 All members will receive an individual notice of annual general meeting 2010 advising that the meeting will be held at The HAC, Armoury House, City Road, London EC1Y |
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2010 |
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2BQ on Sunday 6th February
2011 at 11:00hrs. The meeting this year will consider an agenda including the Election of Officers and any proposed Rule Changes and Propositions. Proposed Rule Changes, Propositions and Nominations for the Board, must be received at Dial-a-Cab House on or before 09:00hrs on Friday 19th November 2010 and be received in accordance |
with Society Rules. Any member putting forward a Rule Change, Proposition or nomination for the Board and wishing to give a brief explanation to support their submission in the January Call Sign, may do so by emailing it to the Editor with a maximum 250 words by midday on Tuesday 7th December 2010. Howard
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Lee tragedy - Out for the season! |
As his Ashford Town team walloped North Greenford
United 6 – 2 in the FA Carlsberg Trophy 1st
Qualifying Round to set up a 2nd round match against Bury
Town, ‘Tangerines’ goalkeeper and Dial-a-Cab driver
Lee Pearce (J71) was waiting to see the consultant about
his problematic
knee. He twisted it two months back, tried to play in a practice
match several weeks later but the knee gave way again.
"The knee was really sore," he told Call Sign. "When I tried to run, it just gave way. I’d have kicked myself for not being more patient except that I might have fallen over had I tried it!" Now Lee has been given the bad news that the injury is his cruciate ligament that runs from femur to the fibia and usually prevents over-bending or over-straightening. Now Lee faces an operation that puts paid to the rest of his season. It has also prevented him from driving his taxi for a few weeks, but because it’s his left knee he should at least be able to get back behind the wheel after the op. "I’m totally gutted," said Lee. "Not only are the team playing well, but so was I and now I can only sit and watch!" As for the FA Trophy match, the last 45 minutes saw all the action with a brace from Isaiah Rankin and one each from player-coach Jamie Lawrence, Mark Bitmead, Spencer Tauferelli and Russ Canderton. The result kept Ashford’s great recent form up, giving the Middlesex outfit their fifth win in six games. While runaway Zamaretto League Central Division leaders Hitchin Town have a comfortable cushion at the top, if Ashford can keep winning, then who knows. But for Lee, the excitement will be as a spectator. "But don’t worry," he added, "I’ll be back next season better than ever..." |
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KEN’S CHANGE OF MIND ON BUS LANES? But Boris says he hasn’t changed his! |
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driver Bernie Silver (G08) was away at a weekend meeting
recently that was totally unconnected to the cab trade.
Sometimes that can make a pleasant change! Then suddenly in
walked the evening’s guest speaker – former Mayor of London
Ken Livingstone. Mr Livingstone recently defeated Oona King to win the Labour Party nomination for the Mayor of London elections in May 2012 and as soon as Bernie realised who was in the room with him, he phoned Call Sign to ask if we had any question for Ken should Bernie manage to get hold of him following his speech.. Sure enough, Bernie was introduced to the former Mayor by MP for Ealing North, Steve Pound. We knew that Mr Livingstone had changed his mind when as Mayor he said that private hire could NOT use bus / taxi lanes and more recently said that provided PH vehicles had official signage on, he would – if he won the election – allow them into bus and taxi lanes. This had undoubtedly been bad news for the licensed taxi trade. The Call Sign question was whether he had changed his mind yet again? Surprisingly, he said that he 
hadn’t expected PH to grow to 60,000+ and now, instead of
automatically allowing the cars into the lanes, he would call
for a Consultation and listen to views of both sides of the
trade - could that be John Griffin’s legal team?We then called Mayor Boris Johnson’s office and after a few hours wait for official confirmation, we were told that the Mayor hadn’t changed his view and that private hire were and would stay banned from bus and taxi lanes. Our thanks to Bernie for interrupting his weekend to keep Call Sign readers informed... |
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