Paul Trusten, Would you be willing to post on the Internet your latest draft(s) of an updated USMA Mission Statement?
I certainly support the idea of emphasizing the advanced state of metrication in the US in some industries, rather than lamenting that there is still progress to be made in public sectors (e.g. education and food labeling), and rather than repeating negative comparisons with countries that do not compare with the US in pharmacy labeling, medical records, nutrition standards, manufacturing of automobiles and mining and agriculture machinery etc. Eugene Mechtly ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 1:38 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52429] Re: Sun Herald Article on Metrication & Paul Trusten's Revised USMA Mission Statement This article fits in well with the revised USMA mission statement that our Vice President, Paul Trusten, has been working on, and which I have strongly advocated. Instead of constantly harping that the U.S. is one of three unmetricated countries, it recognizes instead that the U.S. is well on its way to becoming metric. We are in fact no different from England or Canada in this regard, which have not completed the conversion to metric. Why are they considered metric countries, and the U.S. is not? The USMA is trying to raise awareness of that fact with the proposed new mission statement. Thanks to Paul Trusten for taking this revision on for the USMA. It will be the first re-evaluation of the USMA's stance in quite some time. It will recognize the fact that much progress has already been made toward metrication in the U.S. It is a positive message (we've come this far; let's complete the conversion) rather than a negative one (the U.S. is one of three unmetricated countries). http://www.sunherald.com/2013/02/28/4498933/the-metric-system-makes-better.html#disqus_thread#storylink=cpy
