Jim (Frysinger), I have just completed a first reading of the comments to the FTC by Chris Guay, by you, and by Paul Trusten. All of us and John Steele give the FTC compelling reasons for *permissive* metric-only labeling of net amounts inside packages and containers of consumer commodities; practiced by some packagers even before metric-only labeling is formally made legal by an Amended FPLA, and without complaints from consumers! Thanks for calling attention to your comments.
Chris briefly mentions Unit Pricing without much discussion. As you know, a personal objective of mine is to establish *only SI units in the denominators of Unit Price* in a "Best Practice Guide for Unit Pricing” so that mental arithmetic can result in value comparisons by consumers without the aid of a hand-held calculator. Chris also happens (for good reason) to be a member of the NIST Working Group on Unit Pricing. Several positions of the NCWM, stated by Chris, that I have doubts about are a request for a return to the term “U.S. Customary” rather than the present term “inch-pound” for the name of units outside the SI, and I have doubts about NCWM's futile recommendations attempting to perfect or improve the use of those units outside the SI. (wasted time and effort as metric-only momentum increases!) Gene Mechtly. On May 22, 2014, at 6:25 PM, James <[email protected]> wrote: > The FTC has published the public's comments on the FTC NMPR and RPC regarding > the FPLA at > http://www.ftc.gov/policy/public-comments/initiative-554 > > A total of 15 responses are listed. I know that there were a few more than > that; it appears that at least 23 responses were submitted. Those not posted > might have been off-topic or perhaps were null postings that nonetheless > received automatic serialized receipts. > > Many of the responses do not address permissive metric-only labeling. A few > of the responses were submitted by USMA members. The NCWM posted a 24 page > response over the signature of Chris Guay! It covers a wide variety of topics > (and brilliantly, too!) including metric-only labeling and many other salient > points. The IEEE submission, over my signature as Chair of IEEE/SCC14, > addresses only permissive metric-only labeling. > > Enjoy reading the responses! Now all that remains is to see what comes of > this exercise. > > Jim Frysinger > Chair, IEEE/SCC14 > > -- > James R. Frysinger > 632 Stoney Point Mountain Road > Doyle TN 38559-3030 > > (C) 931.212.0267 > (H) 931.657.3107 > (F) 931.657.3108 >
