Thanks for pointing this out Paul. I've been doing this for 25 years or so. Probably before I became a member of the USMA.
One amazing (to me) occurrence on this subject was me calling around to buy a Car Trailer, I called every manufacturer I could and asked for a brochure that listed metric units. This was at the height of the depression in 2009. Not one had a brochure nor the data available. I told them a sale hinged on having metric units, yet none would come thru. I'm still looking for that trailer! Mike Payne On 22/02/2011, at 24:32 , Paul Trusten wrote: > Dear USMA Listserver Subscribers and friends of U.S. Metrication, > > NIST Laws and Metric Group Coordinator Elizabeth Gentry has asked me to seek > one vital ingredient that all those who support U.S. metrication can provide: > demand for U.S. products and services that use the metric system of > measurement. > > If the American people want metric products, they must ask for them. U.S. > industry listens to consumer demand! > > If you use a product that you would want to see in metric, contact the > manufacturer and tell it so. If you discover a product that is marketed in > metric sizes, or a publisher that uses or emphasizes the metric system in it > publications, contact both the publisher and the author and express your > support for their stance on metric units. They will listen! > > In your demand messages for metric products, remember to mention the Metric > Conversion Act of 1975, in which Congress declared metric to be the > "preferred system of measurement" for U.S. trade and commerce. > > SIncerely, > > > Paul Trusten, Registered Pharmacist > Vice President and Public Relations Director > U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > www.metric.org > [email protected] > +1(432)528-8824 > >
