Trade Issues JANUARY 2017
Issues Trade SEAN O’DRISCOLL REASONSWHY ASSOCIATIONS SHOULDWORK TOGETHER. B
etter together than working apart. I am not sure I welcome
the news in our lead story that there will be another Italian tackle trade association despite the fact there is already one in place. It begs the question, why don’t they just join together to do what they need to do. Trade associations in individual
countries (where they exist) throughout Europe are generally poor. I write as a committee member of the UK one – The Angling Trades Association. They are poor because of lack
of numbers and a lack of money, meaning that they are usually run by people who don’t get paid and have more important things to do with their lives. They survive because there are a few people who actually care about the industry they are in and its future. They know that there needs to be a trade association ‘just in case’ one is needed. I guess they are a
bit like insurance payments.You keep paying out in the hope that you will never need the insurance, but you are pleased it is there when you actually do need it. If people wanted to put
themselves up to be part of a trade association they should be welcomed because, sadly, there are far too few volunteers. Despite
continuous work. Perhaps during his tenure as
president, Robin Morely could make this one of his key goals? EFTTA has paid staff and
“I believe there should be a far closer working relationship
Brexit, I firmly believe that there should be a far closer working relationship between tackle trade associations throughout Europe. I know this has been talked about before and the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA) has worked on a couple of initiatives that have not really worked, but I feel it is an initiative that needs
Regardless of wider political issues, Sean believes fishing trade associations in Europe should work together.
between trade associations in Europe.”
in Jean Claude-Bell a roving ambassador-type figure that could get more involved in individual countries’ trades associations if the will from both sides was there. Perhaps
a starting place could be an exchange of minutes from the various associations that
could be fed into EFTTA and then redistributed back with key points from each association? Could it be an agenda item at the EFTTA meetings whereby the minutes from each association are read
out and EFTTA board members could comment? Could EFTTA board minutes
be circulated to individual associations for comments and feedback? Certainly the bits that are not confidential! I do believe EFTTA could evolve
into something bigger than it presently is and play a more visible role as the guardian of our sport. Some will argue that it already
does this, and to a degree I cannot put a defence against that, but there could be more activity and interaction with individual trade bodies that could bond them and EFTTA closer together. So rather than seeing other
associations popping up, let us see EFTTA looking at assisting those already in place by offering to bring themall under one umbrella. If it can’t be achieved physically,which I doubt, theremost be scope within the digital world that we now find ourselves in?
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