---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:40:25 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "John M. Steele" <[email protected]>
>Subject: [USMA:45650] Re: Converting the USA to metric
>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
>
>
>Well, someone with political clout (I don't have any) has to WANT it. I think
>the FPLA is being held by NIST and Dept. of Commerce over concern about FMI
>resistance. To my knowledge, it has never been formally submitted to Congress.
>
>--- On Fri, 8/14/09, Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> From: Pierre Abbat <[email protected]>
>> Subject: [USMA:45649] Re: Converting the USA to metric
>> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
>> Date: Friday, August 14, 2009, 10:33 PM
>>
>> On Friday 14 August 2009 20:42:49 John M. Steele wrote:
>> > I hope that will be the case, but the proposed
>> amendment to the FPLA has
>> > had little change or progress since 2002 and been in
>> complete statis since
>> > 2007 or so due to FMI.
>>
>> Who can we talk to to counter the FMI opposition? Who is
>> holding the FPLA now?
>>
>> Pierre
>>
>>
>
