2002-03-14
Interesting article. I have a question I hope someone can answer. Does OIML (The International Organisation of Legal Metrology) recognise FFU as a legal system? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R. Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-03-14 12:58 Subject: [USMA:18759] Re: News from NIST > The March/April "Metric Today" newsletter provides nearly a full page > discussion on its front page of this meeting, including the remarks of > Henry Oppermann, Ken Butcher, and Chris Guay (Proctor and Gamble). It is > quite an interesting article and I strongly recommend it to those who > subscribe (as part of their USMA membership). > > The newsletter that Gene refers to may be found (in PDF form) at > http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/230/235/w&mquarterly.pdf > This link is always the latest OWM quarterly newsletter, so if you wish > to save a copy of the present one, you should download it before the > next one comes out and is posted. Links are provided on the page above > this document for free Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-ins. Then you will be > able to read the entire article, referred to by Gene, on page 6 of the > file for yourselves. > > Jim > > Gene Mechtly wrote: > > > > Marcus, > > > > The Newsletter of NIST-OWM for 2002 February, arrived today. > > > > A Workshop on Packaging and Labeling was recently conducted in Miami > > by Cesar Luis da Silva (of Brazil) as Chairman of the Legal Metrology > > Working Group (LMWG) of the Interamerican Metrology System (SIM). > > > > You will be pleased to know that (among ten agreements) "The LMWG agreed > > to:" ... > > > > "- encourage exclusive use of the SI System for package labeling." > > > > ... > > > > Many thanks for your contributions to the achievement of this agreement. > > > > Please give us more details of your work with LMWG and SIM. > > > > Gene. > > -- > Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" > James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ > 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789 >
