commenced at 20.00.

Present: Adi Mowles (AM), Andy Mills (am), Paul Mitchell (PM), Nick Warrick (NW), Craig Buckley (CB)
Apologies: Ben Donnelly (Nappy changing responsibilities), Daniel Ferguson-Thomas.(Skool book marking duties)

AM opened the meeting and thanked those there for attending even though all present
were keeping on eye on the Arsenal v Barca match. It was agreed that Messi is a fine player but he is no CMS.

AM said he had been to a meeting at the club on 7th Feb with other supporter’s group’s representatives and two members of the council responsible for the ground improvements. The meeting was very worthwhile and the plans for the Moy's were explained in detail.
Paul Froggitt of The Trust has updated LondonRoad.net re: the information but basically the stand seems more than fit for purpose. We as a group also requested that we be kept ‘in the loop’ regarding all other plans regarding the ground especially The London Rd End which would be the next part of the ground to be ‘improved’ particularly regarding Safe Seating. It was agreed that all info would be shared with PISA members.

The Committee discussed the possibility of a PISA representative resuming attendance at the monthly meetings at the club. PISA were made to feel very welcome at the meeting and it was agreed that while it would not be possible to commit to attending every month we would attend on an ad hoc basis when available.

The club are holding an Open Day on Saturday March 19th and have kindly offered the Noel Cantwell Suite for us to use all day. We have accepted the offer and will utilise it in a variety of ways. NW offered to bring along his entire POSH shirt collection along again as this proved very popular last time. The Committee also agreed to attempt to collect various items of memorabilia to show what PISA have achieved in over11 years of existence including photos, press clippings and letters received from the various charities we have donated money to.
PM will ask the Podcast chaps if they would like to hold a live Q&A from the Suite
with various guests invited along. (confirmed this will be happening, further details to follow)
PM will also be producing a one-off old style fanzine for the day.
CB suggested a raffle to be held with the winner to be drawn from visitors who submitted their contact details on a form on the day.
am suggested that anyone joining on the day would have their yearly membership from then until August 2012 and although he would not be present on the day he would arrange all the relevant paperwork to be available.
AM will arrange for a DVD player and TV to be available and we would run all the PISA DVD’s during the day, these would prove interesting for non PISA members who may not have seen them before although we appreciate long term members probably know them off by heart!
All in all this should be a great opportunity for PISA to spread the word and we are grateful to the club for the offer.

The Committee discussed fund raising on match days at Ebeneezers. It was agreed that we needed to do something a bit different from the usual raffle. Therefore a correct score competition that was trailed prior to the Southampton match will become a regular event.
This comprises of 12 fixtures and the entrant has to predict the scores of each game. Points are awarded for predicting the correct score or just the outcome. For example if the predicted score is 2-1 to POSH but we only win 1-0 the entrant will get a point for correctly predicting the victory but would have gained 3 points had they predicted the correct scoreline
AM will produce the forms for Saturday and the results will be tallied by various Committee members over the weekend. The pot will be split 50/50 between PISA and the winner(s) This will start Saturday prior to the Tranmere game and each Saturday home game thereafter.
The winner(s) will be announced via the various outlets ie e-mail etc and will be paid out at the next home game.

Communication to our members was discussed by The Committee and it was agreed that we needed to ensure all members were informed of everything going on with their organisation. To that end we have recently started a twitter account along with a Facebook page and
the blog.
The details are as follows.
Twitter. pisa2000@ebz
Facebook pisa2000
E mail pisa2000@gmx.co.uk
Blog pisa200.blogspot.com
We look forward to hearing from you. Of course the old fashioned way is even more simple, come and see us at Ebs.

Noel Cantwell as we all know is a legendary name for us POSH fans and it is hoped that one day a statue could be erected outside London Rd in his honour. The costs and logistics of getting this project up and running and eventually hopefully completed are frightening but it is something that we think would be fantastic. The Committee discussed the project and also the possibility of adding Chris Turner as he was in many way Noels prodigy. It was agreed that AM would put out feelers through Bob at the club as to who did the various memorials at other clubs and what sort of costs were involved. This is not an overnight project to say the least but an exciting one nonetheless.

A date was discussed for an end of season function with guests from the club invited. The dates suggested are 21 & 28th April. These dates were chosen as both were the evening before bank holidays. Good Friday and The Royal Wedding to be exact. The previous time we held a function it was a great success so it is to be hoped we can pull it off again. AM will liaise with the club re the chances of making it happen.

The meeting closed at 22.15 interrupted as it was by events from The Emirates.

The next meeting was agreed to be Wednesday 9th March at 20.00 at Ebs. As well as the Committee any member is of course welcome to attend. Please let us know if you wish to in case there are any changes to the arrangements.

Adi Mowles
PISA 2000 Chairman.