PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT NEWS

These following files are the minutes from the last Driver Education Advisory Committee meeting:

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DRIVER EDUCATORS NEWS

Minutes for Telephone Conference January 20th

Attending:

Randy from Fleet Safety International
Mona from Drivers Edge
Brent – Contract instructor

Randy provided an update of activities for the past year including:

Goal One: Bring up awareness of the organization to other driving schools and driving instructors
Progress: Current president attended and spoke at 5 different events during the 2008 year to promote the association
Goal Two: Provide members with additional value for being a member
Progress: A new website is in development. The website is http://www.drivereducatorsofalberta.com/ Current president has been attending Alberta Government Driver Advisory meetings. Minutes of those meetings are posted on the website
Goal Three: Create better communication between members
Progress: The website is a great way to communicate efficiently and effectively to members Telephone conference call will occur 2 or 3 times year providing updates. Once a year, annual general meeting s occur in the fall of every year.

New Business – How to increase awareness and membership in the association

Plan:

1. Start putting resources into the membership resource section – each of us will send in some resources and Randy will load on to the site

2. Encourage membership of regular instructors through

a. Reduced fees