Hi Pat:
My inclination is to make a very simple poster which tells/shows various
products and hints how to use/find metric products in grocery stores.
The purpose is to make the most people aware of what's available and what's
coming without being an overly complex distraction.
Grocery stores are the single place where most people visit/shop. They
would be a great venue.
Regards, Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 5:02 PM
Subject: [USMA:45871] Re: Posters
Dear Stan and Harry,
Thanks for your comments. My reaction is as follows:
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I would appreciate any further comments before I do anything with this.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain from
http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped
thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric
system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each
year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides
services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for
commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and
in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA,
NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See
http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat
at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters'
newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
On 2009/09/22, at 05:59 , STANLEY DOORE wrote:
The KISS principle should be the basis of converting to/using metric.
A simple poster showing the most used units, such as mass (kg) and
volume (L), are most used in grocery stores.
Place posters in grocery stores first. It would get to the most people
very quickly.
However it should be done at the same time when metric only labeling is
allowed.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: Harry Wyeth
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:49 AM
Subject: [USMA:45858] Posters
I am all for National Metric Week and posters, but the KISS (keep it
simple stupid) approach works best with most audiences. If we could just get
the population to deal with a FEW metric units, we would be 96% of the way
"there". If we could just institute the use of liters (and mL) to measure
liquid, meters (and cm and mm) for distance, and kilograms (and g) for weight
(OK, mass), that would be a stupendous advance.
So, wouldn't it be more effective for posters to just deal with these
three? Just three little changes, maybe, US population?
HARRY WYETH
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Dear Stan and Harry,
Thanks for your comments. My reaction is as follows:
I would appreciate any further comments before I do anything with this.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain
from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has
helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the
modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they
now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for
their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many
different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial
and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA.
Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST,
and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See
http://www.metricationmatters.com
for more metrication information, contact Pat at
[email protected]
or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to:
http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter
to subscribe.
On 2009/09/22, at 05:59 , STANLEY DOORE wrote:
> The KISS principle should be the basis of converting to/using
> metric.
> A simple poster showing the most used units, such as mass (kg)
> and volume (L), are most used in grocery stores.
> Place posters in grocery stores first. It would get to the most
> people very quickly.
> However it should be done at the same time when metric only
> labeling is allowed.
> Stan Doore
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Harry Wyeth
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:49 AM
> Subject: [USMA:45858] Posters
>
> I am all for National Metric Week and posters, but the KISS (keep it
> simple stupid) approach works best with most audiences. If we could
> just get the population to deal with a FEW metric units, we would be
> 96% of the way "there". If we could just institute the use of
> liters (and mL) to measure liquid, meters (and cm and mm) for
> distance, and kilograms (and g) for weight (OK, mass), that would be
> a stupendous advance.
>
> So, wouldn't it be more effective for posters to just deal with
> these three? Just three little changes, maybe, US population?
>
> HARRY WYETH
