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<strong>Call</strong> <strong>Sign</strong> <strong>May</strong> 20<strong>06</strong> Page 22<br />
Arbitrators Election<br />
The following CVs were received<br />
for inclusion in <strong>Call</strong> <strong>Sign</strong> by the<br />
closing date of Tuesday 18 April.<br />
They have been published as much<br />
as possible in the format they were<br />
sent and are displayed in alphabetical<br />
order. Voting forms will be posted<br />
shortly. There are 4 vacancies…<br />
Stuart Benjamin (B10)<br />
My name is Stuart Benjamin (B10). I first joined<br />
ODRTS (Lords) in 1971 as D96. I rejoined Diala-Cab<br />
in 1989 and at this time I am a fully paid<br />
up member. To this date, I have never been<br />
before a Complaints Committee.<br />
I seek election to become an Arbitrator<br />
because I strongly feel the present system is<br />
too severe. I am a firm believer in the suspended<br />
sentence system and financial punishment<br />
ie fines being donated to cab trade charities<br />
rather than the present system in most<br />
cases. I also believe that giving a person a second<br />
chance will make them a more responsible<br />
person, especially if they have served the<br />
company well in the past.<br />
Thank you for taking the time to read this.<br />
Stuart Benjamin<br />
Grant Davis (L39)<br />
My name is Grant Davis. I have been a cab<br />
driver for some 16 years of which 10 have<br />
been on Dial-a-Cab. In addition, I have been<br />
a member of the LCDC for 15 years and have<br />
served on that committee for 5 years.<br />
I see my future as a Licensed Taxi Driver<br />
with Dial-a-Cab. I want to make sure it remains<br />
a successful mutual Society that is the envy of<br />
the taxi trade. And a part of that success comes<br />
from maintaining professional standards of<br />
conduct. I want to play my part in the Society,<br />
and believe I have the experience, the commitment<br />
and the independence of mind to<br />
make a real contribution as an Arbitrator.<br />
Grant Davis<br />
Patricia Ann Graves (L53)<br />
I grew up in Bloomsbury, therefore have a<br />
passion for London and all its traditions. When<br />
I first left school, I worked in investment<br />
accounts in the City until getting married. I<br />
then spent the next ten years of my life bringing<br />
up my family of four. When my children<br />
became more independent, I wished to retrain<br />
and get back into the workplace. I chose<br />
to become a black cab driver for two reasons;<br />
firstly, it would give me flexibility to work and<br />
keep a close eye on family matters and also<br />
because I both knew and loved London.<br />
I have been a licensed taxi driver for the<br />
past sixteen years and have thoroughly<br />
enjoyed it; for the past fourteen years I have<br />
been with Dial-a-Cab. Working as a taxi driver<br />
has brought me to many different places, people<br />
and situations. I have not only worked as<br />
a driver, but also worked as a teacher at<br />
Knowledge Point, a job which I took very seriously<br />
and which has given me a lot of skills<br />
including patience, working as a team and the<br />
ability to listen to people as well as talk. I feel<br />
that my time of teaching was a great success,<br />
as in fact two of my past pupils have since<br />
become examiners at the PCO.<br />
At present, I also work as a Marshal, usually<br />
at Deutsche Bank in the evenings. This work<br />
obviously brings me back into touch with my<br />
peer group once again, helping me to gain<br />
insight into developing strategies to deal with<br />
any problems and difficulties, also using initiative<br />
and at times, working under pressure.<br />
I presently belong to the Worshipful<br />
Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers and am<br />
also a Livery Woman of the Company. I think<br />
that this, and all of the above, displays both<br />
my commitment and passion about our trade<br />
and how it is represented. I feel that not only<br />
my experience of work, but also my people<br />
skills and sense of fairness would contribute<br />
greatly to the position of Arbitrator and I<br />
would welcome the opportunity to work successfully<br />
in this capacity for the benefit of both<br />
Dial-a-Cab and also its members.<br />
Patricia Ann Graves<br />
Alan Green (E52)<br />
My name is Alan Green (E52) and I am standing<br />
for election as an Arbitrator. I have been<br />
on Dial-a-Cab for 34 years now and I care<br />
passionately about our Society and the professional<br />
image we project to our clients at all<br />
times, an image envied by others in our<br />
industry. I have served on numerous<br />
Complaints Meetings and have always striven<br />
to be fair, firm, honest and consistent in my<br />
judgements. I have always conferred fully<br />
with my fellow panellists to bring about a<br />
result that can be seen to have achieved justice<br />
for all parties. That is, the complainant<br />
feels the matter has been dealt with properly<br />
and the defendant (driver) feels that they too<br />
have been treated with fairness and respect.<br />
In my time at DaC, I have not had any complaints<br />
lodged against me, but I understand<br />
how easy it is to fall foul of the very high<br />
standards we have set ourselves and so, if<br />
elected, I look forward to serving as an<br />
Arbitrator with both impartiality and common<br />
sense while maintaining the good name of<br />
Dial-a-Cab that we have all worked so hard<br />
for over the years.<br />
Fellow subscribers, I seek your vote.<br />
Alan Green<br />
Melvin Green (E55)<br />
My name is Melvin Green (E55). I am aged 59<br />
and have been a full-time taxi driver for 33<br />
years, of which 31 have been on Dial-a-Cab. I<br />
believe that this experience will make me a<br />
suitable Arbitrator for the Society.<br />
Melvin Green<br />
Barry Groner (V30)<br />
Why you should vote for me as an Arbitrator?<br />
I have been with Dial-a-Cab for over five years<br />
during which time I have served the role as a<br />
New Driver Trainer. This position was given to<br />
me by the current Board of management. I<br />
had served a similar position with one of our<br />
competitor’s circuits. The position there also<br />
extended to problem-solving and Marshalling<br />
at one of their prestigious clients during the<br />
bedding-in period of their new GPS system. A<br />
situation I handled well…<br />
Since working at Dial-a-Cab, I have watched<br />
our V6 Data Dispatch systems redevelop. I<br />
have been used as a guinea pig, testing each<br />
upgrade before it went live. This is the correct<br />
procedure to adopt.<br />
Our system is very complex. It is amazing how<br />
much information is stored on a driver during<br />
their active signed-on period, so much so that I,<br />
as a driver with so much system knowledge,<br />
have to abide by the rules even more than most.<br />
All new subscribers that are trained by me,<br />
receive a full guided tour of our Data<br />
Despatch system and are made aware of its<br />
tracking capabilities. I have been reliably<br />
informed by our in house Trainer, Darren, that<br />
since these methods have been adopted, the<br />
number of complaints involving new drivers<br />
are well down. This is pleasantly reassuring.<br />
I would therefore like you the membership,<br />
to consider me as one of your choices so that<br />
I can assist the already current sitting<br />
Arbitration panel make decisions that continue<br />
to benefit the Society.<br />
Barry Groner<br />
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