Diary
Diary of events
2009
| Date | Event and Venue | Notes |
| 7/12/09 | AGM and election/reelection of office bearers, to be held at Craigsfarm Community centre, Craigswood in Livingston | Any other items can still be discussed. Agenda to be published. |
| 7/09/09 | Business Meeting | Agenda to be published |
| 1/06/09 | Examiners Meeting | Agenda to be published |
| 2/03/09 | Business Meeting | Agenda to be published |
| 6/02/09 | Ceilidh and Haggis Supper, Craigsfarm, Livingston | First social event of the new year. The same Ceilidh band who played at last years event are back, plus a supper of Haggis, neeps and tatties. Tickets £10 and are sure to be in great demand. Contact Tom Meechan for full information. |
2008
| Date | Event and Venue | Notes |
| 12/12/08 | Christmas
night out
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At the Cairn Hotel, Bathgate. Awaiting photos - if you have any photos of this event please forward them to me and I will put them online. |
| 01/12/08 | AGM and election/reelection of office bearers, to be held at Craigsfarm Community centre, Craigswood in Livingston | The office bearers were re-elected as a group. Welcome to all new members. Our association remains in a very strong/healthy position. An outline plan of events for 2009 developed.... we will continue with the "only 4 meetings per year" format adopted for 2008, as it lead to a very active year for the group. |
| 25/11/08 | DSA Business Customer Conference at the Inchyra Grange Hotel in Polmont. Places by invitation only. | It looks as if we have about 15 people planning to go. If I do not get an invite I will be looking for someone to tell us all about it! |
| 6/10/08 | Special meeting with the DSA Fraud and Integrity team | The DSA fraud and integrity unit came up and give us a
presentation on what their work is and how they go about it. This is the area of the DSA that it can be argued work on YOUR
behalf as an instructor as part of their remit is to identify and stop people instructing with out qualification.
For those who are interested an article about this meeting appeared in the December 2008 edition of ADI News magazine |
| 01/09/08 | Business meeting, to be held at Craigsfarm, Livingston | This was mostly a general business meeting, but crucially, the arrangements for the Christmas party were made. |
| 26th,27th, 28th August | West Drive | Road safety event. Thanks to Hamish Lambert for co-ordinating this. Thanks to those who took part. Articles on the event in ADI News magazine and MSA Newslink. |
| 19/7/08 | A goodbye drink for Bill and Anne, Kaim Park Hotel, Bathgate | A drink with Bill and Anne, wishing them well in their retirement. |
| 02/06/08 | Meeting with DSA Examiners held at Craigsfarm, Livingston. | This was, as always a free forum and a great chance for everyone (but in particular instructors new to working in the area) to ask questions. A good night with quite a lot of discussion with the examiners regarding the DFT consultation document and some road signing issues. Minutes in HTML.. Thanks to Tom, Alastair and Norman for giving up their own time to attend |
| 28/05/08 | Visit to Livingston Fire Station. | This was an interesting night. The guys at Livingston Fire and Rescue Station gave us a talk on the kind of things they have to deal with at accident scenes and a demo on how they use some of their equipment. |
| 04/04/08 | Ceilidh, held at Craigs Farm, Livingston. | By all accounts a very good night. |
| 03/03/08 | Meeting, held at Bathgate Community centre, Marjoriebanks Street. | This meeting focused on Pass Plus, with presentations by guest speakers Paul Richardson of Lothian and Borders Police Road Safety and Kevin Hamilton of West Lothian Council Road Safety and Traffic Planning. It was a productive night, see minutes for details. Minutes in HTML |
| 16/02/08 | 10 Pin bowling at Deer Park. | A good night appears to have been had by all. Well done Sally for organising it. Photos of the event are available on this link. Photos courtesy of Ray Lynch. |
In the pipeline / To be arranged
| Date | Event and Venue | Notes |
| To be arranged | Quiz night | A chance to sit around and answer questions. |
| To be arranged | Visit to Tulliallan Police Driver Training Centre | I have opened contact with the Scottish Police College to see about this planed visit. We hope to get some demonstrations from police driving instructors plus some discussion on how Police Driver training is structured and delivered. This already promises to be very popular evening so will probably be members only, it is also likely to be a pay event as the SPC is now a self funding centre. Details will follow as I get them, but contact Ray Lynch if you want to be considered. |
If you have a particular subject you wish to have discussed at a meeting, please contact the secretary here WLDIA Secretary by email or contact any member of the committee directly - see COMMITTEE link on the navigator panel to the left. We are also constantly on the look out for themes for special meetings or ideas for social events. Please remember that this is YOUR association and we will endeavour to do what you want. Also keep in mind that meetings with a specific purpose DO COUNT AS CPD. If we use our heads we can be getting a major part of our CPD requirements in at NO EXTRA cost, surely that's got to be worth £10 per year membership.
Archived Minutes
Minutes from previous meetings that may still be of interest, particularly to new members - click here
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This page last updated 24/12/2008
