[ausev] Why are converted vehicles excluded from this list?

[Carey King]

I'm in for signing/helping write the letter. We can get a 2nd from the 
Austin Bootstrap (small business) Sustainability group with some 
gibberish about how it neglects small businesses from getting started 
(say a business for converting vehicles).

carey

gary wrote:
> How about sending the letter to all state representatives with copies to
> - ? EAA, EPA?, etc.  It seems that national EAA should be sending
> letters to Washington, maybe we should suggest that?  What other org's
> might be interested - i.e., clean air environmental groups?
>
> I'll volunteer to get some addresses if people want to do this.
>
> Gary Krysztopik
> ACEAA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org] On
> Behalf Of mark witt
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:30 PM
> To: ausev at austinev.org
> Subject: Re: [ausev] Why are converted vehicles excluded from this list?
>
> I have four electric vehicles..two of which were purchased here in
> Austin 
> and none qualify. I think a letter sounds like a good idea. Mark W.
>
>
>   
>> From: Lisa Korf <lkorf at yahoo.com>
>> Reply-To: AustinEV News Announcements and General 
>> Discussion<ausev at austinev.org>
>> To: AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion
>>     
> <ausev at austinev.org>
>   
>> Subject: Re: [ausev] Why are converted vehicles excluded from this
>>     
> list?
>   
>> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 18:05:50 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>> We need to put a letter together to the city council,
>> and forward it to everyone we know and have them all
>> electronically sign and send it.  Hook up with a web
>> site that facilitates this.  I know a good web site
>> since I just did this recently. Aaron, would you be
>> interested in drafting a letter, or are there other
>> volunteers?
>>
>> Lisa
>>
>> --- Aaron Choate <achoate at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> The details of a rebate program from Austin Energy
>>> have been released.  Why
>>> aren't conversions listed?  Who put this list
>>> together?  What kind of active
>>> do we need to be so that the home builder/conversion
>>> buyer is no longer
>>> excluded from these opportunities?  If a conversion
>>> is professionally done
>>> or recently done, why shouldn't it too be included?
>>>
>>> While I appreciate that the rebates are being
>>> offered and it is a step
>>> forward...  this cuts out a significant group of EV
>>> drivers.  Do we need to
>>> be writing to council?  Are they informed?  Does it
>>> matter?  Obviously the
>>> exposure that we have had to Austin Energy staff/
>>> Renewable Energy Roundup
>>> folk is of little to no value.  Where do we need to
>>> be focusing our efforts?
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> <http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/cleancities/evrguidelines.htm>
>>     
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Aaron Choate
>>>       
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