My opinion: it's better to make a measured pitch for limited change through carefully chosen channels than to simply ask the President where he stands. I'd wince if he were asked about metrication in a press conference, because he probably will not have thought about the issue until that moment, and therefore is not likely to have a reasoned and informed response (he would probably just be safe and advocate the status quo).
These kinds of strategic issues, by the way, is why we need a staff of political strategists and lobbyists tackling those problems for us. If we have no money for that, and therefore no chance of success, then let's focus on raising that money. Think about it: We just had a national campaign lasting more than a year, with both parties fielding candidates, and probably thousands of hours of discussion and debate, and metrication never came up. Politically, we don't exist. So we can either (a) pretend, or (b) try to raise money. I vote for (b). Does anyone have a list of the grant proposals submitted by USMA in the last year? From: Bill Hooper Sent: 03/14/2009 6:04 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:43854] Re: Metric personal data was Re: 24 hour time On Mar 14 , at 10:36 AM, John M. Steele wrote: I don't think we have any idea where Obama stands on metrication. I've wondered about that, too. Does anyone know who we could contact to get an official position of Pres. Obama on the metric system? Bill Hooper 1810 mm tall Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA ========================== SImplification Begins With SI. ==========================
