I have recently received the following email from David Lloyd re TOCA (apologies to David for quoting him without his express approval).
This email exemplifies what my problems with TOCA are; specifically; TOTAL control by the annointed few who won't evan allow the unfettered democratic process to function.
BTW: I decided to not renew my TOCA membership (I'll stick to TMC, WhatsApp, Slack and just plain talking).
Dear TOCA member
You may have noticed none of my credentials for membership of the TOCA committee were mentioned in the AGM papers, unlike all the other nominees. The President has refused to pass on my response , so I am listing a few of these and my objectives below.
I started the informal WA Tesla Owners group , which now has 60 members out of about 90 cars. We communicate continually on Slack and I try to meet each new owner to demonstrate charging cables etc. I initiated and maintain ( with 2 others) a database of Tesla WA owners and spotted cars which is open to all our group. I started loan adaptor schemes in Perth. We have regular meetings and drives. All of this was before TOCA existed, but they have continued these policies and in fact TOCA bought out most of our sharing loan adaptors to form their pool in WA. We therefore have the highest percentage of TOCA owners to cars of any state.
In addition I have arranged charging points, personally negotiating donation of about twenty 3 phase sockets and arranging installations of about 15 Tesla destination chargers.
Further I negotiated that Synergy supply us with 50 sockets to cover all main roads in WA to a 100kms grid and that Horizon Power trial Electric Vehicle charging spaces in the Kimberley. This has meant we have been able to reach agreements to complete the WA section of the Round Australia Route, before TOCA even agreed to join the scheme.
I am negotiating further installations of charging points with other large organisations.
Finally I have just started the first Tesla limousine service in Perth with my old S85, in order to expose more people to the joys of Tesla.
Unfortunately our WA group has increasingly questioned the support and value of TOCA membership and no positive response to my warnings has been received. Therefore TOCWA has been formed and the inaugural committee signed up this week (with me as Secretary). It is my intention, as I have made clear to TOCA, to negotiate a good working relationship with them.
If I am elected to the TOCA committee my objectives are:
A To ensure TOCA and TOCWA work together on relevant issues and not in conflict (The objects of TOCWA are similar to those TOCA intend to adopt).
B To reduce fees and/or increase expenditure on worthwhile projects instead of building up such large bank balances.
C To ensure outlying States have proper representation by a member of their own choice (not one selected by TOCA –the centre should listen to what the members think).
D To encourage more open discussion, less bureaucracy and faster decision making on the committee (TOCA slack traffic has been up to 91% private direct messages and an officer has even issued an instruction to this effect!).
If you believe in the same objectives please vote for me for the TOCA committee.
One of our members has said the following to Jude after the change to exclude committee members who belong to two groups, from the first attempt to exclude all ordinary members.
Thank you for your telephone call Jude to explain how the wording was changed.
The proposal to exclude committee of other clubs etc does not change my position.
In fact I sincerely believe that our national body should welcome state members whether they be committee members or not. Our national organisation should welcome on its committee someone from AEVA and someone from the likes of the clean energy council.
I will be voting against the proposal.
If you think the same please vote against this Rule change.
Regards David Lloyd
