My understanding is that the amendment is in the draft stage (probably in Department of Commerce) and that it will be submitted before Congress when it's ready. To be ready it probably has to be vetted by several key players/agencies in government, which takes time. I don't think we need to look for a sponsor for this amendment. After all, it may get tacked on as a rider to goodness-knows-what bill. What we DO need to do is to start getting people to tell their congressional representatives and senators that we want them to vote for metrication. That of course starts with each of us writing letters, but then we need to get others to write letters as well. Next, get businesses and organizations to write letters. Key here is to communicate with stamped, snail-mailed, letters that are not "form letters". Form letter campaigns can probably be smelled tens of kilometers away. Congress has become so swamped with email that it is now virtually ignored. Anybody here who can, write to Congress on your business's letterhead or get a higher up to do it. Get your civic groups to do the same. Businesses speak louder than groups and groups speak louder than individuals. We can also lobby businesses, complimenting metrication when we see it and complaining when we don't. Ditto to Chambers of Commerce and state departments of commerce, editors of newspapers and magazines, etc. Lobby those who pay for lobbiests to Congress and let THEM pay to tell Congress that their customers want metric units. Again, letters speak louder than email. Instead of a few sharp lances, we need millions of needles to be effective. That's my opinion, anyway. Jim On Saturday 21 April 2001 1837, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hear! Hear! > > So, does *anyone* know of any metric-friendly congressperson and > Senator who would likely be willing to introduce such an amendment? > > Anyone???? > > Ezra > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > And NOW would be a good time to do it, early in a Congressional > > term, soopponents have time to calm down before the next election. > > Nat > > > metric-only labels in the US when appropriate legislation is > > drafted. What we need now is appropriate draft legislation. > > Gene. -- James R. Frysinger University/College of Charleston 10 Captiva Row Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Charleston, SC 29407 66 George Street 843.225.0805 Charleston, SC 29424 http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cert. Adv. Metrication Specialist 843.953.7644
