What we do
The PISA committee is elected annually by an AGM of all PISA members.
Our current committee members are:
Chairman: Keith Powell
Secretary: Sue Maisey
Treasurer: John Finn
Police Liaison: Keith Powell
Membership Secretary: Johan DeSayrah
Members: Paul Mee, Don Madgwick, Mervyn Pierce
Committee Membership is open to any Palace supporter. We are a fully democratic organisation.
The issues we’ve tackled
In the past the PISA committee have been in touch with the Club on many issues of concern to supporters. These range from state of the toilets in most parts of the stadium to away season tickets, away coaches, turnstile staff, Box Office, loss of Freephone Number, access to Training Ground, lack of Fans Forum and Open Day, the PA system and many others. We also contacted the Club regarding the frozen pitch cover in 2003 which resulted in their issuing an apology on their website.
PISA have also been involved with the club in other areas. We are represented on The Centenary Committee, The fans Centenary Project, the Selhurst Park Advisory Group and the Crystal Palace Supporters Trust. We were also invited to sit on the Croydon Council Investigation into the 2004 Croydon riots. We published on the BBS (see below) our discussions with the Police over the 2005 terrorist bombings.
All these types of issues can continue to be raised with the Club. However, we need input from the fans, which is why we have set up this website, so you can inform us of those matters which you think should be raised in face-to-face meetings. Let us know what concerns you have and we will collate them into an Agenda which we will discuss with the Club. We will keep you updated of our progress. For those of you who do not have access to a computer we will send a hard copy of any proceedings.
Relationship with the Trust
Crystal Palace Supporters Trust (CPST) was set up in 2000 with the specific remit of providing a vehicle for fans to take collective ownership of the club. Although Simon Jordan subsequently took full control of the club, the Trust has retained its infrastructure and membership in the event that the need arises again. They also support a number of Palace-related projects through sponsorship and donations.
PISA was one of the partners in establishing the Trust and some PISA members also happen to be Trustees of CPST. However the two organisations are independent of each other.
In particular, the Trust covers different issues in representing the interests of Palace supporters.
Palace Echo and other fanzines
The BBS – http://www.cpfc.org
These are all media designed to give Palace fans the opportunity to discuss all on and off field matters. PISA is entirely independent of both although we do have a co-operative relationship and many of our members contribute to both.