Bill, what do the national rules say? I don't have time to dig that up
myself, I'm afraid.
Jim
Barbara and/or Bill Hooper wrote:
>
> I have received the disturbing news that the organizers of the Florida State
> Science Fair are planning to revert from centimetres to inches in their
> rules describing the size limitations for science fair project displays. It
> used to be given only in inches a long time ago, then, I believe, it was in
> centimetres with inches in parentheses, and finally, recently, it was
> changed to centimetres only. Now they want to revert all the way back to
> inches only. (They claim the students do not understand centimetres!)
>
> I am looking into ways to contact them and express my "disappointment" (to
> say the least) and my hope that they will not take this backward step.
>
> Are there any other Florida people on this list (or science fair people
> whether or not in Florida) who might also wish to write them? Contact me and
> I'll send you their USPS address or email address when I find them.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Hooper
>
> ============
> Keep It Simple!
> Make It Metric!
> ============
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