I believe (and in saying this, I have to declare that I am a construction
economist) that economics is the key. There is no doubt in my mind that
working in the metric system is more cost-effective than using other
measurement units. As an example, back in the 1980s, when I was the retained
quantity surveyor on the Toronto General Hospital, we decided to re-measure
the entire hospital, and digitize all drawings. Working with the architects,
and based on the fact that most of the old drawings were in imperial, the
decision had to be made - do we do it in metric or imperial? The architects
said that doing it in imperial would cost 15% more. We did it in metric.
I have no idea on the economic infrastructure of Hawaii (i.e. what
constitutes its economic base), but if this could be shown to be more
cost-effective doing it in metric, then this is the way forward. In this
regard, I would be more than willing to assist (especially if it means I
have an excuse to visit a place I have not been to!).
John F-L
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I think Hawaii COULD make sense if they were serious about full metrication
and our conference were to serve as educational sessions to stakeholders/
policy makers about the different implications/ approaches/ current firm and
school practices everything related to SI usage. Although based on my
research, no one seems to have current data on any of these topics.
Honestly, I am not sure about the quality or even quantity of sessions we
could provide.
Does anyone have ideas about content they could provide?
I could talk some about current classroom practices (which vary so much) and
more about the intent of the new standards in Mathematics and what I believe
shall become part of the new standards in Science.
NIST and USMA are considered the US experts in metrication, yet I feel like
WE are a data poor group. How is it that someone can figure out how many
birds and small mammals, Cats are killing in the US but we can not figure
out how many people (in this country) are working in the modern metric
system.
I'm not trying to be negative; I know this is a volunteer organization. I am
just concerned that we shall get our wish, and Hawaii will contact us and
say, "we are serious" give us the current data and give us a plan. What
would we do?
Bridget
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On Jan 30, 2013, at 9:47 AM, Scott Hudnall <[email protected]> wrote:
In all practicality, I have a corporate Webex account. I can host online
video-conferences, if there is sufficient interest in attending. It is
more cost-effective than flying all the way to Hawaii, but no sandy
beaches.
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Scott Hudnall
On Jan 30, 2013, at 6:58, "[email protected] " <[email protected]>
wrote:
I'm all for it, as long as there is a grant for unemployed people to
travel to Hawaii fro a conference....
Bruce E. Arkwright, Jr
Erie PA
Linux and Metric User and Enforcer
I will only invest in nukes that are 150 gigameters away. How much solar
energy have you collected today?
Id put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I
hope we dont have to wait til oil and coal run out before we tackle that.
I wish I had a few more years left. -- Thomas Edison♽☯♑
Jan 30, 2013 05:58:55 AM, [email protected] wrote:
It is also mid-winter in Hawaii, only just not as cold as say New York or
Chicago! J
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Of course! A meeting in Hawaii while it 's the dead of winter on the
mainland!
(Now why didn 't I think of that. ;-)
Ezra
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100% open to that idea. We could share ideas and coordinate efforts to
promote metric usage. A meeting sounds like a great idea.
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Subject: [USMA:52279] FW: Fwd: The Metric System, the United States of
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Sent: Tue, Jan 29, 2013 6:00:43 AM
The more similar work, the better. I thinks, we should have cross
links between all the web pages and blogs, etc…
What about meeting each other (metric people), conference style?
Special thanks to the pioneers at USMA.
John Altounji
One size does not fit all.
Social promotion ruined Education.
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 8:45 PM
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Hi everyone. My name is Linda Anderman and the metric documentary
referenced in the second to the last paragraph of the blog is the one I
'm working on.
I will have very big news on the project in the next couple of weeks.
I 've been waiting for the right time to introduce myself and this
seemed like as good a time as any.
I 'll have more news very soon. Promise.
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 6:16:37 PM
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Very timely and the writer works at the Smithsonian! Great comics
http://blogs.plos.org/scied/2013/01/28/the-metric-system-united-states-of-america-and-scientific-literacy/
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