[USMA:53304] Re: Metric week and contacting State Representative

[Henschel Mark]

I have written dozens of letters to congressmen over the years, including to my Senator Barack Obama. I have learned that Congressmen and Senators generally do nothing if you do not give them something specific. This is why I emphasize the metric only update of the Fair PAckaging and Labeling act.  Only 20 words of update in the FPLA would allow, but not require the use of metric-only package labeling in the USA.
And there is no compulsion, so it should make business leaders happy.
I emphasize first, international growth will all be in metric countries, as the USA is a mature market, whereas the growing markets are metric,
and,
our kids do poorly in math and science since they are handicapped with two measurement systems. No other developed country in the world punishes students with two measurement systems. Obvioulsy students are confused when they get to Chemistry class in high school, since this is the first time many of them see SI units being used in a consistant way.
I think my power point of arguments for the FPLA update is still on the USMA metric site.
 
Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: Edward Schlesinger <edws...@gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 1:51 am
Subject: [USMA:53301] Metric week and contacting State Representative
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>

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Hi All, I was thinking about how I could contact my California State representatives
> for state and Federal level, however California is large with
> many representatives in counties with districts,and contacting
> my state House Rep for Kern county or Kevin McCarthy US and of
> course Boxer and Feinstein is just a drop in bucket. Any ideas
> on how to be more effective?  My thought how to frame the
> completion for metrication would be around wasting students time
> in classroom on USC and SI and not getting closer to STEM goals
> for future jobs, teaching only SI. Also hinderance to trade in
> Pacific Rim.

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> Sincerely,
> Edward B.
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