I agree that there is a place for informed leadership on this and other issues. However, the art of leadership includes the ability to not get so far ahead of the rest of the troops that one gets shot in the back. True, too many lean over backwards to avoid that condition. Duncan
-----Original Message----- From: Gene Mechtly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Metric Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: January 27, 2002 17:07 Subject: [USMA:17685] Re: Voting for SI >On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Duncan Bath wrote: > >> In other words, there are not enough votes [the life-blood of politicians] >> in championing SI. If there were lots of votes for SI, there would be no >> problem. >True, Duncan. One could also describe it as a "failure of elected >officials to lead" by persuading voters to accept international standards. > >> Our mission is to build a consensus that would support political action. >> For example, encourage the journalists to become knowlegeable, and then >> fluent in SI. > >Agreed. Those are necessary conditions, in my opinion. > >> Right now, the upcoming Olympics should provide opportunities... >Yes, for those of us subject to reports which are limited to the US. >I suppose reporting outside the US will almost be "guaranteed" in SI. >CNN might report in a mix of units, I anticipate, depending on the >attitudes of individual reporters. International News (Canada) will >probably report in SI as they already do on most topics in general. > >Gene. >
