I think it will take baby steps. This Congress shows no inclination to do anything grand and spectacular about anything, least of all measurement standards. They can't even explain to people correctly when the 21st Century started or how to pronounce the year 2013 correctly.
But I am eager to work with you on Congressional action, if there are people you want me to write, perhaps we can both contact the same people in Congress so the representatives get the feeling somebody out here cares about standards.
Let me know if there is anybody from Iowa or Illinois or even Wisconsin you think I should also write. Oh, and I have a Michigan address as well, if that is useful.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Parker Willey Jr." <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, February 11, 2013 2:34 pm
Subject: [USMA:52355] Governmnet committee web sites we might want to contact about metric weights and measures
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
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2013-02-11
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> Here are come things to consider when we think about government actions in modernizing our weights and measures.
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> Here on this page of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology,
> it actually lists the metric system as something that might even come to pass that anything like this could conceivably be considered as something important.
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> http://science.house.gov/subcommittee-technology-and-innovation
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> Here is another committee in the Senate. I believe it should handle
> similar concerns but I am not holding my breath.
> http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=CompetitivenessInnovationandExportPromotion
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> Would John Kerry or the State Department be concerned about our use of the metric system?
> http://www.state.gov/secretary/
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> Perhaps communication with one or more of the above could bring about our change to a modern system of weights and measures and get rid of the 16th century stuff wrought by King Edward II.
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> Perhaps if we took action to contact these entities above with our concerns about weights and measures, there conceivably could be a positive re-action.
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> ...Parker Willey Jr.
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> Here are come things to consider when we think about government actions in modernizing our weights and measures.
>
> Here on this page of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology,
> it actually lists the metric system as something that might even come to pass that anything like this could conceivably be considered as something important.
>
> http://science.house.gov/subcommittee-technology-and-innovation
>
> Here is another committee in the Senate. I believe it should handle
> similar concerns but I am not holding my breath.
> http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=CompetitivenessInnovationandExportPromotion
>
> Would John Kerry or the State Department be concerned about our use of the metric system?
> http://www.state.gov/secretary/
>
> Perhaps communication with one or more of the above could bring about our change to a modern system of weights and measures and get rid of the 16th century stuff wrought by King Edward II.
>
> Perhaps if we took action to contact these entities above with our concerns about weights and measures, there conceivably could be a positive re-action.
>
> ...Parker Willey Jr.
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