I just voted, raising the total to 157. (Apparently two more voted since Tom
did.)  It's now 109 for metres, 41 for feet, 6 for either and 1 who doesn't
care.

I think that, for such a small respondent population, the actual figures
give us a better feel than do the percentages. I guess there must be
thousands of "do not cares" who simply ignored the poll altogether.

Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
>Behalf Of Tom Wade VMS Systems
>Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 08:38
>To: U.S. Metric Association
>Subject: [USMA:24742] Re: FW: [metric] Poll on mountain heights - metres
>versus
>
>
>>The UK mailing list received this link. It is a poll by a weather service
>>seeking opinions on units for mountain heights (UK maps already
>give heights
>>in metres). Please vote for metres.
>>
>>www.onlineweather.com/v4/uk/mountain/mountain_poll.html
>
>Current results stand at metric 69%, imperial 27%, either 4% and
>don't cares
>at 0.65 %, so keep the votes coming in (total votes 154).
>
>Why would anyone who doesn't care take the trouble to go to the site and
>vote ?
>
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