I spoke for five minutes on April 10 (Hectoday) to the Forum when I was in Washington, DC. Later they said I could prepare something for their website, and I created a video (After trying four different cameras and numerous "takes".
Then that was too long (one gigabyte, about five minutes) so they offered to post a power point presentation, link is below.
I must say I got a lot of applause for my presentation. The only not so bright spot was the guy from the center for Science in the Public Interest who somehow claimed it would cost too much money to go metric (even though most places have done it for free) and that American "culture" could not accept metric, even though British and Australian and South African and Canadian culture has accepted metric recently).
I hope to write a notice in Metric Today about my trip to this forum, but in the meantime feel free to view the video and power point. I really think we need to get support from the large companies for this, they already have lobbyists who could be directed to work on the FPLA metric only update.
Also, the link for the five minute (one gigabyte) video on the FPLA update can be found here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gzphmxqpmxxy0mx/IEqPpyGnE1
From: Sedler, Jesse [jsed...@uschamber.com]
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 2:49 PM
To: Mark W Henschel
Subject: Unable to view Power Point presentation
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gzphmxqpmxxy0mx/IEqPpyGnE1
From: Sedler, Jesse [jsed...@uschamber.com]
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 2:49 PM
To: Mark W Henschel
Subject: Unable to view Power Point presentation
Hi Mr. Henschel,
I just uploaded the version of the PowerPoint that you recently sent to the GRC inbox. It should be working now. Please let me know if you need anything else.
https://www.uschamber.com/grc/presentations-us-eu-high-level-regulatory-cooperation-forum
Best,
Jesse
Jesse Sedler
Staff Assistant, International Policy
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
1615 H Street NW
Washington D.C., 20062
(202) 463-5435
http://www.uschamber.com
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From: j...@frewston.plus.com
Date: Thursday, May 16, 2013 1:06 pm
Subject: [USMA:52776] Re: Free Trade with the European Union
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Cc: "mechtly, eugene a" <mech...@illinois.edu>
> It must be noted that the the EU offered a concession to permit
> dual
> labelling on US products sold in the EU, on the basis that such
> a show of
> 'good faith' would be reciprocated by permitting metric-only
> labelling in
> the US. The EU is still waiting for a similar show of 'good
> faith' from the
> US....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mechtly, eugene a
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:55 PM
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Cc: mechtly, eugene a
> Subject: [USMA:52775] Free Trade with the European Union
>
> New negotiations are beginning to establish Free Trade with the
> European
> Union by removing obstacles.
>
> President Obama recently nominated Michael Froman to be the next
> Chief US
> Trade Representative to lead these negotiations.
>
> One of the most glaring obstacles to Free Trade is the part of
> the US Fair
> Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA)
> that *requires* inclusion of non-SI units of measurement on the
> labels of
> many products made in the US.
>
> Here is an opportunity that we *must not miss* to persuade the
> chief
> negotiator (and eventually the US Congress) to amend the FPLA to
> at least
> *permit* SI-only units on the labeling of all products made in
> the US.
>
> Who is willing to try to persuade Michael Froman of the
> importance of this
> amending the FPLA?
>
> Eugene Mechtly
>
>
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----- Original Message -----
From: j...@frewston.plus.com
Date: Thursday, May 16, 2013 1:06 pm
Subject: [USMA:52776] Re: Free Trade with the European Union
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
Cc: "mechtly, eugene a" <mech...@illinois.edu>
> It must be noted that the the EU offered a concession to permit
> dual
> labelling on US products sold in the EU, on the basis that such
> a show of
> 'good faith' would be reciprocated by permitting metric-only
> labelling in
> the US. The EU is still waiting for a similar show of 'good
> faith' from the
> US....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mechtly, eugene a
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:55 PM
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Cc: mechtly, eugene a
> Subject: [USMA:52775] Free Trade with the European Union
>
> New negotiations are beginning to establish Free Trade with the
> European
> Union by removing obstacles.
>
> President Obama recently nominated Michael Froman to be the next
> Chief US
> Trade Representative to lead these negotiations.
>
> One of the most glaring obstacles to Free Trade is the part of
> the US Fair
> Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA)
> that *requires* inclusion of non-SI units of measurement on the
> labels of
> many products made in the US.
>
> Here is an opportunity that we *must not miss* to persuade the
> chief
> negotiator (and eventually the US Congress) to amend the FPLA to
> at least
> *permit* SI-only units on the labeling of all products made in
> the US.
>
> Who is willing to try to persuade Michael Froman of the
> importance of this
> amending the FPLA?
>
> Eugene Mechtly
>
>
>
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