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Call Sign March 2012
Sunday 5 February 2012 saw the 2011 Dial-a-Cab AGM held again in the h
What follows are not the official minutes, but an unofficial record of the meeting as captured by Call Sign Editor Alan Fisher. It is
grammar has been sacrificed in order to make the report as compact as possible. A
The low attendance was caused by the heavy snowfalls of the previous evening with several drivers sending texts to Call Sign sayin
his Brownie in addition to taking notes! So if y
response. He also felt that traff
hoped to have a sample of the new terminals at the meeting
The meeting opened at 11.05 with Chairman Brian Rice
drivers but suggested that we
t
to show drivers, but it wasn't quite ready.
asking for the traditional one-minute silence to remember
he M25. He also said that Kei
At that moment, Mike Tovey walked in with the Chairman
those members that had passed away during the past 12
vp to dispatchers and put out
u
joking that he would be pleased to know that Chantrey
months. Approval for the presence of a sound engineer, for
ant. Keith took the mic and a
Vellacott had been re-elected, but that he wasn't sure what
Mike Tovey of DaC Accountants Chantrey Vellacott and
would have happened had the members seen the light
two young ladies from DaC was then given even though
John Rubini (F55):
brown Timberland boots he was wearing with his suit!
Mr Tovey had yet to arrive, also having been delayed by the
John asked about back-
Continuing with his response to Ray Sorene, Brian said that
atrocious weather. Members were reminded that they could
up zones and gave an
drivers should still get a signature regardless of the card
only vote if they had not already voted by post.
example. He said his
because that would avoid problems re payment from the
2010 Minutes
home zone was N50
bank.
Minutes of the 2010 meeting were passed with aprox 99%
(Enfield) and asked
of the total membership voting in favour. There were no
Neil Brewer (E16):
why he gets offered
matters arising...
jobs in N2 but never in
Neil brought up a prob-
E50N (Essex). He said
lem that a colleague of
Chairman's Report
that there were four
his had told him about.
There were no questions regarding the Chairman's Report
zones between his and
He had tried to book a
within the Annual Report and that also passed with around
N2, yet he was in the
cash trip but claimed
99% of the membership voting in favour.
next one to E50 but
to have been told we
was never offered any-
didn't accept them
Auditor's report
thing there. Brian responded t
unless it came from an
back-up zones but that it woul
account client. Brian
Reappoint Chantrey Vellacott
heJwas correct and that if so,
said that it wasn't DaC
Mike Tovey still hadn't arrived and as no questions were
ohn then moved on and sai
policy and he couldn't
waiting to be asked about the financial report, DaC's
"cahoots" with Addison Lee, a
understand why his
accountants were reappointed with a majority of around
lems" with that situation. He a
friend should have had a problem.
98.5% voting in favour. At this point, not one question from
ing.The Chairman gave a résum
the floor had yet been asked and after just 8 minutes the
Martin Freeborn (C67):
complicated scenario, Brian g
meeting had already arrived at AOB!
that Addison Lee had taken o
Martin asked for an
while the courier side went t
update
on
the
Any Other Business
had been the subject of a ma
Westminster TaxiCard
the problems they had previo
account as he'd heard
Ray Sorene (A53):
Health account) then took th
that Westminster were
Ray was first up and
Lee. CitySprint owned WestO
cutting back on them.
asked about getting sig-
bought out Burgundy Cars som
Brian responded that
natures on credit card
then another MBO of Wes
they had extended the
trips pointing out that
Chairman of CitySprint moved
account until October
on a large percentage
CitySprint's courier side, while
at which time it will
of these trips, either
Patrick Gallagher. He is the f
probably go out to ten-
there was no signature
h hairman John Griffin. Brian
C
der. He added his belief
on the card or it was
ad met John Griffin's two s
was that the card is
indecipherable. Brian
business and he had been told
now also means-tested and that those who could afford to
Rice replied that the
platform, which had previous
pay for their own taxis are no longer being provided with a
problem was one of the
(Professional IT) as being total
card. The Chairman added that it was out of Dial-a-Cab's
reasons that the new
had no cars or taxis and used
hands.
terminals would be installed with a chip and pin system. It
customers could have whoeve
will also take contactless cards. Brian added that he had
Colin Jenkins (Y22):
put on. Clifford Chance were
Oscar. Brian said that fortunate
Colin suggested that
taxi radio circuits would go o
there were too many
had a choice of cars only.Wha
terminal
messages
AL had bought Oscar and so c
regarding traffic condi-
being independent.
tions, referring to them
Brian then gave a view as t
as "dangerous and dis-
out to be. He suggested that it
tracting." He went on to
four between the three taxi
suggest that some dri-
orms (RTG and ComCab b
vers were even phon-
Concierge) with a choice of t
ing the call centre with
panies, or they could have A
traffic info that they
work in the taxi companies'
t
"insisted" should be put
hat contrary to what some b
out. He asked that the
loved AL and that there was su
Board stop them completely and call for a terminal vote on
quarters towards them. He eve
whether drivers still want them. Brian said that if he asked a
ike Tovey walks in with his Timberlands covered
M
accounts who had banned AL
section of drivers, he'd get a some-do and some-don't
in snow
