[USMA:53302] Re: Why is Belize not mentioned as a non-metric country?

2013-10-01 Thread contact
In 1969 the Caribbean Community (CARICOM, whose members are Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago) took the decision to move as a gr

[USMA:53303] Re: Why is Belize not mentioned as a non-metric country?

2013-10-01 Thread Paul Trusten
I have not yet found a statement from official Belizean government sources as to that country's standard of measurement, but a couple of different "fact" sites state that Belize uses "British weights and measures." "Metric Today" had an article on CARICOM back in the mid-2000s, and due to CA

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

2013-10-01 Thread 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. 

[USMA:53305] RE: Inquiry Status: Table of Adoptions of NCWM Standards by the States

2013-10-01 Thread mechtly, eugene a
NIST is closed today (October 1st) as auto-responded each of the NIST employees named below. Eugene Mechtly From: mechtly, eugene a Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 4:48 PM To: Warfield, Lisa; Gentry, Elizabeth; Butcher, Kenneth S. Cc: Sefcik, David; Crown, Linda D