Meetings

Meetings

Contents

Venue
Future meetings
Past speakers
Past venues

Venue

Our current meeting venue is:

Ladywood Community and Health Centre
Saint Vincent Street West
Birmingham
B16 8RP

0121-464-8625.

It has free car parking, and BADIs provide free tea and coffee. Click here for a map in pdf format. If you are a speaker travelling from outside Birmingham, click here for directions.

Future meetings

Date					Doors open	Speaker(s)
Friday	13	August	2010	4.30pm Karting event at Wheels, B8 1AD.
Wednesday	8	September	2010		7.15pm	John Lepine MBE, General Manager, The Motor Schools Association of Great Britain.
Tuesday	19	October	2010		7.15pm	Courtney Cole, DSA DTAM (Driver Training Assessment Manager).
Thursday	2	December	2010		7.15pm	Martin Stott, Operations Manager, the Highways Agency.
To be arranged			2010	Daytime visit to Coventry Transport Museum, CV1 1JD.

Times
Doors open at 7.15pm, which gives us just enough time to distribute name badges (collected at the end of the meeting) and allow new members to join, before the meeting starts at 7.30pm. We aim to finish around 9.40pm.

How we choose our meeting dates
We try to make sure as many members as possible can make our meetings:

Some members have regular commitments elsewhere. To make sure they have a chance to come to at least some of our meetings, we vary the day of the week on which we meet. Currently, meetings vary from Tuesdays through to Thursdays.
Dates are spread through the year, but with more in the darker months, recognising that many ADIs work longer days during the lighter summer months.
We avoid dates in the first week of a month, as some organisations schedule their meetings for the "First Monday" or "First Tuesday" etc.

Past Speakers

The full list of our meetings, with their past speakers, is most impressive:

Date	Speaker(s)	From	Subject	Venue
19.7.10	Steve Dolby	Michelin UK Product Marketing Manager	Tyres: history, technology, recent developments to save fuel and increase longevity and wet grip, new EU law, and the future.	5
3.6.10	Dave Shenton	IAM Group Support Manager	What advanced driving can do for ADIs.	5
21.4.10	None	N/A	Open forum.	5
9.3.10	Nigel Rimell DSA ADI (Car), Dip PFS	City Financial Planning	Pensions, and income protection.	5
14.1.10	Karen Baker	Midlands Air Ambulance	(Follwing our 9th AGM) The work of the Air Ambulance.	5
2.12.09	David Clayfield	Traffic Management Services, Birmingham City Council	Road signs and markings.	5
21.10.09		BADIs	Open Forum and Film Night.	5
24.09.09	Charlotte Wood	Business Development Advisor, Birmingham Metropolitan College	College courses for ADIs	5
	James Quinn	Birmingham Driving School	The Diploma in Driving Instruction.
	Sara Hickie and David Wilkinson	BADIs	Other courses and CPD opportunities for ADIs.
24.9.09		BADIs	All about fleet driver training.	5
23.7.09	Leigh Harris, Sara Hickie, James Quinn, and David Wilkinson	BADIs	All about fleet driver training.	5
30.6.09	N/A	N/A	A visit to RDAC, to try out the various adapted cars.	RDAC
9.6.09	John Sheridan	DSA ACDE	The Check Test	5
5.3.09	Richard Breeze	West Midlands Police Crash Investigation Unit	A real case study	5
14.1.09	None	N/A	Our 8th Annual General Meeting	5
4.12.08	Lynne Barrie	ADINJC	The ADINJC	5
22.10.08	John Lepine MBE	General Manager, The Motor Schools Association of Great Britain	Various topics	5
11.9.08	Richard Breeze	West Midlands Police Crash Investigation Unit	Open forum	5
23.07.08	Dave Hothi	DSA Registered Fleet Driver Trainer	My recent fleet check test	5
23.07.08	Sara Hickie	BADIs Secretary	Our response to the DSA's new consultation document.	5
5.6.08	Colin O'Connell	DIA	CPD, and the DSA's new consultation document	5
9.4.08	Michelle Moston	DSA's Deputy Head of Fraud & Integrity Team.	How DSA try to reduce impersonation, illegal instruction etc	5
21.2.08	Graham Feest	Secretary of AIRSO.	Interactive session: the causes of road traffic crashes	4
6.12.07	Vic Oatridge	DSA Driver Trainer Assessment Manager	Open forum	4
	Paul Whitehouse	DSA Sector Manager
	Bob Hall	DSA Driving Examiner
13.9.07	Steve Garrod and Colin O'Connell	The former (Colin) and present (Steve) Chief Driving Examiners of DIAmond Advanced Motorists	CPD	4
21.6.07	Ian Green and Paul Staple	The ADI Federation	CPD and the ADI Federation	4
16.5.07	Michael Rose	Federation of Small Businesses	About the Federation of Small Businesses	4
29.3.07	Kathy Higgins DipDI	Kathy Higgins DipDI Driver Training and Education	Why do you need a USP?	4
21.2.07	PC Gary Hall	West Midlands Police	Driver Watch	4
11.1.07	James Quinn	BADIs Treasurer	(After our 6th AGM ...) CPD: What BADIs may offer in 2007	4
11.1.07	David Wilkinson	BADI's Membership Secretary	(After our 6th AGM ...) CPD: What BADIs may offer in 2007	4
29.11.06	Paul Richardson	Superintendent, Studley St John Ambulance	What to do at the scene of an accident	4
29.11.06	David Bryne	Paramedic (retired), Studley St John Ambulance	What to do at the scene of an accident	4
19.10.06	John Sheridan	DSA ACDE	Open forum	4
	Paul Whitehouse	DSA SE (L-tests) Birmingham
	Alan Sturch	DSA DE South Yardley
6.09.06	Lynne Barrie	Lynne Barrie School of Motoring	Room 101	4
27.07.06	John Lepine MBE	General Manager, The Motor Schools Association of Great Britain	The Road Safety Bill, Continuing Professional Development, and other matters	4
7.06.06	Colin Barnett, Nick Bartleet and David Marshall	The Disabled Drivers' Assessment Unit	The work of the Disabled Drivers' Assessment Unit	4
20.04.06	Bob Jackson		Communication.	4
1.03.06	David Wilkinson	Act Two	Road Traffic Law.	4
12.01.06	None	N/A	Our 5th Annual General Meeting	4
30.11.05	Vic Oatridge	DSA SE (ADI) Leicester	Open forum	4
	Paul Whitehouse	DSA SE (L-tests) Birmingham
	Rob Hall	DSA DE Quinton
20.10.05	Brian Austin	DSA ADI Registrar, Retired	Reflections on my work as Registrar	4
7.09.05	Graham Feest	Road Safety Consultant, and Secretary of AIRSO	A variety of road safety topics	4
8.06.05	Trevor Wedge	DSA ACDE	Raising standards	4
8.06.05	Robin Cummins	DSA's Chief Driving Examiner	Open Forum	4
14.04.05	Bob Smalley	Chief Examiner, RoSPA Advanced Divers' Association	The RoSPA Advanced Driving Test and the National Diploma in Advanced Driving Instruction	4
13.01.05	John Lepine MBE	General Manager, The Motor Schools Association of Great Britain	(After our 4th AGM ...) Investing in You	4
1.12.04	Adrian Turner	The ADI Federation	The ADI Federation	4
4.08.04	Sarah Holt	Coventry City Council Road Safety Officer	Safety Cameras	4
2.06.04	Mike Collins	Supervising Examiner, DIAmond Advanced Motorists	DIAmond advanced driving tests	4
7.04.04	John Sheridan	DSA SE(ADI) Wolverhampton	Fault identification, analysis and remedial action	4
7.04.04	Tony Read	DSA SE(ADI) Birmingham	Open forum	4
4.02.04	Geoff Little and Terry Pearce	The Motor Schools Association of Great Britain West Midlands	Open forum (and our 3rd AGM)	4
10.12.03	Eddie Barnaville	DIA	Open forum	4
1.10.03	John Sheridan	DSA SE(ADI) Wolverhampton	The DSA�s ADI check test; and open forum	4
6.08.03	Tony Read	DSA SE(ADI) Birmingham	Open forum	4
4.06.03	Bryan Davis	West Midlands Police	The police VIP motorcycle escorts team	4
2.04.03	Steve Barber	DSA ACDE	Changes to the driving test due to come in by September 2003	4
2.04.03	Paul Whitehouse	DSA SDE Birmingham	Open forum	4
12.02.03	None	N/A	Our 2nd Annual General Meeting	4
4.12.02	Committee	BADIs	Christmas prize quiz; and the future of BADIs	4
2.10.02	Mike Collins	ADI, Walsall	The ADI profession	4
2.10.02	Sales staff	Robinsons Contracts	Report back on in-car video as a teaching aid and business tool.	4
7.08.02	Trevor Wedge	DSA ACDE	Hazard perception testing	4
5.06.02	Sales staff	Robinsons Contracts	In-car video as a teaching aid and business tool.	3
6.02.02	David Wilkinson	Act Two	Introducing hazard perception testing into the driving theory test; and 25 years of drink drive advertising.	3
5.12.01	David Wilkinson	Act Two	Gaining the Diploma in Driving Instruction, and other qualifications	3
3.10.01	Tony Read	DSA SE(ADI) Birmingham	The DSA�s ADI check test	3
23.05.01	Phil Jarvis	DSA SDE, Redditch	The DSA�s schools project	3
23.05.01	Alan Timms	RoSPA Advanced Divers' Association	The RoSPA advanced driving test and beyond	3
24.01.01	Bob Jackson	AIRSO	Dealing with emergency vehicles - what to tell new drivers	3
24.01.01	Bob Heath	ADI, Redditch	Driver Improvement Schemes	3
28.09.00	Tony Read	DSA SE(ADI) Birmingham	Open forum	3
13.06.00	Julie Hughes BA(Hons), Cert Ed	Matthew Boulton College	Teaching and training qualifications for ADIs	2
27.01.00	Barry Goodwin	DSA	Open forum	1

Past venues

We do seem to have moved about. The venues listed in the right hand column of the table above are described below:

1		Our first venue (which saw our inaugural meeting on Wednesday 27 January 2000) was the Ancient Order of Foresters, 581 Pershore Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 7EL. This was at the corner of Oakfield Road and Pershore Road, just behind BBC Pebble Mill. It was a good venue, chosen because of its central location, easy access, spaciousness and good facilities. It was already known to BADIs' founding members as they met there on the first Monday of each month as members of Birmingham Advanced Motorists. The venue was paid for privately by its founding members, but the cost was more than BADIs was likely to be able to afford in the short term. So we had to look elsewhere. More recently, in the early 2000s, the building was boarded up, and is no longer in use.
2		Our second venue (which hosted our second meeting, on Tuesday 13 June 2000) was Room S56 at Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College, Balsall Heath Road, Birmingham, B12 9DS. This cost us very little, but, being a small classroom, would not suit our needs as we expanded. So, we kept looking.
3		Our big breakthrough came when Ranjit Bhatti, new to our committee in 2000, secured for us our best ever venue to date: the Smethwick Asian Resource Project, 58-60 Waterloo Road, Smethwick, B66 4JN. We had a meeting room which was smart, modern, spacious, and bright. It had good audio-visual facilities, a small kitchen and drinks machine, and there were even photocopying facilities. And the cost? Free! Well done, Ranjit! Our first meeting there, on Thursday 28 September 2000, was a cracker, with Tony Read, DSA SE(ADI) held an open forum. We were clearly in no hurry to move on, and began to use the same venue (again, free of charge) to coach BADIs members taking the Diploma in Driving Instruction. However, all good (free) things do seem to come to an end, and towards the end of 2002 funding from Birmingham City Council for the resource centre was lost, and the venue closed. We had to cancel the meeting scheduled for 3 April 2002, and look elsewhere.
4		We spent more than five years at our fourth venue, Quinborne Community Centre, Ridgacre Road, Birmingham, B32 2TW, our first there being on Wednesday 7 August 2002 and our last on Thursday 121 February 2008. The staff were always helpful, but the rooms could be noisy. With wooden floors promoting echoes, and the adjacent room (separated only by a thin moveable room divider) hosting tap dancing, piano or table tennis, our speakers sometimes had to demonstrate their voice projection skills. Nevertheless, it was good value, had some free car parking, and played host to many prestigious speakers.
5		Our fifth (and current) venue, which we began using on Wednesday 9 April 2008, is Ladywood Community and Health Centre, Saint Vincent Street West, Birmingham, B16 8RP. Suggested my committee member Constantine Brown, Just off the south west quadrant of Birmingham's middle ring road (A4540) it is far more central than our previous two venues. It is still good value for money, has free car parking, good facilities, and should now attract potential members from more of Birmingham than was previously the case.

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