2002-08-10 So, Gene, what does Kenneth Butcher plan to do about the FPLA? What influence does he have to bring the issue to the front burner? What influence does he have to undo the effects of TEA-21 on metrication of the state highways? what can he do to help our cause?
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Mechtly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-08-07 09:21 Subject: [USMA:21556] Re: Fast Track (fwd) > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 09:08:22 -0400 > From: Ken Butcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Gene Mechtly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Fast Track > > Gene, > > >From my personal vantage point the opening of world markets that are > primarily metric to U.S. goods have already and will continue to increase > the demand for more and more metric usage by the U.S.. Packagers especially > are beginning to talk (several at the NCWM Annual Meeting spoke to me about > the need for the FPLA revision to give them the option of using metric only) > about the need for them to the option of using only metric units when they > are making "global" packages. While language will always be a barrier to > trade it can be overcome through the use of multi-lingual package labeling > for identity and declaration of responsibility but this uses up a lot of the > Principal Display Panel (PDP). The quantity declarations on the other hand > can be dramatically simplified by only displaying the metric units which > will ultimately be the single global language for measurement. Thanks for > the email. I will stay in touch. > > Kenneth Butcher > Group Leader > Laws and Metric Group > National Institute of Standards and Technology > Weights and Measures Division > 100 Bureau Drive Stop 2000 > Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-2000 > > Tel: 301-975-4859 > Fax: 301-9481416
