January 2015 #13 Happy New Year. How interesting and challenging was 2014 ?? TAC/VicRoads established Baw Baw L2P in January 2009 with the first group of 15 Learners starting in September 2009. They are now well and truly off their green Ps. We attempt to make regular contact and follow up these former participants. Please let me know if you hear of any, so that I can add their story to our “Where are they now?” record. MENTORS: * During 2014, 38 Mentors were matched with Learners. * Mentors gave 1,130+ hrs of supervised driving time. * Fuel costs were a tad more than the annual $5,500 budgeted, but with…

With positive feedback from Mentors at a recent General Meeting, the L2P Steering Committee has ratified a proposed online booking Calendar. Based on the popular Google Calendars, the online Calendar will be given a three month probation period from February 2015 to May 2015. Starting on June 1st 2015 all Mentors will be working online to book their students for lessons. This will also be made easier as the Calendar can be accessed from Androids, I-phones and Tablets. For such a diverse area as Baw Baw Shire, this will save many Mentors (and Beth) from the need to make a hasty trip down to the Police Station to find a…

Last week was full of awful pressure and brought to a head the imminent threat of closure of our L2P program due to lack of funds and withdrawal of 2 major supporting businesses. Last Tuesday, 20 Mentors attended a bawbawl2p.org website information session and were introduced to the idea of using bawbawl2p Google Calendar to check the bookings and making bookings and not having to go to the Police station to change, scrub out or add to the diary. Alberto’s Pizzas supplied us with 8 beaut pizzas, at very short notice. A number of Mentors put up their hands to be involved in a fundraising sub committee.  Yesterday the letter…