[USMA:45956] Re: Fwd: Who is your favorite Changemaker?

[Bill Hooper]

I think we should nominate Lorelle Young as Changemaker who has influenced (and continues to influence) the process of metrication in the US. Bill Hooper ====================================== On  Oct 5 , at 3:27 PM, Pat Naughtin wrote: Dear Lorelle, Remember that the USMA has had successes in all aspects of life in the USA except for some government politicians who persist in supporting the dishonesty of old pre-metric measuring methods. Given this success, I wonder whether you could identify an individual in the USMA who would qualify as a 'Changemaker' for the position described below. Although the USMA has many eligible changemakers, I think that it would be best if only one was selected and supported by the whole USMA community. Along with the nomination, there would also need to be list of achievements such as progress in the successful metrication of: * Industry * Medicine * Schools * Higher education * Exports Hundreds of specific examples should suffice. You could start at http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/pays-off.html and proceed from there. In the event that you don't win this award, the fact of being nominated would give another opportunity for publicity about the metric system. Begin forwarded message: From: "Change.org Weekly" <m...@change.org> Date: 5 October 2009 2:19:01 AM To: pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com Subject: Who is your favorite Changemaker? SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 4     Who is your favorite Changemaker? Hey Pat,  We're excited to announce that this week we started accepting nominations for our Changemakers Network, a new initiative that aims to identify the leading activists, elected officials, and thought leaders who have the greatest capacity to spark lasting change on issues of importance.  Based on your nominations, each identified Changemaker will be invited to periodically write on Change.org about their work and enlist the support of Change.org's network of 500,000 activists and 20,000 affiliated bloggers to magnify their impact.  So whether it's Elizabeth Edwards on Health Care, professor Jeffrey Sachs on Global Poverty, Charlize Theron on Gay Rights, or Senator Jim Webb on Criminal Justice, we want to know who you want to hear from. We're taking nominations on all Change.org causes, and you can vote for up to 10 of your favorite Changemakers.  Check out all current nominations here. These include some of the most important thinkers and activists in the world, and together, with their leadership and millions of people mobilized behind them across the web and around the world, we can make lasting change.  For more news and updates, check out summaries from this week's top stories below. To unsubscribe from your weekly update, click the link below. http://www.change.org/my_change/email_opt_out?email_id=KYCYFSSABXIXQQIROEUB 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 pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.