That is a great idea! But I'm surprised no one responded to the original email to say that metrication is still happening (slowly) and has been happening for years, whether it's due to USMA influence or not. The fact that most products have a metric label on them (even if it's in parentheses) is evidence of that.
--- Victor Jockin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with that too, Paul, and I strongly applaud your efforts. I write > these kind of letters myself (and posted one or two to this group), and I > encourage others to do the same. I look at it like voting; I know my vote > will never change the outcome of any election, but I do it anyway, because > it's something I can do. > > However, in addition to just casting a vote, other things become possible > with money. Like like hiring political strategists, funding PACs, buying > campaign advertising, hiring lobbyists, building key business and > organizational alliances, etc.. We don't have that kind of money, but > without it we're basically a fan club rather than a credible political > force, so why not try to get that money? It wouldn't be easy, but neither > is it unthinkable. So many philanthropists are pro-science, or > foreign-born, or have other inclinations that might lead them to favor our > cause. And what a visible and lasting legacy it would provide. Right now, > nobody's making the case to them. Why don't we? > > Such a grant proposal would need to contain a detailed, itemized, and > credible plan of action for advancing our cause legislatively and otherwise. > It can't just be a request for a large donation to USMA. The proposal would > be a major undertaking in itself, and we would probably want to involve > people experienced in political strategy and fund raising to help us build a > defensible case that the money could have a reasonable chance of having a > meaningful impact. > > I'd like to see us put our heads together and see if this effort might be > something we can pull off. > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 08/04/2008 12:37 PM > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA:41540] Never, ever, EVER give up! > > > Maybe so, Harry and Victor, but it is incumbent upon supporters of U.S. > > metrication to do something rather than nothing to advance this national > > goal. > > I shall continue to do so if I am the only person left in the U.S. who > > does. > > Otherwise, the silence and the darkness are total, and nothing grows at > > all. > > WE can continue to be, not the goats, the GOADS, for government and > > industry to > > go metric. Like the man with his multiple trials of filaments in a vacuum, > > or > > like the two dogged bicycle makers from Ohio, we must keep our eyes on the > > prize. > > > > > > > > > > Quoting Harry Wyeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> Victor is right. I have been saying for years that nothing we--the > >> USMA--can do will move the USA toward true metrication. We can post > >> emails and write letters from now until 2100 and it won't change > >> anything. What will change things--and about the only thing-- will be > >> for either the federal government or a large corporation to "go metric" > >> in a substantial way. If Exxon-Mobil started measuring oil by the cubic > >> meter, or Microsoft began posting everything in SI, or if the AP changed > >> its stupid writing rules, or the feds began demanding that all PX > >> suppliers sell milk in 2 L containers, or the Weather Service posted > >> temps only in degrees C--these would get things started. Until then, we > >> will just muddle around, and around..... > >> > >> My 4-year Olympic prediction for NBC, which I make every 4 years and is > >> always accurate, is that we will be treated to more commentary about the > >> 10,000 m run being "six miles", field events results in feet and inches, > >> and so forth. Just watch--if you can see through the smog. > >> > >> HARRY WYETH > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Paul Trusten, R.Ph. > > Public Relations Director > > U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc. > > www.metric.org > > 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 > > Midland TX 79707-2872 USA > > +1(432)528-7724 > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >
