Dear Jim, While we did appreciate your feedback, I'm afraid to say that the info you provided was quite short from what many of us would expect. I feel I'd speak on behalf of many others here when I say that what we were really interested in was to know the following:
- Was there a final support for legislation regarding ammending the FPLA or not? - If unit pricing was an 'issue'? What exactly does that mean? That there wouldn't be support for it because that would entail unit pricing in metric? - If, as you say, 'it was... obvious (SIC) to all... that it would be politically infeasible to (do this amendment)', wouldn't that constitute total failure??? (I'm afraid Europe would be very angry with this conclusion since they've done all they could to postpone the directive, while US authorities are still making up all sorts of excuses NOT to push forward with this! I am one who is quite frankly mad at them for such shortsightedness. Besides, I can see where this is going - well, there will NEVER be an appropriate political environment to press this. And, for the love of me, WHY NOT??? What's missing in the present political environment that would make this 'infeasible' (SIC!)??? !$#%#%$ Darn, I've had it!... :-( ) - And just out of curiosity, what was this the TABD's position on the matter? By the looks of it it can't be positive, I suspect... - Anyways, has there been a consensus to move forward or not??? - Does this amendment text *EXIST* or not??? Thanks, Jim, for the clarifications to the above items. Marcus On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:59:22 James Frysinger wrote: >I attended the forum, as did Lorelle Young and Paul Trusten. Metric Today (MT) >will provide coverage of the meeting in an upcoming issue, perhaps the next >one. > >The attendance at the forum was good and comprised representatives from many >interests, including a woman who presented some TABD views on the matter. >Unit pricing was presented by one attendee as a large issue which, though run >at the state level and on a voluntary basis, he felt had a strong bearing on >the matter. The states which now allow metric-only labeling on pre-packaged >goods not regulated by the federal governemt has grown significantly and only >a handful remain. It was fairly obvious to all those present that it would be >politically infeasible to introduce a proposed ammendment to Congress before >2005 January, what with the 2004 November elections coming up. > >There. Hopefully I have given you a taste of the scope of the meeting (off the >top of my head) without "scooping" MT. I've given you my guesses at the >headlines. Watch for your copy of MT. > >By the way, it's time to get your dues in to USMA folks! They are $30 for US >members and $35 outside the US; $15 for fulltime students and $150 for >companies (6 copies of MT); and $500 for a lifetime membership. Send your >check or credit card (Visa or MasterCard number and expiration date) to > U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > 10245 Andasol Ave. > Northridge, CA 91325-1504 >Your dues help to pay for the MT subscription that USMA members receive. They >also cover the expenses needed for coverage of such events as the FPLA forum >as well as the work done with legislators and their staffs to support U.S. >metrication. I happen to know that some visits were paid to some folks on The >Hill just prior to this FPLA meeting. The USMA is respected and acknowledged >as the civilian and public American voice for those wanting metrication. >Although it cannot lobby, it can and does provide information and advice to >those who can and will make it happen. I encourage all who enjoy the use of >this list to join and to seek new members as well. > >Jim > >On Tuesday 2003 November 25 02:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I saw a posting on this list a few days ago asking if anyone had >> information about the results of the FPLA Forum that was held recently in >> Washington, DC. So far I haven't seen any replies. (I searched the NIST web >> site for any information and couldn't find anything more recent than March >> of this year.) >> >> Does anyone out there have any information to share? (Good news, I hope! >> :-) >> >> Ezra > >-- >James R. Frysinger >Lifetime Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist >Senior Member, IEEE > >http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Office: > Physics Lab Manager, Lecturer > Dept. of Physics and Astronomy > University/College of Charleston > 66 George Street > Charleston, SC 29424 > 843.953.7644 (phone) > 843.953.4824 (FAX) > >Home: > 10 Captiva Row > Charleston, SC 29407 > 843.225.0805 > > ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
