NIST is in the process of talking to various federal agencies and some
influential commercial interests in the U.S. When they are ready, they
will present the proposed amendment to Congress for consideration. There
is currently nothing before Congress on amending the FPLA for
congressmen to vote on now. Later there will be.
I am strongly in favor of folks writing to their congressional
representatives to express a strong desire for the U.S. to fully
metricate. But if you mention the FPLA amendment right now you will
confuse them since they likely know nothing about it.
Jim
David wrote:
Should we send a link or an actual copy of the drafted legislation? I
ask because Congressmen are busy people and sometimes won't read through
letters or emails that are too long.
--- On *Mon, 2/16/09, STANLEY DOORE /<[email protected]>/* wrote:
From: STANLEY DOORE <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:43030] Re: Contacting one's Congressman
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 1:20 PM
NIST has the changes and it should be on the Internet. I don't
know where. Perhaps the UISMA does and either a link or the text
could be posted on the USMA web site and sent to all.
A copy should be sent to each congressperson with a list of
reasons attached to go metric. It also should be made personal.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
*From:* David <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* U.S. Metric Association <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, February 16, 2009 5:34 AM
*Subject:* [USMA:43029] Contacting one's Congressman
Does NIST have a copy of their legislation they've drafted
available on the internet somewhere? If there is a copy should
we send one to our congressmen or should we just send a
letter/e-mail stating that NIST has legislation?
--
James R. Frysinger
632 Stony Point Mountain Road
Doyle, TN 38559-3030
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