ECCA AGM 14th of april. Any requests?

[Jemima]

With everything that is going on atm I thought it might be handy to have a little reminder of how to get in touch

ECCA website - www.eccauk.org/

Facebook - www.facebook.com/groups/eccauk/

There will be a AGM Meeting on the 14th of April at 10pm. The meeting will be here www.anymeeting.com/SamMunro1 which everyone will be welcome to attend. I have asked if there will be one before that and am waiting on a reply, hopefully there will be but with everything that's happening Roly and Sam are very busy at the moment.

If I find out anymore information I shall post it here

[Jemima]

9 days to go to the AGM

Don't forget to check out the committee nominations thread if you think of someone or would like to nominate yourself allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/21370/ecca-nominations?scrollTo=397787&page=1

[Jemima]

As reminded by MarkS I haven't actually asked for topic suggestions for the AGM.

Apart from committee nominations which are still being discussed in this thread allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/21370/ecca-nominations are there any other things you would like ECCA to discuss ? a specific direction you would like them to take ? a situation you would like to have looked at ? or anything else ? (preferably e-cig related otherwise the answer is 42 )

[MarkS]

Come on guys. what with all the current issues going on there must be something you'd like put forward to our consumer association?


Regardless of your past or present thoughts about ECCA they are here to represent you. They are OUR consumer body and they are nothing without the input or feedback of YOU the consumer.


Have you heard of ECCA?

Do you know what they do?

How would you like them to represent you going forward?

What direction do you think they should be going in?

Visit EECA's website, it is has a wealth of information. www.eccauk.org/

You can join up here: www.eccauk.org/index.php/login.html


Get involved and make ECCA a force to be reckoned with.

[fred]

I've only recently started vaping, and even more recently found out about ECCA. I've had a quick scan through their website, and unfortunately, can think of nothing constructive to add to what I've just been reading.
I understand that ECCA is our consumer organisation and they need us to put forward ideas, but I (as a lot of people are) am more of a follower than an organiser.

So, ideas that spring to mind: (I'm sure that detailed searching would help me here, but if this kind of info were all in one place, people may be more likely to jump on board)
A lot of people are very apathetic when it comes to political issues, and with this being a political issue, are maybe "waiting to see what happens"

A consolidated list of MPs / MEPs and their current status as regards the proposals, would enable folk to focus their efforts convincing the 'nay-sayers', rather than 'hounding' those that are 'on-side'.

Information/links/reports/draft letter etc to send to aforementioned MPs/MEPs to help convince them, and quash any misconceptions they may have from disinformation

Vendors could maybe offer incentives (read freebies/prizes/whatever) to help get people involved, afterall, it is also their livelyhoods that will be affected.

Vendors could be asked to publicize more prominently the current situation on their websites (I know some do already), to try and make MORE people aware of the problems we face.

Sorry if some of this is 'out of turn', 'out of place', not relevant, or anything else, but no one else has put anything. Just trying to do my bit. 

[DiscoDes]

Apr 10, 2013 10:58:34 GMT MarkS said:

Come on guys. what with all the current issues going on there must be something you'd like put forward to our consumer association?


Regardless of your past or present thoughts about ECCA they are here to represent you. They are OUR consumer body and they are nothing without the input or feedback of YOU the consumer.


Have you heard of ECCA?

Do you know what they do?

How would you like them to represent you going forward?

What direction do you think they should be going in?

Visit EECA's website, it is has a wealth of information. www.eccauk.org/

You can join up here: www.eccauk.org/index.php/login.html


Get involved and make ECCA a force to be reckoned with.

Sorry Mark, maybe I'mm being a doofus (not the first time) but are you asking us to post our questions/comments here or on the ECCA website?

Also my head in is a spin with all the acronyms that are about ECCA, ECITA, THR, MEP, MEDP.................. ???

[fred]

Apr 10, 2013 12:34:39 GMT DiscoDes said:

Sorry Mark, maybe I'mm being a doofus (not the first time) but are you asking us to post our questions/comments here or on the ECCA website?

Also my head in is a spin with all the acronyms that are about ECCA, ECITA, THR, MEP, MEDP.................. ???

Either / Or / Both

My guess is, if you post here, more people will see, and hopefully join in

[MarkS]

On the this post will be fine DiscoDes. Appreciate you taking the time out mate.

Cheers to you too fred.

Feel free to follow the links and join and post on ECCA too though if you wish.

[Jemima]

Posting here or there works, although I think more people read this forum and then I can report the posts/comments/suggestions back to ECCA for discussion as well as have a discussion here in this thread. Might get some interesting ideas come out with more brains on it

As always though you can go straight to ECCA yourself and join and post there as well.

The AGM is gonna take place on the 14th of April. They will do their best to represent all of us, but if you don't join in (here or on the ECCA site) we don't know what you want us to do.

[Deleted]

I'd like to ask what connections ECCA have with the media ? Whilst there are lots of misleading articles on TV where is the mainstream representation of us and our fears?

[giles]

Can we find a volunteer or two to work the forums? ECCA's own, and this one, and the others if they are not being done? There's a lot of relevant stuff here which could be linked in ECCA posts, for instance.

And it would be nice to have some sort of welcome to new members at ECCA.

[matt1988]

I'm not sure where ECCA's boundaries are in terms of numbers/funding/vendors.

I understand ECCA want to steer clear of vendors backing or vice versa, so not to be seen as part of the industry.

As someone posted, are there enough members to be able to email most national press and The Metro, maybe even The Big Issue may want to cover vaping. I'm not sure if this is a viable option or not?

As far as funding, I think ECITA went to Brussels for the hearings, now was that just industry based? Or could ECCA have gone too? I'm not sure currently how much fire power ECCA have or what is needed to increase that fire power.

It's not just what ECCA can do for us, but I don't know what we can do for ECCA. What skill sets are they looking for, or what type of members?

I hope this is helpful, if it's already been covered elsewhere post a link and I will have a look.

[Jemima]

Good question @ashmal I'm not to sure so I shall try to find out for you.

How do you mean work the forums giles ?

The new members welcome is a good idea, maybe all committee members should strive to do that as a minimum, specially if they belong to the same forum as the rep.

[Jemima]

Apr 10, 2013 21:07:46 GMT matt1988 said:

I'm not sure where ECCA's boundaries are in terms of numbers/funding/vendors.

I understand ECCA want to steer clear of vendors backing or vice versa, so not to be seen as part of the industry.

As someone posted, are there enough members to be able to email most national press and The Metro, maybe even The Big Issue may want to cover vaping. I'm not sure if this is a viable option or not?

As far as funding, I think ECITA went to Brussels for the hearings, now was that just industry based? Or could ECCA have gone too? I'm not sure currently how much fire power ECCA have or what is needed to increase that fire power.

It's not just what ECCA can do for us, but I don't know what we can do for ECCA. What skill sets are they looking for, or what type of members?

I hope this is helpful, if it's already been covered elsewhere post a link and I will have a look.

I think ECCA trys to stay away as much as possible from vendors, not cause they don't like them but it's supposed to be a consumer association. Having vendors donate funds etc could be seen as bribes if a customer has a problem with the vendor and the problem cannot be rectified 100% to the customers satisfaction. That could leave ECCA open to all sorts of problems.

I will make a note to ask about the media campaign, if there is to be one (I know theres action on facebook and Sam is often on VTTV) or if there are contacts we can get in touch with ourselves and what should we say if we do.

As with most things to increase fire power its money and man power, both of which ECCA is lacking. Honestly I have no idea what specifically if any special skill set they want or if they happy to have anyone ... they took me after all lol Again that is another question I shall ask Although I think they still need a treasurer

So yes matt1988 very helpful ty

[matt1988]

What sort of funds do you need to take the next step? I'm not very good at thinking of fundraising, and vapefest is a long way away, but I presume there will be collection buckets there, as long as the EU havnt banned them by then lol.

The other option, but it's down to the forums, a 1% selling fee to be donated to ECCA in the classified sections. That way your avoiding vendors but getting a good revenue stream to. But again I don't know if the forum owners would buy into that.

I'm just brainstorming here, and hopefully spark something else from someone