Newslink November 2020

Waiting room debate needs
to focus on vulnerable ADIs
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Fenella Wheeler
MSA GB South East
And so it comes to that time of year
again, when the Annual General Meeting
season is upon us!
Along with the rest of the MSA GB
community, the South East Region is
holding its AGM via Zoom. It’s on
Monday, November 23, from 7pm until
8.30pm. In attendance will be the
National Chairman Peter Harvey MBE
and Deputy Chairman, Geoff Little. We
are hoping for a DVSA representative to
be present and have also invited our local
MPs along.
Places are limited, so please email me,
Nell Wheeler, or our regional Chairman,
Terry Cummins. My address is below and
Terry’s can be found on page 3.
I think that one of the main topics this
year has got to be waiting rooms. I have
seen a number of ADIs on social media
saying things like ‘Stop whingeing, get an
umbrella, go for a walk’.
That’s all well and good until you take
into account the number of elderly,
disabled and vulnerable ADIs across the
country. I
am disabled and walk with two sticks
if I have to go further than from my car to
the front door. As a result, I don’t own an
umbrella (can’t hold it!) and I can’t walk
very far even with my sticks. I am also
unable stand for very long.
I have a chair in the boot of my car and
this worked very well for the tests my
students had on the sunny days.
Unfortunately, I now have a number of
students with tests coming up over the
next few weeks with the weather
becoming ever more inclement.
One of the things we can all do to
highlight this problem is to email the
Health and Safety Executive as per the
email sent out by NASP.
Follow this link to add your voice:
https://hsegov.microsoftcrmportals.com/
workingsafelyenquiries/
To finish, I would like to wish you all
well, and stay safe on the roads. I look
forward to seeing some of you at the
AGM.
CONTACT
Fenella ‘Nell’ Wheeler can be contacted
at lookingafterthelearners@gmail.com
or via 07464 595913
Western heads to Zoom-land for AGM
Arthur Mynott
MSA GB Western
Hello everyone, I hope you are all safe
and well.
You may have seen in the News
Bulletin over the summer that I had
arranged a regional seminar and AGM for
the MSA GB Western Region, for
Monday November 9. Sadly, I’m sure not
to your surprise, due to Government
restrictions this can no longer take place
as planned on a face-to-face basis.
However, we have now changed it to a
virtual conference which will now take
place via Zoom on the same date, starting
at 7pm and running until around 9pm.
(please connect 10 minutes before to
ensure a good connection).
I have asked for a representative from
the DVSA to give a presentation but have,
as yet not had confirmation. Our National
Chairman, Peter Harvey, will be joining
us, however, and will, I’m sure, fill us all
in as to how the future of our industry
looks regarding the DVSA and any
forthcoming changes.
Over the last few months Peter has held
many Zoom meetings with local instructor
organisations and has proved to be a
wealth of information, answering many
questions for all that attend.
Also joining us and giving a
presentation will be Martin Leather from
Driving School Development which
promises to be of great use to our driving
schools.
The Western AGM will be conducted at
the end of the meeting to install the
committee for the ensuing year.
If you wish to attend, to book a place,
please email me at arthur_mynott@
yahoo.com and I will send you an invite a
few days before.
This will also be a chance to speak to
fellow ADIs in what is sometimes, a very
lonely occupation and discuss the issues
that are bedevilling us all at the moment.
I’m sure the problems you are facing are
similar to the ones others struggle with,
and some of your colleagues could have
the answers you are looking for
I hope you can join us on November 9;
I’m looking forward to seeing you.
Arthur Mynott. ADI.
Chairman.
MSA GB Western
• Want to learn a little more about
Arthur? He is the subject of our ‘Meet
the ADI’ spot. See pg 44
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