2001-08-02 What encouragement? What has the government ever done to "encourage" the population to go metric. Apparently the government does not know the meaning of the word encourage. Everything so far was done half-ass, behind closed doors in secret. There was never a massive public ad campaign. The public is told mouth to ear that the metric system is simpler and better, but no one has ever shown them how. You don't encourage by sitting on your dead duffs and expect the people to wake up one morning and if by magic say: " Oh...I think I'm going to start using the metric system today. I think the government wants me to, and I'm going to be a good citizen and comply." Yeah, right!!! Just out of curiosity, what is the governments idea of "encouragement"? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Mechtly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2001-08-02 13:01 Subject: [USMA:14734] Re: Smithsonian Opens Exhibit on NIST > Good to hear from you again, Jim (McCracken). I was beginning to believe > that your advocacy of SI was being diluted (even lost) among your new > duties in the NIST OWM. > > The challenge on "how to encourage America to convert to the metric > system" is the *most important* of the three exhibits in my opinion. > Technical details of defining length and color are of little importance > to members of the general public. Which of the three exhibits is > given the most emphasis (prominence)? (I'll try the URL later today.) > > What is the status of legislation to amend the FPLA to *permit* > metric-only labeling of consumer commodities? > > Was this topic discussed at the annual meeting of the NCWM in July? > > Who is delaying (blocking?) the amendment, and why? > > Gene. > ........................................ > On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Jim McCracken wrote: > > > A new exhibit "Striving for Standards" ... "standards challenges" > > ... how to define length, how to describe color, and > > how to encourage America to convert to the metric system. > > ... > > For information on the exhibit see: > > http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/media/pr010709.htm >
