Pat paid a fair amount of his own money to do this. Besides the cost of envelopes, paper and printing, the US stamps cost $238.04 (541 x $0.44), and I noted postage on the box of AUD $130 (the Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, and US dollar are all about equal now).
What he did was address all the envelopes (110 x 220 mm), stuffed them with a one-page letter (no doubt A4), then put them all in a box, unstamped, and send them to me. I bought the stamps (he sent me the money for that on Paypal) at Costco, stamped the envelopes, and took them all to the Gaithersburg (appropriately) post office. We did it this way because that was still cheaper than putting Australian foreign postage on all the envelopes. It didn't take long and I was glad to help him with this worthy effort. Carleton From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pat Naughtin Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 14:05 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:49925] Letter to Members of Congress Dear All, You may recall that I resolved a few weeks ago that I would write to all Members of Congress putting my view of the current state of metrication in the USA. Here is the result: http://metricationmatters.com/docs/MemberOfCongressLong.pdf I wish to thank all of the people who helped me with advice and physical help with this project. The project proved to be more difficult than I anticipated as most Members of Congress bar people from outside the USA from contacting them via email; so a special thank you to Carleton MacDonald and his son who helped me with the mailing. Cheers, 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 <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.
