I don't know the extent to which Jim speaks for USMA leadership in general,
but if USMA's strategy for achieving its stated objective is in fact the
approach outlined under his point 2 below, I feel pretty stupid for having
sent membership fees to this organization. We can all write our letters
without being members of USMA, and no doubt will. So if such individual
actions are in fact "the brunt" of the effort, why not just disband?
USMA leadership cannot be blamed for failing to have an impact given their
budget and resources. If we really are "a volunteer organization and not a
registered lobbying group", no leadership could have made a difference
anyway. What is less clear to me is why there does appear to be any
recognition of the futility of this approach, nor any attempt to change
course.
Seeking funding and hiring professionals should be the focus of USMA
leadership today. That's an answer to Ezra's question "I'm wondering what
USMA is doing" that might justify our membership dues.
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From: "James Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 11/23/2008 4:17 PM
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:42021] Re: Integrating infrastructure rebuilding with
metrication
2. USMA is mostly a volunteer organization and not a registered lobbying
group. USMA's leadership does indeed do some strategic whispering in ears,
but the brunt of the work is done and should be done by its members.
