Dear Zach, Thank you very much for alerting the U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc. concerning this very popular petition, http://1.usa.gov/ZPV17U , which collected 11,000 signature in just four days. After signing it myself, I posted the information on USMA's Listerver and also forwarding it to others in the measurement standards community. Generally, these White House petitions garner little support, but, as you have noted, this one has taken considerable hold. While the language of the petition might have been more concise, the point made in its title, "making the metric system the U.S. standard," is clear. We shall follow this event with interest.
SIncerely, Paul R. Trusten Registered Pharmacist Vice President and Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. www.metric.org [email protected] +1(432)528-7724 ----- Original Message ----- From: Zach Metric To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: 2013-01-04 10:44 Subject: US Metrication whitehouse.gov petition Hi Don and Paul, My name is Zach VanNatta, otherwise known as 'metrication' on the webforum www.reddit.com/r/metric. We had an interesting thing occur a day or two ago over on Reddit. A whitehouse.gov petition was started concerning the US Metrication effort, which then went viral on a few of the forums over there. Here's the link and the text of the petition: http://1.usa.gov/ZPV17U As if my writing this, there are 11,000 of the 25,000 required signatures to receive a response from the White House staff. These signatures occurred within the span of 4 days, which is phenomenal. I simply wished to notify you of the petition, and perhaps even get your petition signatures as well. (I kid). I am going to try to see if we can't keep this alive to make the 25,000 signature threshold before January 20th, not because internet petition hold too much sway, but in the interest of getting a response from the White House. Perhaps a few news articles written in a few newspapers as well. I wish you well and a nice weekend to come. Thank you, Zach VanNatta reddit.com/r/metric, /u/metrication
