Edward. Thanks for asking that great question. I hope it is OK if I
respond to the whole group. I tried reasoning with Denyc Boles, but she
explained that rationality and politics are very different from each other.
She says that newcomers hold no power in the Oregon House and Senate and
that my only chance is to get someone on board who has been around a long
time, like Representative Mitch Greenlick or Representative Lew Frederick
or Jodi Hack (who will probably win the election for District 19). She says
I need to get a grass-roots movement going. She says I must convince the
committee chair that this is a worthy effort. Many legislative efforts like
this never even make it to a committee. She mentioned lobbists. I sent pdf
of LC 44 (via email) to several Oregon TV news stations but I have not
heard back from any yet. I am open to suggestions from any of you. Here are
links to Oregon State Legislature:
Senate: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/senate/Pages/SenatorsAll.aspx
House: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/house/Pages/RepresentativesAll.aspx
----- Message from Edward Schlesinger <[email protected]> ---------
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 14:18:17 -0700
From: Edward Schlesinger <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [USMA:54270] LC 44
To: David Pearl <[email protected]>
Hi Dave, I like to know a bit about what was talked about in the
meeting with Representative Denyc Boles.
On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 9:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
Well. I would LOVE it mentioned in the local paper, but the reporter
did not seem too enthusiastic about the whole thing. I cannot predict
how it will turn out. The Statesman Journal has changed over the years.
it used to be that anyone was allowed to see on line articles, but with
hard financial times, now they only let paid subscribers see articles
on line while non-subscribers only get a few courtesy clicks.
----- Message from Edward Schlesinger <[email protected]> ---------
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 20:39:13 -0700
From: Edward Schlesinger <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [USMA:54270] LC 44
To: David Pearl <[email protected]>
Hi David, Sounds that the meeting went well and it
will be mentioned in the local news paper.
On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 11:59 AM, <[email protected]>
wrote:
Anna Staver. Thank you for talking with me this morning and for
considering this important Oregon story. I hope you were able to
reach Representative Denyc Boles by phone for comment concerning the
meeting she and I had earlier this morning. Attached is the
legislation (LC 44) that you and I discussed moments ago at the
Statesman Journal News window. Below you will find some
back-and-forth email messages that may be useful to you as a
reporter. I think the Statesman Journal would benefit from running
this story because it could potentially generate much discussion. The
United States Metric Association www.metric.org[1] is a good resource
for background on the American effort to complete our national
metrication.
----- Message from [email protected] ---------
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:21:00 -0700
From: [email protected]
Reply-To: [email protected]
Subject: [USMA:54239] Re: LC 44 Meeting; Room H384; 10 am 5 Aug 2014;
Oregon State Capitol Building
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Edward, Yes. I am glad I met a pro-SI science teacher during
parent-teacher conferences several months ago. Mr Whatley is a great
asset in our effort. I also plan to bring along a print-out of a
recent NBC News article about Accidental Overdose: Parents are
terrible at measuring kids' meds. I imagine it might be difficult to
come up with a persuasive argument because many Americans are so
stubbornly opposed to getting rid of familiar measures, but perhaps
this article might help too. I appreciate your kind words and
positive feedback.
----- Message from Edward Schlesinger <[email protected]> ---------
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 08:41:26 -0700
From: Edward Schlesinger <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [USMA:54230] LC 44 Meeting; Room H384; 10 am 5 Aug
2014; Oregon State Capitol Building
To: David Pearl <[email protected]>
David, Glad to know you will have
someone representing the education sector with you.
Be well,
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 1:40 PM,
<[email protected]> wrote:
Well. Some of you asked me to keep you updated on LC 44, which is
proposed Oregon legislation based on Hawaii HB 36. Science Teacher
Greg Whatley (very pro-SI) plans to join me when I meet
with Representative Denyc Boles
(Republican) District 19 (Salem Oregon) next week. See my earlier
email where I attached a pdf (Portable Document Format) of a Draft
version of LC 44. We will talk about the next steps in moving this
legislation forward. Read the back-and-forth messages below if you
want more detail. As always, I welcome any feedback you may have
to offer.
----- Message from [email protected] ---------
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:23:24 -0700
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: LC 44 Meeting; Room H384; 10 am 5 Aug 2014; Oregon
State Capitol Building
To: Greg Whatley <[email protected]>
Great! Feel free to bring along any other humanoids who support
this effort. See you in seven days.
----- Message from Greg Whatley <[email protected]> ---------
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 13:09:44 -0700
From: Greg Whatley <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: LC 44 Meeting; Room H384; 10 am 5 Aug 2014; Oregon
State Capitol Building
To: David Pearl <[email protected]>
David...I'll be there and thank you for your work.
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 11:55 AM,
<[email protected]> wrote:
Mr Whatley. I hope you can attend this meeting. Please let me
know.
----- Message from Rep Boles <[email protected]>
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Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 18:49:25 +0000
From: Rep Boles <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: LC 44
To: "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
David,
Sound good. Our room number is
H384. Rep. Boles is looking forward to meeting with you.
Maggie Boles
Legislative Assistant
House District 19
FROM: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]
SENT: Tuesday, July 29, 2014
11:42 AM
TO: Rep Boles
CC: Greg Whatley
SUBJECT: Re: LC 44
Tuesday 5 Aug 2014 at ten in the
morning sounds great! Please tell me the room number where we
meet. Thanks a million. I am really looking forward to our
meeting.
----- Message from Rep Boles <[email protected]>
---------
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 18:25:10 +0000
From: Rep Boles <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: LC 44
To: "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
David,
How is Tuesday morning at 10am?
Greg Whatley is welcome to come along.
Office number: 503-986-1419
Maggie Boles
Legislative Assistant
House District 19
FROM:
[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
SENT: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 11:02 AM
TO: Rep Boles
CC: Greg Whatley
SUBJECT: Re: LC 44
Maggie, Morning time is best for
me. The earlier the better, so 5 August sounds good. I plan
to bring Science Teacher Greg Whatley along (if he is
available) if that is all right with you.
----- Message from Rep Boles <[email protected]>
---------
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:29:26 +0000
From: Rep Boles <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: LC 44
To: "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
David,
Rep. Bols is available the
5th or the 6th of August. If you have a time that is
convenient for you please let me know.
Maggie Boles
Legislative Assistant
House District 19
FROM:
[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
SENT: Monday, July 28, 2014 4:23 PM
TO: Rep Boles
CC: Greg Whatley
SUBJECT: Re: LC 44
How about some time the first
or second week of August 2014?
----- Message from Rep Boles <[email protected]>
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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 20:07:40 +0000
From: Rep Boles <[email protected]>
Subject: FW: LC 44
To: "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Dear David,
Dexter Johnson is the lead counsel for the office of
Legislative Counsel who are tasked with taking legislative
concepts and writing them into legalese. I am forwarding
his response to the changes you had suggested. With his
explanation, I feel confident that the June 12th draft will
be sufficient. I would like to set up a time to talk about
the next steps. Let me know your schedule and I will have
my assistant Maggie, set something up.
Thanks,
Denyc Boles
-----Original Message-----
From: Johnson Dexter
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 12:25 PM
To: Rep Boles
Subject: FW: LC 44
Rep. Boles:
I reviewed the constituent's suggested changes to LC 44,
but actually think the 6-12-14 draft is correct as written.
Both the House and the Senate adopt by reference the Form
and Style Manual for Legislative Measures
(https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/lc/PDFs/form-stylemanual.pdf ) when they
adopt House and Senate Rules. The Form and Style Manual does not allow us
to reference Proper Names by parenthetical acronym, as your constituent
requested. That is why you will not find commonly used state agency
acronyms (DAS, DOJ, etc.) in the laws of this
state.
Your constituent also requested removal of the reference to
feet and conversion in section 4 of the draft, amending ORS
209.250. The draft already indicates, however, that the
text referencing conversion to feet is to be deleted.
Bracketing and italicizing of statutory text indicates that
the bracketed and italicized text is to be removed from the
law, when the bill is enacted.
Let me know if you have further questions.
Dexter
----- End message from Rep Boles
<[email protected]> -----
David Pearl
www.MetricPioneer.com[2] 503-428-4917
----- End message from Rep Boles <[email protected]>
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David Pearl
www.MetricPioneer.com[2] 503-428-4917
----- End message from Rep Boles <[email protected]>
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David Pearl
www.MetricPioneer.com[2] 503-428-4917
----- End message from Rep Boles <[email protected]>
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David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com[2]
503-428-4917
----- End message from Greg Whatley <[email protected]> -----
David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com[2]
503-428-4917
----- End message from [email protected] -----
David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com[2]
503-428-4917
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Sincerely,
Edward B.
----- End message from Edward Schlesinger <[email protected]> -----
David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com[2] 503-428-4917
----- End message from [email protected] -----
David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com[2] 503-428-4917
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Sincerely,
Edward B.
----- End message from Edward Schlesinger <[email protected]> -----
David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com[2] 503-428-4917
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Sincerely,
Edward B.
----- End message from Edward Schlesinger <[email protected]> -----
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