I was doing research into annual meetings coming up in Chicago. It looks like the next NCTM annual meeting will not be there for a long time. I did work and set up an exhibit for the NCTM meeting in 2000. I remember standing at the exhibit supplied by the Laws and Metric group and passing out literature to scads of people walking by.
Now I see there is an annual meeting of the AAAS in Chicago February 14-17 2014.
I would be willing to set up a display (for no pay- as a volunteer) and even help pay some of the rental fee for the booth (9 square meters). That is $2,250.00. I am also willing to pay my own lodging and eating costs.
But last time I did not urinate for over nine hours, and that is getting more difficult at my age. Would anybody like to work with me and man a metric booth at the AAAS convention in Chicago in 2014 for three days of exhibit time?
If I can get some help, I think Linda Crown will send me a display and literature, and if not, I think I can find one on my own, so either way it is a doable project.
Anybody else in?
MarkHenschel
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From: "Parker Willey Jr." <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, September 13, 2013 5:31 pm
Subject: [USMA:53245] metric only labeling vs legacy measures labeling requirements
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
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I remember reading about the FPLA and that metric only labeling is permitted in all but if I remember correctly, 2 states, Alabama and New York.
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On the shelf of stores there is supposed to be a label (sometimes missing) that shows the price of the item. If the shelf label which is printed probably weekly by some store computer due to price changes, can show the price and any missing legacy measures and / or SI metric measures, and the label on the jar or package only shows metric sizes, would the shelf label satisfy the requirement for legacy measures in Alabama and New York?
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I am just trying to come up with creative ways to get around the regulations to advance metric use.
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....Parker Willey Jr.
San Jose, CA
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