Business Meeting

Monday 3rd March 2008

Present:

Graeme Steel, Paula Moran, Ian Malone, Ray Lynch, John Allan. Helen Fern, Liz Shaw, Hamish Lambert, John Meikle, Murray Forsyth, Tony Helgeren, Paul Hopwood, Louise Rawlings, Sally Robinson, John MacLellan, Alison King, Carole Angus, Tom Meechan, Ian Holgan, Ken Palmer, Kerry Stainsby, John Docherty, Davie McKim (Guest), Ray Ramsay, Steven Thompson, Matt McGhee, Dick McMillan, Stuart McGregor, William Millar

Guest Speakers

Paul Richardson (LBP Road Safety Department), Kevin Hamilton (West Lothian Council),

Apologies:

Ron Williams, Wendy Souter, Lynn McGaugin, Ian Henry, Ron Williams.

Ian Holgan opened the meeting and welcomed everybody present.

Approval of previous minutes:

Tom Meechan proposed the minutes, Ian Malone seconded them, and there were no objections

Financial report

Sally delivered a summary of the associations financial position. Details are available from her. The group is in a healthy position and we now represent in the region of 45 instructors in the area.

DISC affiliation.

Ron Williams still to action.

Forthcoming Events

· Ceilidh

· Fire Station visit

· Tulliallan visit

· Verve dealer meeting

All were briefly discussed.

Pass Plus

Paul Richardson and Kevin Hamilton delivered a very informative presentation on Pass Plus. There was a considerable amount of feedback from the floor.

Hamish Lambert will be a liaison to the Road Safety Department. He will be a source of application forms for the West Drive Pass Plus scheme.

Hamish Lambert and Paul Hopwood will attend the Parents and Students presentation to be delivered in East/Mid Lothian; they will then feed information back to us.

Paul Richardson will attempt to get a copy of the Crash Magnets DVD for each instructor in the association.

Scottish Road Safety Strategy document was discussed. All are welcome to read it, and comment if they feel it is appropriate. Link will be placed on the website as soon as possible.

AOCB

Comments were made about a specific instructor sitting on a corner when someone else was using it for a manoeuvre. This resulted in a brief general discussion where another instructors name was also mentioned as also regularly doing this. Ray to prepare a general notice regarding this, run it by Tom Lyndsay and ask to place it on the notice board in the DTC. If this does not resolve the problem a letter will be sent on behalf of the association to the offenders

General Comments:

It was requested that members present at the meetings respect other people and do not have private conversations whilst others are making general comments.

Date of next meeting:

Monday June 2nd 2008 – Examiners meeting