Read from the bottom up to get the context. A few more well reasoned letters to Mr. Herring might convince him I'm not the only one in the country wanting metric for http://www.choosemyplate.gov/global_nav
Michael Payne Begin forwarded message: > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: website inquiry > Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:36:34 -0400 > From: Herring, David <[email protected]> > To: Michael Payne <[email protected]> > CC: Haven, Jackie <[email protected]> > > > > I will pass this information along to our USDA lawyers to see if this law is > relevant to us. > > Thanks for writing. > > Dave > > *From:*Michael Payne [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, June 27, 2011 9:33 AM > *To:* Herring, David > *Subject:* Re: website inquiry > > > Sec. 205b. Declaration of policy > > It is therefore the declared policy of the United States-- > > (1) to designate the metric system of measurement as the preferred system of > weights and measures for United States trade and commerce; > > http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/laws/metric-conv.html > <http://lamar.colostate.edu/%7Ehillger/laws/metric-conv.html> > > Regards, > > Michael Payne > > > > On 27/06/11 09:23 , Herring, David wrote: > > I'm not familiar with that law. Can you point me towards it? > > > Thanks, > > Dave > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > David Herring, MS > > Nutritionist/ Webmaster > > U.S. Department of Agriculture > > Center for Nutrition Policy& Promotion > > Washington, DC > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Payne [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 11:21 PM > > To: Herring, David > > Subject: website inquiry > > > http://www.choosemyplate.gov/global_nav/contact.html > > > Think you need to include metric SI units, because by law it's the > > preferred system here in the US and some of us use only SI. > > > Michael Payne > > 1 Thorton Court > > Potomac Falls VA 20165 > >
