Some critics of U.S. metrication might frame the EU/NIST conference as "European interference with U.S. commerce." At such a juncture, NIST, and the rest of us, need to stand firm and quote the 1988 amendment to the Metric Conversion Act, which designates metric as the preferred U.S. system for trade and commerce. Congress said it, and that settles it!
----- Original Message ----- From: "James Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 11:43 Subject: [USMA:32408] Re: USMA announcement > I'm hoping that the EU stands firm. Even without that, many US companies want > the ammendment, as noted in the two recent NIST conferences on the matter. > > Jim > > On Wednesday 09 March 2005 12:11, Hillger, Don wrote: > > >From USMA President, Lorelle Young: > > > > ______________________ > > > > > > > > Last week, officials from the NIST Laws and Metric Group met with EU > > officials in Brussels to discuss their Metric Directive and learned that > > they intend to proceed with the implementation of the metric only > > directive in 2010 unless the EU industry requests a delay. They also > > told us they want to see the U.S. adopt the FPLA amendment to > > demonstrate that we are making progress. More details will follow when > > the official report of the meeting is released. > > > > > > > > ______________________ > > -- > 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 > >
