The NOAA and other agencies adhere to the EO by using metric units internally
and disseminating weather info in metric to those who require metric. It's
internal and doesn't pertain to the external general public, media use. It's
the same problem as the grocery industry has in standardizing on metric only
labeling. If the media decided to change to metric only, the NOAA would
probably change immediately. Incidentally, the numerical forecast models have
been computed in metric since they began in the 1950s.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremiah MacGregor
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 11:43 PM
Subject: [USMA:42941] Re: President Obama at George Mason University
What about the executive order for government agencies to use SI? Wouldn't
that have already covered that circumstance?
Jerry
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From: STANLEY DOORE <[email protected]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2009 4:14:14 PM
Subject: [USMA:42935] Re: President Obama at George Mason University
Jerry:
It is the responsibility of the Congress and the President of the United
States to order NOAA and the NWS to change weather reporting in the US to
metric only units similar to the way they are doing for the conversion from
analog to digital television. It's also similar to the metric only labeling
issue for products for which the NIST has drafted legislation.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremiah MacGregor
To: STANLEY DOORE
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: [USMA:42650] Re: President Obama at George Mason University
Stan,
What Congressional mandate?
Jerry
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From: STANLEY DOORE <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, February 2, 2009 11:52:21 PM
Subject: Re: [USMA:42650] Re: President Obama at George Mason University
NOAA and the National Weather Service change units to English. They do
this to be consistent with Congressional mandate.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremiah MacGregor
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 11:10 PM
Subject: [USMA:42650] Re: President Obama at George Mason University
Stan,
Who changes the metric information to English units prior to broadcasting?
Jerry
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From: STANLEY DOORE <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]; U.S. Metric Association
<[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 8:12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [USMA:42436] Re: President Obama at George Mason University
The NIST has already drafted changes in legislation to allow metric
only labeling. Federal agencies are left to make decisions regarding
implementation of metric within their jurisdiction.
Weather instruments are being procured with metric readouts.
Internally, weather forecasting has been metric for years and it continues to
be metric.
The media and the Congress need to decide when and how to present
weather to the public in metric.. There is plenty of worldwide experience in
this.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremiah MacGregor
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 10:12 AM
Subject: [USMA:42436] Re: President Obama at George Mason University
Stan,
What laws need to be changed? I was under the impression that there
are no laws in the US favoring any system. So wouldn't it just have to be the
choice of the producers of the products to use metric only?
Jerry
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From: STANLEY DOORE <[email protected]>
To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:08:32 AM
Subject: [USMA:42402] Re: President Obama at George Mason University
Pat et al:
Changing laws in the US to allow metric only labeling and requiring
the Federal Government to buy metric products and to make conversion to the SI
mandatory, such as weather reporting and road signs, needs to be the first
step. Until this is done, it won't happen.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: Pat Naughtin
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:39 AM
Subject: [USMA:42401] President Obama at George Mason University
Dear All,
I have just been reading the text of the speech that President Barack
Obama presented at George Mason University on January 8. His forward thinking
plans particularly struck me as plans that would all benefit enormously from
being conducted using metric system measurements. Here is part of the text of
President Obama's speech:
That work begins with this plan – a plan I am confident will save or
create at least three million jobs over the next few years. It is not just
another public works program. It’s a plan that recognizes both the paradox and
the promise of this moment – the fact that there are millions of Americans
trying to find work, even as, all around the country, there is so much work to
be done. That’s why we’ll invest in priorities like energy and education;
health care and a new infrastructure that are necessary to keep us strong and
competitive in the 21st century. That’s why the overwhelming majority of the
jobs created will be in the private sector, while our plan will save the public
sector jobs of teachers, cops, fire fighters and others who provide vital
services.
To finally spark the creation of a clean energy economy, we will
double the production of alternative energy in the next three years. We will
modernize more than 75% of federal buildings and improve the energy efficiency
of two million American homes, saving consumers and taxpayers billions on our
energy bills. In the process, we will put Americans to work in new jobs that
pay well and can’t be outsourced – jobs building solar panels and wind
turbines; constructing fuel-efficient cars and buildings; and developing the
new energy technologies that will lead to even more jobs, more savings, and a
cleaner, safer planet in the bargain.
To improve the quality of our health care while lowering its cost, we
will make the immediate investments necessary to ensure that within five years,
all of America’s medical records are computerized. This will cut waste,
eliminate red tape, and reduce the need to repeat expensive medical tests. But
it just won’t save billions of dollars and thousands of jobs – it will save
lives by reducing the deadly but preventable medical errors that pervade our
health care system.
To give our children the chance to live out their dreams in a world
that’s never been more competitive, we will equip tens of thousands of schools,
community colleges, and public universities with 21st century classrooms, labs,
and libraries.. We’ll provide new computers, new technology, and new training
for teachers so that students in Chicago and Boston can compete with kids in
Beijing for the high-tech, high-wage jobs of the future.
I couldn't help thinking that the metrication elephant had got into
the room again without anyone noticing. See
http://www.metricationmatters.com/docs/AMetricationElephant.pdf to see how
metrication in the USA would help to implement President Obama's plans.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has
helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern
metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save
thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses.
Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and
professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in
Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government,
Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA.
See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact
Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication
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