Mr. Kelly is being disingenuous (that's "polite" for "lying"). If you read the literature on voluntary-metric-only at the NIST website, it is CLEAR that it is voluntary, not compulsory, and that it does NOT mandate round metric sizes. FMI KNOWS this.
Nonetheless, FNI has opposed and blocked it since 2002. Clearly FMI prefers compulsory Customary, and compulsory dual is closer to it than voluntary metric only. NIST first delayed their plan to bring it to Congress until 2005 to be after the (previous) election, but then pulled it entirely due to FMI opposition, as they didn't think it would pass. It is now 2009. --- On Sun, 2/22/09, Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jeremiah MacGregor <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA:43182] Re: FMI uses metric units > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 8:53 AM > If you read Ty Kelly's comment he seems to be hung up on > the possibility of Congress MANDATING metric only for > grocery items. Now since the change that is being proposed > is for VOLUNTARY metric only labels, then there would be no > conflict with the wishes of the FMI. This is what the USMA > and the NIST need to concentrate on. If the FPLA is > amended as proposed, then the FMI should have no opposition > as the amendment is for VOLUNTARY labeling in metric only. > The FMI is only opposed to MANDATORY metric labeling. > > Does anyone see the difference here? > > Jerry
