[USMA:23771] Re: NCWM

[Mike Joy]

Gene,   As per your posting below of Dec 1, it looks like P&G are going to greatly help to kick-start the US into metrication.   Can you tell me please if Chris Guay was one of the main driving forces behind NIST's Nov 7 meeting?   Mike Perth   >The agenda of the NCWM Interem Meeting (2003 Jan 12-15 in Florida) is now >posted at <www.ncwm.net/Pub15.pdf>. > >Chris Guay of the Proctor and Gamble Co. continues as Associate Member >Representative on the Laws and Regulations Committee.  Recall that P&G is >already acting to promote metric-only labeling in the US. > >An agenda item of the Board of Directors is increased participation in the >work of the OIML.  This might result in adoption of rules and regulations >in the US which would favor increased use of the SI in the US to increase >harmony with the more world-wide OIML regulations on package labeling. > >Gene Mechtly.