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The British group for customary measurements has had 20 years to organize demonstrations in the streets and have yet to do so, so I doubt very much they will be organizing any demonstrations anytime soon.
I have noticed the Association for Customary WEights and Measures has had several comments posted on their web site by pro-metric people. I put up some math problems in inches and also in millimeters, and several people have commented on the loss of the Mars orbiter because the contractor failed to follow Executive Order 12770.
I doubt they have officers per se, but you can check out their Facebook page and see what you can learn about who is there.
Mark
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From: "mechtly, eugene a" <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, March 3, 2013 11:54 am
Subject: [USMA:52438] RE: ACWM
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Cc: "mechtly, eugene a" <[email protected]>
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> I had never seen it before. Can we find the name of the author and names of the ACWM officers?
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> Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 11:07 AM
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> USMA, this what you are up against in your fight to metricate the US:
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> This is a statement from the ACWM posted to the bWMA Facebook page.
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We are committed to diversity and culture, not a cold scientific mandate dominating the rule of law. USC are a part of our past, they remain in the present, and we are committed to ensuring their future, whether that means
> educating the population on our wonderful system and why it is designed the way it is, launching petitions and campaigns to counteract any attacks on the continued legality and existence of our system, or even taking to the streets to halt the attempts to
> metricate or alter our national heritage and infrastructure. Thankfully, we haven't had to take to the streets to prevent illegal roadsigns, our regulators have figured out that metric signs aren't used and have removed them as they wear out on the only interstate
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In the '70s, when your movement was at its strongest, the population here woke up and became very vocal that they did NOT want sweeping changes made arbitrarily, bureaucratically as it did in Canada, the UK. Some industry converted
> where it suited them, others did not and continue to use our system today, both here and abroad.
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They are willing to take the fight to the streets if metrication were to increase. You can ignore them, but they are not ignoring you. They are fighting you every step of the way. I hope you have a plan of action against them.
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