Respectfully, if they REALLY wanted to metricate, they'd just metricate. No need for following a specific schedule. Detailed plan: 1) Write metric style guide 2) Pick an issue. Non-metric articles won't be published Done. Just Do It.
________________________________ From: Luther <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Cc: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 2:37 PM Subject: [USMA:53003] Re: May 2013 article should use metric system, avoid pre-metric units On Thu, 2013-06-27 at 12:15 -0500, Henschel Mark wrote: > Reminds me of letters I wrote to publishers of science magazines (and > even the Futurist) about 30 years ago. At the time they assured me > they were going metric, they just didn't want to be forced to follow a > specific schedule. If you ever hear an argument like that, remember that if they really want to metricate, then a "specific schedule" is there to help them. Luther
