Eugene. Your argument is akin to women saying before 1920, well, we cannot
introduce legislation on allowing women to vote because by law, women are
not allowed to vote. Don't you get it? The metrication legislation we
introduce would CHANGE laws like the one you mention. Now do you get it? So
the problem is not that certain laws are currently in place preventing new
legislation, the problem is thinking that we are powerless to do anything;
the problem is people making excusses NOT to do anything. Empower yourself.
----- Message from "mechtly, eugene a" <[email protected]> ---------
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 01:57:23 +0000
From: "mechtly, eugene a" <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: [USMA:53985] Re: State by State Metrication
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
On Jun 16, 2014, at 8:33 PM, wrote:
The problem with state by state legislation is that some states already
*require*
units outside the SI for Unit Pricing, while even the current
FPLA is silent of the units of measurement that may or must be used in
Unit Pricing.
Eugene Mechtly
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FROM: [email protected] [[email protected]] on
behalf of [email protected] [[email protected]]
SENT: Monday, June 16, 2014 10:55 AM
TO: U.S. Metric Association
SUBJECT: [USMA:53983] State by State Metrication
Yes indeed, Thank you Don.
With 110 names on our list, one would think that those 110 people
probably live in at least ten or perhaps even twenty or so states. We
have state metrication legislation pending in Hawaii (HB36). We have
state metrication legislation pending in Oregon (LC44). Please consider
introducing state metrication legislation in your state too so we can
give momentum to this trend. I know that some may argue against this
state-by-state strategy, and I agree that a federal mandate would be
preferable, but a federal mandate seems unlikely in light of the
current gridlock in Congress. Even though a state-by-state metrication
legislation strategy may not be ideal, at least it sends a message that
some Americans in some states want metrication. Who knows? It just
might work. I say we give it a try. What say you? Please consider
introducing metrication legislation in YOUR state.
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Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:18:35 +0000
From: "Ressel, Howard R (DOT)" <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: [USMA:53982] Re: Rejoining USMA
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Probably a good time to thank Don for coordinating this list for all
these years, I think we sometimes forget he is the quite guy keeping
it going and thanks to Colorado State for hosting.
I agree, unless we hit some sort of server limit to the
number of users, the more the merrier even if they just listen in.
FROM: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] ON BEHALF OF Harold_Potsdamer
SENT: Sunday, June 15, 2014 12:25 AM
TO: U.S. Metric Association
SUBJECT: [USMA:53973] Re: Rejoining USMA
But how many actually post? Why sign up if you have no
intention to post?
Do you drop people off who don’t post a message after a
fixed amount of time?
FROM:Hillger,Donald[1]
SENT: Sunday, 2014-06-15 00:05
TO:U.S. Metric Association[2]
SUBJECT: [USMA:53970] Re: Rejoining USMA
About 110 names.
FROM:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] ON
BEHALF OF [email protected]
SENT: Saturday, June 14, 2014 21:55
TO: U.S. Metric Association
SUBJECT: [USMA:53969] Re: Rejoining USMA
Welcome back! I am curious. Approximately how many are on
the USMA list?
----- Message from Bill Hooper <[email protected]> ---------
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 23:04:09 -0400
From: Bill Hooper <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: [USMA:53968] Rejoining USMA
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Have been away for some time and am now rejoining the USMA list.
Bill
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