I love that, Nat.
I must try to find some way to include it in the Political Action section of
SI Navigator (with your permission, of course).
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Nat Hager III
> Sent: April 05, 2001 09:51
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:12041] Re: Hewlett-Packard Ink Jet Cartridges & EU
>
>
> Sounds like entire history of US Metric conversion:
>
> 1. Government proposes rapid conversion in 1975.
>
> 2. 500 people out of entire country write in and whine.
>
> 3. Government takes "go-slow" approach, waiting for consensus.
>
> 4. Process drags out, overemphasis on SI-ifp conversions, SI viewed as
> "difficult".
>
> 5. Excuses begin to appear, ifp becomes source of national pride.
>
> 6. Where we are today.
>
> Nat
>
> >>>>>>>
> My guess as to what happened:
>
> 1. HP labeled cartridges in SI only.
>
> 2. Someone whined.
>
> 3. HP decided to put "(1.05 fl oz)" on, to stop the whining. At least it
> was in second place, and parenthetical -- the cartridge remains
> hard SI (30
> mL).
>
> I would not have written to them if they hadn't gone retrograde on us.
> Haven't gotten a reply yet (except for the autoresponse along the
> lines of:
> we got your e-mail and will answer soon.
>
> Carleton
>
>
> In a message dated Thu, 5 Apr 2001 10:28:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Ma
> Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> << On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 06:04:46
> CarletonM wrote:
> .
> >Unfortunately, it's the other way around... The
> >older packaging, that said 30 mL only, was dark blue and had a May 2002
> date.
> > The newer packaging, that said 30 mL (1.01 fl oz), is white and
> yellow and
> >has an August 2002 date. In other words, a retrograde maneuver by HP.
> >
> >Carleton
> >
> Dear Carleton, Han and Louis,
>
> I'll condense this into one. First the above.
>
> If it is true that HP is doing this they should be dennounced before the
> TABD and the EU as they're clearly backpedaling and not contributing to
> solve the problem, but rather making the situation worse!
>
> This would go to show what a bunch of hypocrites these Executives
> at HP are!
> (And, BTW, I wouldn't mind writing them myself if someone can give me
> directions of the effective persons to contact)
>
> Second, the issue of lobbying the EU. I understand where Louis is coming
> from, therefore, why don't we approach the EU in a "consultative"
> mode, i.e.
> why don't we make an inquiry with Mr. Pietrasanta, for instance, about if
> there is any mechanism that was setup by the committee responsible to
> oversee this issue to update this situation both with TABD and the US
> government. If there is we should then write them and inquire as
> to what's
> going on (in the meantime, evidently, we should let Mr.
> Pietrasanta know of
> what members of the TABD are doing! EU parliamentarians must know about
> this backstabbing by American organizations, to again reinforce
> to them what
> TABD's true colors are!!!).
>
> Please let me know what you think and how we can best get this
> thing off the
> ground. Let's please remember that pre-emptive strikes are better than to
> deal with remedial ones!!! ;-)
>
> Marcus
>
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