In reference to point 7, to which I noted, is in BOLD implying the importance of creating new members. How many members are there?
I don't know how many members there are, but am quite sure that only a small fraction participate in this forum. By "participate" I mean ever post something -- could be a larger number of lurkers.
At 2 09 04, 07:58 PM, Bob Price wrote:
I was a member for a year. I was disappointed to learn that they do not lobby congress for conversion to metric.
As Robert Bushnell pointed out recently, the US Metric Association is a 501(c)3
organization, and as such is prohibited from lobbying Congress.
Without a government mandate I think that we will continue to drift between metric and U.S. Imperial units. The government needs to lead the way and they are not doing that.
The government did not force the automobile companies to convert to metric, nor bicycle manufacturers to use metric, nor beverage manufacturers to start using liter bottles, nor the electronics industry to convert from 0.1" to metric spacings, and so on. None of these is "drifting" back to US Imperial units, and there is no reason to believe they ever will.
As often as not the government is the obstacle to metrication rather than a "leader," for the simple reason that it is influenced by the political winds, which are blown by those who scream the loudest. A few loud anti-metric voices will stop any progress, which is why it is so important to lobby your legislators to be pro-metric.
Jim
Jim Elwell, CAMS Electrical Engineer Industrial manufacturing manager Salt Lake City, Utah, USA www.qsicorp.com
