Thanks Jim, As usual, I appreciate your efforts.
Cheers, Pat naughtin Geelong, Australia On 2011/02/24, at 04:33 , James R. Frysinger wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > I have conveyed to some key people in the CCU and the BIPM the common > concerns that were expressed here regarding the use of the phrase "New SI" > and regarding the need for an explicit declaration on stability in the > magnitude of the units, notably the kilogram. They have taken those matters > under advisement and are considering editorial actions they might take. We > thus could see some revisions to this new page on the BIPM website or in one > or more of the listed articles -- or both -- in the near future. So, please > help me keep an eye on that material. > > As a Fellow of the USMA I take an interest in using my work contacts in some > international standards developing organizations to give you some voice > outside the U.S. when I am able to do so. This should not conflict with the > work the USMA officers do in the U.S. Indeed, we are working in parallel here > (synergy!) and share access to at least one of those contacts. > > Thank you for your feedback! Your opinions here do count but we must keep in > mind that many groups have interests in these matters. > > Regards, > > Jim Frysinger > > On 2011-02-19 1736, James R. Frysinger wrote: >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> I would like to call your attention to a new web page concerning the >> "New SI" at http://www.bipm.org that consolidates several papers on this >> topic. This is meant to be an educational body of work to prepare the >> public for what is intended to be a redefinition of SI base units. The >> actual page, which indexes and links to those documents is at >> http://www.bipm.org/en/si/new_si/ >> >> Implementation of that redefinition awaits refinement of some >> experimental determinations, but the structure of the proposed new base >> unit definitions are now well settled. Since this will be a rather major >> change, the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) and >> its Consultative Committee on Units (CCU) recommend that education of >> the public should start now, even while the refinement of the >> fundamental values is taking place. It is thus intended that educators, >> authors, and others should be prepared to incorporate the new >> definitions in their materials and will not be caught unaware when the >> actual change takes place. This new BIPM page serves the purpose of >> meeting that intent by providing illustrative articles. >> >> Regards, >> >> James R. Frysinger (Jim) >> Chair, IEEE SCC 14 >> Vice Chair, IEEE/ASTM Joint Committee for Maintaining SI 10 >> Deputy Technical Advisor, U.S. TAGs to ISO/TC 12 and IEC/TC 25 >> > > -- > James R. Frysinger > 632 Stony Point Mountain Road > Doyle, TN 38559-3030 > > (C) 931.212.0267 > (H) 931.657.3107 > (F) 931.657.3108 > Pat Naughtin LCAMS Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY 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.
