ECCA

[gibla53]

Any news on collaboration with other EU. Associations ?

Any involvement at the 20/3/13 Consumer discussions in Brussels ?

Any audio broadcast links to the meeting mentioned above ?

Thanks

Alan

[kirrielad]

Mar 20, 2013 17:14:49 GMT gibla53 said:

Any news on collaboration with other EU. Associations ?

Any involvement at the 20/3/13 Consumer discussions in Brussels ?

Any audio broadcast links to the meeting mentioned above ?

Thanks

Alan

Audio broadcast link on reply #8 I think, I had a listen last night.

[gibla53]

Thanks kirrielad .... I listened to that one , it was from the trade associations . Today was the various consumer groups in to give "evidence"

Alan

[Jemima]

I don't think a link to todays events has been provided anywhere yet and I would have no idea where to locate one.

The ECCA facebook page has been updated quite a bit recently www.facebook.com/groups/eccauk/ I'll also post this in a separate thread incase it gets buried away for those who might be interested.

I belive Rolygate and Sammunroe were in talks with the European versions of ECCA to form a better coordinated front, but I have no clue atm what the result of that was.

[gibla53]

Eventually found out that the meeting 20/3 13 with consumer associations was attended by only 2 , none from the UK. One guy Michael ( Duck) from a German Consumer group whose group is

www.ig-ed.org.

I think considering 750,000+ in UK and far more than 3 million in EU. we are totally disorganised and the lack of interest is scary, we deserve anything that comes from the despotic ill informed self opinionated minions in Brussels !!!!!!!!.

Hats off to those that did attend .

Alan

[AnnaLaw]

I think that nobody went from ECCA was because the UK vaping community doesn't support its own consumer association. When I joined a few months ago there were only 500 members and that was a while after the TPD announcement.

ECCA can't send people anywhere without money and relies on donations from us.

I get angry with the people who just enjoy their vaping but aren't doing anything to keep the right to vape.

I also think that we need contacts with clout in Brussels and get out and meet them, give them some expensive wining and dining.
The EU doesn't work for us and they want us to go away, hence the last committee looking at the TPD deleted all references to eliquid any eliquid not regulated as medical. They also placed an amendment that would stop all online sales.

[gj]

I joined ECCA this afternoon, checked out the forum and found nobody else there.
If people don't support them what can they do?

Help them to help us

[gibla53]

I also signed up to the ECCA main site about 1 month ago

Didn't realise until today that they have a Facebook page ..... subscribed to that also