Convince him of the economic benefits. If necessary do a cost-benefit study. Metrication should be seen as an investment into the US's future, not as a cost for today. Makes more economic sense than bailing out Chrysler, GM - and there was plenty of money for that.
John F-L ----- Original Message ----- From: ezra.steinb...@comcast.net To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: Valerie Antoine ; Lorelle Young ; Gary Brown ; U.S. Metric Association Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 5:10 AM Subject: [USMA:45095] Re: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Locke used to be governor of the State of Washington (where I've lived since 2003) and had a solid reputation as reasonable and fairly progressive. I'm convinced that with someone like Locke and President Obama we would have pretty good luck not only amending the FPLA but putting in place a metrication program if the economy were doing well. As things are, I think we'll consider ourselves lucky to get the FPLA amended in the next year or two. Ezra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <trus...@grandecom.net> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> Cc: "Valerie Antoine" <valerie.anto...@verizon.net>, "Lorelle Young" <lorelle...@aol.com>, "Gary Brown" <gsbr...@aol.com> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 5:31:12 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [USMA:45094] Commerce Secretary Gary Locke I guess I wasn'tlooking: America has a new Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Locke. Does anyone know any more about him? 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 US +1(432)528-7724 mailto:trus...@grandecom.net
