In 2007 the New Zealand Institute of Driving Instructors (NZIDI) changed it’s name to the New Zealand Institute of Driver Educators (NZIDE). The reason for that change was for membership to include testing officers, driver training and driver education researchers and other professional contributors to best practice driver education. Our name changed but membership requirements did not. This constitution change fixes that. The motion at this meeting will welcome driver licence testing officers and driver training researchers.

NZIDE membership application is now online. Annual membership renewal is online. Conference registration and payments are online. Parts of the NZIDE election process are not. This motion aims to fix that. The motion uses a legal concept ‘is as reliable as is appropriate’. It is in the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017. To concept legalises electronic signature and other verified electronic means as appropriate for the purpose they serve. It does this as an alternative to signature on paper. The intent of this motion is to make voting and communication easy by means linked to the member as the signatory . A footnote in the memo for this meeting gives general legal comment on digital signatures . This motion also fixes a numbering error with rule 10(a) in the current constitution. Reference to affiliate regions is removed. Affiliate entities named as NZIDE regions were dissolved and merged into NZIDE in the 1980’s.

Since 2020, regions have chosen to nominate a representative at the time nominations are opened for President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary. This practice has not been updated in the constitution.

There is no requirement for each NZIDE region to have a representative. Some regions choose not to meet. Rule 6 allows for the Executive to form and dissolve regions as demand requires. Based on demand, in the past, sub-regions were created. They met just like regions but did not have a representative on the Executive. This managed the size of the Executive. This motion intends to clarify the intent of rule 14(b)(iii)

From time to time the Executive co-opt members to positions based on role rather than region. For example, motorbike trainers, heavy vehicle trainers, testing officers, instructor endorsement approved trainers and researchers. Rule 14(d)(ii) allows this. These roles can be inside and outside the Executive. This manages the size of the Executive. This motion clarifies co-opted roles.

A good mission statement is a concise summary of purpose. A good slogan is short, simple, and represents the mission. A slogan differentiates one brand from another. Recognised global brands use mission statements with less than 15 words. The NZIDE mission statement has 23 words. Global brands have slogans with less than five words. NZIDE does not have a slogan. This motion changes that. It proposes a slogan and mission statement that summarise what we already do. It will clarify NZIDE’s purpose for media.