Penny Pritzker coming from a bussiness backround may be a good thing. Bussiness leaders unlike in the 1970 are less anti- metric. Back then I think some set up roadblocks to metrication. I am also thinking of the Auto industry and Procter and Gamble that made the change to metric in their production. There are people that are in the sciences and engennering that still love pound force, BTU, and units from centigram, millimeters, and second system.
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 10:58 AM, mechtly, eugene a <mech...@illinois.edu>wrote: > Only the pre-hearing printed testimony on May 23 by Penny Pritzker > remains online. The questions and answers of the live webcast seem to have > been taked offline, and an audio record dos not appear in the Senate > archives. > > Is there a transcript of the hearing in the Congressional Record? > > In any case, the career of Ms. Pritzker is disclosed at *Skills for > America's Future* which she founded. > > *From:* Henschel Mark [mw-hensch...@neiu.edu] > *Sent:* Friday, June 07, 2013 9:37 AM > *To:* mechtly, eugene a > *Cc:* U.S. Metric Association; mechtly, eugene a > *Subject:* Re: [USMA:52891] Penny Pritzker, Secretary of US Department of > Commerce, to be (?) > > I just wish we knew people who traveled in the same circles as these > movers and shakers. Looks like she will be yet again one more disaster for > metrication. I remember talking to Al Gore when he ran for President. I > asked if he would "fight for metrication". He said "Huh?" > This from the "technology Vice President". > I asked Dick Durbin to support the metric-only update of the FPLA, and he > said "The labels already contain metric." thus totally missing the point. > IT is hard to be in positions where I can talk to politicians directly, > without having to go through one of their assistants or hired hands. I gave > a metric bumpersticker to Bill Clinton's assistants when he was in Chicago > on a speaking engagement, and they snickered. > Just think. If we would have followed through with metric education in the > public schools since the Carter administration, today's generation of > politicians would at least know what the Metric System is. > > Mark > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mechtly, eugene a" <mech...@illinois.edu> > Date: Thursday, June 6, 2013 6:41 pm > Subject: [USMA:52891] Penny Pritzker, Secretary of US Department of > Commerce, to be (?) > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> > Cc: "mechtly, eugene a" <mech...@illinois.edu> > > > Penny Pritzker gave testimony on May 23 at a hearing on her > > nomination to become the new Secretary of the US > > > > Department of Commerce (DoC). Her experience is in > > business enterprises, not in science or engineering projects. > > > > As you know, the National Institute of Standards and Technology > > (NIST) is under the DoC. > > > > Ms. Pritzker's attitude toward adoption of SI in all sectors of > > the US is not revealed in her testimony. > > > > How can we persuade her to promote SI in all DoC activities, > > including domestic and foreign trade and commerce? > > > > Eugene Mechtly > > > -- Sincerely, Edward B.
