I would like to urge great caution in choosing your wording relative to things that don't currently require dual labelling. *If dual labelling is currently required, both are mandatory. Changing to SI required, Customary optional does not require action, it only allows action. Hence, it can be effective immediately upon passage. *Things that currently require Customary and allow SI (random weight packages, beer, probably a few others) must be changed if SI is suddenly required and was not present before. Implementation date would have to be delayed to allow time to purchase new equipment and get set up to make the change. I don't know enough about legislation to know whether these two cases should be handled in two bills, or it is possible to have two effective dates. I would prefer that permissive-metric-only NOT be delayed by new requirements where SI units were not previously required. However, we should still clean up these loose ends within a reasonable time period after the main change.
--- On Mon, 4/6/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:44439] Re: FPLA 2010 To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 8:09 AM Paul Armstrong <[email protected]> wrote: >... >Did you see: http://gometric.us/xwiki/bin/view/Labeling/ ? Yes, I (Gene) read it. >... >Some thoughts: (by Paul)... Response by Gene: I'll work some of your suggestions into the third draft.
