They all sound like good ideas. I remember in years ago past there was a project called Metric Patrol, where teachers would ask their students to note mistakes in metric package labeling and write the manufacturer. Often this turned out pretty well, because what company is going to be mean to an elementary school or middle school student?
I know several people in USMA have been working on this issue for some time, in some cases many years. People like Gene Mechtly, Larry Stempnik and Bill Cable have all worked on this issue in the past, and so far writing congressmen and senators seems to be a wasted effort. (I'm using lower case letters on purpose since they seem to be more interested in taking vacations than in doing actual work.)
My latest thought is to work with companies that do international business, and ask them to get their lobbyists on board and support the FPLA update.
This could have been done by the Obama administration years ago, but the cabinent is not on board, so it has gummed up the works that we can't even get the President's cabinent to support a minor change (about 20 words) in a piece of legislation. If I knew who it was in the cabinent that was slowing things down, I'd write them a letter.
Bottom line is, we probably need someone in Washington that can go around and talk to people in person. In the meantime, any other ideas I am open to. If people think it will make sense to try to post the FPLA update petition again on the White House site, I'd be happy to do it.
Mark
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