I can assure you that the article http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2013/06/01/secret-ukip-plans-to-decimate-the-metr ic-system-revealed/ is a joke. I think it right to say that Nigel Farage is viewed in much the same light in the UK as Sarah Palin is viewed in the US.
Had this appeared in the US, Sarah Palin might well ha have been the but of the joke. -----Original Message----- From: Team Metric Info [mailto:i...@metricrules.org] Sent: 02 June 2013 10:52 To: vliets...@btinternet.com; 'U.S. Metric Association' Subject: RE: [USMA:52836] RE: metric.org domain name Hello Martin: I assume this article is a joke? http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2013/06/01/secret-ukip-plans-to-decimate-the-metr ic-system-revealed/ PS: I agree with www.metric.org as the better alternative. Honestly, the entire website needs a new user interface. -----Original Message----- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Martin Vlietstra Sent: Sunday, June 2, 2013 4:44 AM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52836] RE: metric.org domain name As a non-USMA ember (though UKMA member), sounds a good idea, but if everything is migrated to www.metric.org, please ensure that there is adequate time for links on other sites (eg Wikipedia) to be migrated. Martin Vlietstra -----Original Message----- From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Kow Sent: 02 June 2013 07:42 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52835] metric.org domain name Hello USMA (and fans)! Just joined the list but have been growing an interest in US metrication for some time. I was just wondering: would it be beneficial for the USMA website's primary URI to be http://metric.org rather than http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/? I think the former looks a bit more official/professional and could lend a bit more weight to the USMA. How do folks feel in principle about this sort of thing happening (for the sake of argument let's talk about this as though we had somebody with the skills and time to do the work and it really is just a matter of having the green light). Any chance I could get some sort of official stance on whether this would be a good move to have? Thanks! -- Eric Kow <http://erickow.com>
